Wil Parker should not be confused with Will Parker.
| Wil Parker | |
| Fullname: | Wil Brian Parker |
| Birth Date: | 29 May 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Croydon, Victoria, Australia |
| Originalteam: | Eastern Ranges (Talent League) |
| Height: | 180 cm |
| Guernsey: | 45 |
| Years1: | 2024– |
| Games Goals1: | 4 (0) |
| Statsend: | round 23, 2024 |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm leg break |
| Role: | Bowler |
| Family: | Geoff Parker (uncle) |
| Club1: | Victoria |
| Year1: | 2019/20–2023/24 |
| Clubnumber1: | 8 |
| Club2: | Hobart Hurricanes |
| Columns: | 3 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 4 |
| Runs1: | 4 |
| Bat Avg1: | 2.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 4 |
| Deliveries1: | 360 |
| Wickets1: | 6 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 32.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/54 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Column2: | LA |
| Matches2: | 1 |
| Runs2: | 7 |
| Bat Avg2: | 7.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 7 |
| Deliveries2: | 44 |
| Wickets2: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 44.00 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 1/44 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 1/– |
| Column3: | T20 |
| Matches3: | 9 |
| Runs3: | 47 |
| Bat Avg3: | 11.75 |
| 100S/50S3: | 0/0 |
| Top Score3: | 25 |
| Deliveries3: | 108 |
| Wickets3: | 1 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 185.00 |
| Fivefor3: | 0 |
| Tenfor3: | 0 |
| Best Bowling3: | 1/42 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 1/– |
| Date: | 4 April |
| Year: | 2023 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1216350.html ESPNcricinfo |
Wil Brian Parker (born 29 May 2002)[1] is a professional Australian rules football player who currently plays for the Collingwood Football Club, and a former domestic cricketer who played for the Victoria cricket team and the Hobart Hurricanes.
Parker made his first-class debut on 14 February 2020, for Victoria in the 2019–20 Sheffield Shield season.[2] [3] He became the fourth-youngest cricketer to make their first-class debut for Victoria.[4] His uncle, Geoff Parker, also played first-class cricket for Victoria.[5]
In June 2020, Parker signed a professional contract with Victoria for the 2020–21 domestic season, opting to play cricket instead of Australian rules football, where he was touted as a potential early draft selection.[6] He made his Twenty20 debut on 27 December 2020, for the Hobart Hurricanes, in the 2020–21 Big Bash League season.[7] He made his List A debut on 10 March 2021, for Victoria in the 2020–21 Marsh One-Day Cup.[8] At the end of the 2023-24 Sheffield Shield season and 2023–24 Marsh One-Day Cup he gave up his contract with Cricket Victoria to return to Australian rules football.
For Victoria he played 4 First-Class games, taking 6 wickets at an average of 32 and scoring 4 runs in 2 innings at an average of 2. Parker also represented Victoria in a solitary one-day match, taking 1 wicket for 44 and scoring 7 runs. In T20 cricket he played 9 games, taking 1 wicket for the cost of 185 runs and scoring 47 runs in 6 innings (with a high score of 25 against the Perth Scorchers in December 2021) at an average of 11.75.
For the 2024 AFL season, Parker signed with the Collingwood Football Club[9] as a Category B Rookie. He made his debut against Fremantle in round 11.[10]