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

492. Rest of England v Lancashire (Champion County), Kennington Oval, September 13, 15, 16, 17 (Rest of England won by ten wickets) c G.Duckworth b R.K.Tyldesley 10 263 16 2 39 1 P.T.Eckersley c M.S.Nichols 115 did not bat - 43-0 17 2 61 2 F.S.Booth st L.E.G.Ames 190 G.Duckworth c A.Sandham SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct County Championship 21 23 5 96 11* 5.33 - 4 Other Glos match 1 2 2 3 3* - - - Other matches 3 2 0 20 10 10.00 - - Season 25 27 7 119 11* 5.95 - 4 Career 492 758 148 6896 82 11.30 10 218 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 879.4 267 1929 162 9/44 11.90 19 6 32.58 36.54 Other Glos match 65.5 23 126 10 7/54 12.60 1 1 39.50 31.89 Other matches 81 12 244 7 3/81 34.85 - - 69.42 50.20 Season 1026.3 302 2299 179 9/44 12.84 20 7 34.40 37.32 Career 20118.2 6133 48095 2581 10/79 18.63 222 76 46.76 39.84 1931 Parker had another wonderful season in 1931, taking 205 wickets in Championship matches alone at the remarkably low average of 14.44. In all matches for Gloucestershire that season he took five wickets or more in an innings twenty-two times, and ten or more wickets in a match eight times. In four successive innings early in the season, against Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, he took twenty-nine wickets for 204 runs. Another remarkable analysis was the 5 for 11 he took in 12.2 overs against Somerset at Bristol. He reached one hundred wickets by 12th June, equalling the earliest date to achieve this feat, accomplished by J.T.Hearne in 1896. He continued to run through sides for the rest of the season. He bowled more than 1345 overs, showing wonderful stamina for a man of forty-eight. As a batsman he scored 157 runs in all matches, average 5.81, and he took four catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 493. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 2, 4, 5 (Gloucestershire won by three wickets) did not bat - 175-7d 44.4 13 128 7 A.Ducat lbw 258 T.F.Shepherd b P.G.H.Fender lbw R.J.Gregory lbw M.J.C.Allom c R.A.Sinfield E.W.J.Brooks c W.L.Neale A.R.Gover b not out 2 145-7 10.1 3 25 4 J.B.Hobbs c W.R.Hammond 60-6d A.Ducat c W.R.Hammond T.F.Shepherd c C.J.Barnett P.G.H.Fender lbw 494. Gloucestershire v Derbyshire, Victoria Ground, Cheltenham, May 6, 7 (Gloucestershire won by four wickets) b T.S.Worthington 0 112 28 11 41 6 H.Storer c T.W.J.Goddard 100 1 A.E.Alderman c and b G.M.Lee c W.R.Hammond A.W.Richardson b A.G.Slater b H.Elliott c W.R.Hammond 70