Ernie Parker
1913 ) |
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Ernest Frederick Parker (5 November 1883 – 2 May 1918) was an Australian
Career
Ernie Parker was educated at Perth High School and St Peter's College, Adelaide, before joining his father's law firm in Perth.[2]
Tennis
Parker is best remembered for winning the
He won the
Parker's play was described as "quick, wristy, and always looking for a 'winner'". Slightly built, he was noted for his exceptional net play, but his serve was his weakness, described as "merely a means of putting the ball into play".[2][6]
Cricket
Parker was able to excel at both tennis and cricket because at the time tennis was mostly a winter game in Perth.
He represented Western Australia in first-class cricket between 1905 and 1910 in the years before Western Australia joined the Sheffield Shield competition. He was the first player to score a first-class century for Western Australia, when he made 116 in his second match. He also made 117 in only 82 minutes against Victoria in 1910.[7] He was included in two trial matches to select the Australian team to tour England in 1909, but without success.[2]
War service and death
Despite failing eyesight, which had affected his later sporting career, Parker enlisted in the Australian army in World War I. A gunner in the 102 Howitzer Battery, 2nd Brigade, he was killed by an enemy shell on 2 May 1918 in Caëstre, France.[2][8][9]
Grand Slam finals
Singles 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1909 | Australasian Championships | Grass |  Anthony Wilding |
1–6, 5–7, 2–6 |
| Winner | 1913 | Australasian Championships | Grass | Harry Parker |
2–6, 6–1, 6–2, 6–3 |
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1909 | Australasian Championships | Grass |  J. P. Keane |
Tom Crooks Anthony Wilding |
1–6, 6–1, 6–1, 9–7 |
| Winner | 1913 | Australasian Championships | Grass | Alf Hedeman |
Harry Parker Roy Taylor |
8–6, 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 |
References
- ^ a b Garcia, Gabriel (2018). "Ernest Frederick Parker: Career match record". thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d Greg Growden, Cricketers at War, ABC Books, Sydney, 2019, pp. 107–11.
- ^ "Ernie Parker". Grand Slam Tennis Archive. Archived from the original on 2 December 2022. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "Western Australian Institute of Sport". Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
- ^ Garcia, Gabriel (2018). "Ernest Frederick Parker: Tournament activity 1903-1913". app.thetennisbase.com. Madrid, Spain: Tennismem SAL. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- ^ "Ernest Parker". The West Australian: 5. 24 May 1918.
- ^ a b c The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 410.
- ^ "Cricketers who died in World War 1 – Part 4 of 5". Cricket Country. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Gunner Ernest Frederick Parker". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
External links
- Ernie Parker at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- ISBN 0-9731443-4-3). See pages 782 and 814.
- Ernie Parker at ESPNcricinfo
