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in 1985, which raised over £46,000. He was nearing the end of his career, however, and while he remained at the club for 1986 he played less first-class cricket than he had since the beginning of his time at New Road, though he remained a usual member of the one-day team. His last match for
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Worcestershire season from then on, taking between 30 and 63 first-class wickets every summer from 1975 to 1985. His highest aggregate of 63 came in 1975, although he fell only one short of that mark in 1979. In
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470:' share in their seventh-wicket stand of 70 was a mere 3! In his main role as a bowler, his later career saw some particularly noteworthy performances in one-day cricket. In a
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Yorkshire at
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had retired hurt. Parker took his score to 113 before being
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