Following the death of Syd Ward in January 2010, Perkins held the distinction of being the oldest living first-class cricketer.
[3] In his final first-class match, he scored 8 runs in the Minor Counties first-innings and an unbeaten 21 in their second-innings.
[8] By the time of his retirement at the age of 56, he had claimed a record 779 wickets for the county,[2] some way ahead of Colin Rutterford's 431.
[9] Such was Perkins' accuracy as a bowler, The Daily Telegraph reporter Simon Parry-Crooke described watching him bowl as: "he had this incredible control: he could just drop the ball on a handkerchief.
[9] Perkins also made a solitary List A appearance for Suffolk at the age of 55 in the 1966 Gillette Cup against a powerful Kent side at Ipswich School.