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

1935 Parker’s last first-class season saw him take a hundred wickets for the sixteenth consecutive year. He finished with 103 in the Championship at an average of 24.54, bowling many fewer overs, 853, and benefitting from less work.He was, after all, now more than fifty years old. He took five wickets in an innings seven times, with his best figures coming against Leicestershire, another favourite opponent, against whom he took 7 for 49 at Gloucester in June. As a batsman he scored 256 runs in all matches at an average of 7.75 and he took four catches. Parker’s career aggregate of 3,278 wickets has been bettered only by W.Rhodes and A.P.Freeman and will surely not be approached again. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 610. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May 4, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c A.J.W.Croom b W.E.Hollies 0 360 23 2 67 2 F.R.Santall b 228 L.T.A.Bates b did not bat - 165-4 38.3 7 129 3 A.J.W.Croom b 388-7d H.E.Dollery c W.L.Neale J.Buckingham c V.Hopkins 611. Gloucestershire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) b T.G.L.Ballance 24 460 16 3 77 1 R.C.M.Kimpton st V.Hopkins 386 did not bat - 240-7d 19 6 51 1 J.G.Halliday c W.R.Hammond 126-5 612. Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) c G.V.Gunn b W.Voce 4 288 38 9 110 5 J.Hardstaff lbw 250 B.Lilley c E.J.Stephens G.F.H.Heane b H.Larwood b W.Voce c W.L.Neale did not bat - 13-0 29 4 103 3 W.Walker st V.Hopkins 270 H.Larwood c W.R.Hammond W.Voce c W.L.Neale 613. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, Gloucester, May 18, 20, 21 (Yorkshire won by eight wickets) lbw b M.Leyland 1 128 14 6 26 1 H.Verity b 166 c A.B.Sellers b H.Verity 0 116 9 4 26 1 A.Mitchell c W.R.Hammond 79-2 614. Gloucestershire v Lancashire, Gloucester, May 22, 23, 24 (Lancashire won by eight wickets) c G.E.Tyldesley b J.L.Hopwood 23 163 15.3 1 67 3 W.H.L.Lister c and b 341 1 P.T.Eckersley c W.R.Hammond G.Duckworth b not out 0 260 - - - - 84-2 615. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Bristol, May 25, 27, 28 (Match drawn) c E.W.J.Brooks b A.R.Gover 1 308 18 1 104 3 A.Sandham lbw 338 R.J.Gregory c V.Hopkins P.G.H.Fender c W.R.Hammond not out 1 190-8 - - - - 243-8d 616. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May 29, 30, 31 (Match drawn) c E.R.T.Holmes b E.A.Watts29 265 32 5 103 5 H.S.Squires c E.J.Stephens 344 H.T.Barling b L.B.Fishlock c B.H.Lyon E.A.Watts b E.W.J.Brooks st V.Hopkins did not bat - 192-7 16 5 55 0 252-4d 617. Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Lord’s, June 1, 3, 4 (Match drawn) run out 0 136 22 4 66 6 W.F.F.Price c E.J.Stephens 143 G.E.Hart c V.Hopkins J.W.Hearne c E.J.Stephens H.J.Enthoven c W.R.Hammond J.H.A.Hulme c W.R.Hammond J.M.Sims c T.W.J.Goddard did not bat - 103-4 14 0 76 2 J.H.Human c B.H.Lyon 195-8d R.W.V.Robins lbw 85