Grahame Wilshaw Parker was an English sportsman who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire and represented the England national rugby union team.
11 Facts About Grahame Parker
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Grahame Parker performed well for their cricket team in 1934 with a century against Glamorgan to go with a pair of 90s that year, one of those when he was out for 94 in the match with Oxford.
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Grahame Parker captained Cambridge University in 1935, having twice led Gloucestershire in the 1932 County Championship.
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Grahame Parker had made a century in his previous match and continued his form with 155 against Nottinghamshire a week and a half after his double hundred.
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Grahame Parker was capped the first time for the national rugby union team during the 1938 Home Nations Championship, when England defeated Ireland 36 to 14 at Lansdowne Road.
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Grahame Parker, playing as a full-back, contributed 15 of those points with six conversions and a penalty kick.
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Grahame Parker took part in England's five-point loss to Scotland at Twickenham and kicked three penalties.
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Grahame Parker taught at Blundell's from 1946 to 1968, where he was housemaster of the Westlake boarding house from 1954, head of the geography department, and simultaneously, with Ted Crowe, was coach of the 1st XV rugby team.
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Grahame Parker struggled on his return to first-class cricket and could only manage 103 runs at 11.44 from five matches in 1947.
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Grahame Parker then captained Devon in the Minor Counties Championship from 1953 until 1956 when he retired.
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Grahame Parker took over the secretary-managership of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in 1968 and transformed the team to championship runners-up in 1969 and winners of the Gillette Cup in 1973 and the Benson and Hedges Cup in 1977.