Background
Parke was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland.
Parke was born in Clones, County Monaghan, Ireland.
Lurgan College; University of Dublin.
He played rugby with both Monkstown and Dublin University and between 1901 and 1908 played ten times for Leinster. Parke was ranked World Number. 3 for 1912 by Karoly Mazak, and in both 1913 and 1920 he was ranked World Number.
4 by A. Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph.
He recorded his greatest feats in the where he defeated Norman Brookes and Rodney Heath in the Challenge Round on 28–30 November 1912 when his team, the British Isles captured the Cup and next year he beat Maurice McLoughlin and Richard Norris Williams in the Challenge Round on 25–28 July 1913, though his nation lost the meeting against the United States of America. He played golf for Ireland in 1906 and was also a top-class track and field sprinter and a cricketer. He played chess for the Clones team when he was nine years old.
He died in Llandudno, Wales. Singles: 1 title Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up).