1. Ernest Frederick Parker was an Australian tennis player and cricketer.
12 Facts About Ernie Parker
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Ernie Parker was educated at Perth High School and St Peter's College, Adelaide, before joining his father's law firm in Perth.
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Ernie Parker is best remembered for winning the 1913 Australasian Championships men's singles title.
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Ernie Parker reached the final in 1909 and won the 1909 and 1913 doubles titles.
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Ernie Parker won the Western Australian Championships six times: 1903,1904,1907,1908,1911 and 1912.
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Ernie Parker's play was described as "quick, wristy, and always looking for a 'winner'".
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Ernie Parker was able to excel at both tennis and cricket because at the time tennis was mostly a winter game in Perth.
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Ernie Parker played cricket for East Perth and Wanderers in the Western Australian Grade Cricket competition.
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Ernie Parker represented Western Australia in first-class cricket between 1905 and 1910 in the years before Western Australia joined the Sheffield Shield competition.
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Ernie Parker was the first player to score a first-class century for Western Australia, when he made 116 in his second match.
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Ernie Parker made 117 in only 82 minutes against Victoria in 1910.
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Ernie Parker was included in two trial matches to select the Australian team to tour England in 1909, but without success.