Cyril Parsloe

Cyril Keith Parsloe (27 September 1908 – 13 September 1989) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington from 1932 to 1940. He played for New Zealand, but not in Test matches.[1]

Cyril Parsloe
Personal information
Full nameCyril Keith Parsloe
Born(1908-09-27)27 September 1908
Wellington, New Zealand
Died13 September 1989(1989-09-13) (aged 80)
Wellington
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1932-33 to 1939-40Wellington
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 19
Runs scored 427
Batting average 13.34
100s/50s –/1
Top score 59
Balls bowled 3429
Wickets 69
Bowling average 22.14
5 wickets in innings 3
10 wickets in match 1
Best bowling 7/66
Catches/stumpings 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 16 November 2017

An accurate fast-medium bowler and tail-end batsman who played in spectacles, Parsloe achieved good pace from a short run-up.[2] He had his most successful match in 1935-36 in the Plunket Shield against Otago, when he took 4 for 37 and 7 for 66 in Wellington's 80-run victory. Unusually, he also opened the batting in this match, scoring 25 and 8.[3] Wellington went on to win the Plunket Shield, and Parsloe led the competition averages with 18 wickets at an average of 12.88.[4]

On the way back by ship from their tour of England in 1937, the New Zealanders played three first-class matches against Australian state teams. Cyril Parsloe joined the team in place of Jack Dunning, who was unable to take any further time away from work.[5] He played all three matches and had New Zealand's best bowling figures of the short tour, 5 for 47 against Victoria.[6] In Sydney, while crossing the Harbour Bridge with some of his teammates, he caught and stopped a runaway cart-horse that had thrown its driver.[7]

He also played rugby union for the Poneke and Johnsonville clubs, and represented Wellington.[8][9]

References
  1. "First-class matches played by Cyril Parsloe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  2. Baillie, E. H. M. (13 November 1937). "N.Z. Bowlers Tie Up Victorians: Parsloe Gets Wickets". Sporting Globe: 4. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "Otago v Wellington 1935-36". Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. "Bowling in Plunket Shield 1935-36". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  5. "New Zealand to England 1937". Test Cricket Tours. Retrieved 16 November 2017.
  6. Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 168–71.
  7. "Smart work: Parsloe in the news: Runaway horse stopped". Evening Post. CXXIV (126). 24 November 1937. p. 11.
  8. "Parsloe Called Up". Auckland Star. LXVIII (230): 9. 28 September 1937. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  9. "Senior Form". Evening Post. CXXX (6): 21. 6 July 1940. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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