an article in the 1992 issue of the Miller Guide to Scottish Cricket .

Parfitt, who mesmerised Somerset bowlers in the classic for nearly 600 overs between 1965 and 1981, during which time he claimed a record 115 dismissals, has now retired from the game though he still lives in Arbroath, Scotland.

Parfitt played for 10 years as a professional in Scotland, first with Stenhousemuir Cricket Club for whom he claimed 227 wickets and then with Arbroath Cricket Club where he amassed 964 wickets from 3,413 overs for 7,162 runs at an average of just 7.43 each.

It's envitable Parfitt's name will crop up during Cup Match conversations, if not to discuss his exploits in the island's premier sporting event then just to remember Bermuda's greatest ever bowler.

The following are extracts from the article in the Miller Cricket Guide, written by Keith Graham, and headlined `A very Parfitt, gentle giant': "There are not many bowlers who could boast figures of 11 overs three maidens, four for 16 in a Benson and Hedges Cup encounter.

Not even Test match bowlers throw up performances like that in the limited overs game. Yet those were the figures against Clarence Parfitt's name when Scotland so narrowly went down to cup-holders Nottinghamshire at Titwood in 1990.

By most people's judgment, his was the best-ever bowling performance by a Scottish bowler in limited overs cricket -- by some margin.

My first experience of Clarence Parfitt came in Stirling County's centenary year, 1977. His very individual brand of left-arm spin bowling left me and many others mesmerised.

But then mesmerism is very much the hallmark of this remarkable performer. His is not an orthodox left-armer. His is not the classic high action which seems to be the birthright of most of his breed.

The delivery is slingy, and the pace almost medium, which, when the ball is turning, makes him distinctly difficult to face. He is unerringly accurate, as those figures against Notts amply demonstrate.

And of course, as many of his opponents know only too well, Clarence is a competitor, high in enthusiasm and high on volatility.

There are many cricketers in Scotland who can testify to Clarence Parfitt's bowling prowess, and a few good young players whose progress in the game owes not a little to his ingrained enthusiasm.

One of the stars of the future, George Salmond, recounts tales of long winter nights spent in the pavilion at Arbroath with a tennis ball....a learning process which had a profound effect upon his development as a cricketer.

There are others who have similarly benefitted from the sheer love of the game which is so much a part of the Parfitt profile. His retirement at the end of the 1991 season leaves Scottish cricket the poorer for his absence, but grateful that he decided to swap the comfort of Bermuda for the harsher environment of Scotland.''