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 name	Cyril Keith Parsloe
Born	(1908-09-27)27 September 1908 Wellington, New Zealand
Died	13 September 1989(1989-09-13) (aged 80) Wellington
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1932-33 to 1939-40	Wellington
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]