Famous Cricketers No 81 - C.W.L.Parker

467. Gloucestershire v Hampshire, Victoria Ground, Cheltenham, August 28, 29, 30 (Gloucestershire won by 14 runs) c C.P.Mead b O.W.Herman 14 212 22 5 38 5 L.Harfield lbw 167 C.P.Mead b W.C.L.Creese lbw G.C.A.Adams c R.A.Sinfield W.H.Livsey lbw not out 12 117 21 3 72 3 J.A.Newman lbw 148 A.S.Kennedy c W.L.Neale G.S.Boyes c E.J.Stephens SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct County Championship 23 32 10 249 31 11.31 - 4 Other Glos matches 2 1 1 10 10* - - 1 Season 25 33 11 259 31 11.77 - 5 Career 467 731 141 6777 82 11.48 10 214 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 956.4 277 2253 130 7/35 17.33 11 4 44.15 39.25 Other Glos matches 98.3 31 150 8 5/56 18.75 1 - 73.87 25.38 Season 1055.1 308 2403 138 7/35 17.41 12 4 45.87 37.95 Career 19091.5 5831 45796 2402 10/79 19.06 202 69 47.68 39.97 1930 Parker had a wonderful season in 1930 taking 162 wickets in the Championship at the remarkably low average of 11.90. His 179 wickets in all matches at 12.84 placed him second in the national averages behind Hedley Verity who bowled far fewer overs and took only forty-six wickets. The figures are exceptional because he missed nine matches through injury. His form helped lift Gloucestershire to second place in the Championship table, just three points behind Champions, Lancashire. Amongst his many wonderful feats were figures of sixteen for 109 against Middlesex at Cheltenham’s Victoria ground, thirteen for 73 against Somerset at Clifton, fourteen for 97 against Warwickshire at Cheltenham College, fifteen for 91 against Surrey at Cheltenham College and ten for 126 in the famous tied match against the Australians at Bristol. In this match he dismissed Don Bradman in both innings. He took five or more wickets in an innings twenty times and ten or more wickets in a match seven times. He did little with the bat, 119 runs at 5.95, and he took four catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 468. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May 31, June 2, 3 (Match Drawn) c W.Sanders b G.A.E.Paine 2 200 37.2 3 92 4 E.J.Smith b 275 G.A.E.Paine lbw W.Sanders c B.H.Lyon J.H.Mayer c C.J.Barnett 12 7 13 1 F.R.Santall b 133-3 469. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Taunton, June 7, 9, 10 (Gloucestershire won by eight wickets) b G.E.Hunt 2 441 13 2 52 0 372 did not bat - 79-2 7.4 1 22 2 A.W.Wellard c H.Smith 144 G.E.Hunt lbw 470. Gloucestershire v Kent, Bristol, June 11, 12, 13 (Gloucestershire won by 117 runs) b A.P.Freeman 6 198 33 7 73 6 J.A.Deed lbw 170 L.E.G.Ames c T.W.J.Goddard W.H.Ashdown c B.H.Lyon T.A.Crawford c C.C.R.Dacre A.C.Wright c C.J.Barnett A.P.Freeman c W.L.Neale 66