He moved to New Zealand in 1873 and played eight first-class matches for Otago between 1873 and 1881.
[3] The New Zealand cricket historian Tom Reese wrote of Paramor: "He was a tall upstanding player, whose long reddish beard was usually tucked inside his shirt.
"[4] His highest score was 62, out of Otago's first innings total of 148, against Canterbury in 1874-75.
[6] He was known for his fighting qualities, which he showed by effectively combatting an early form of bodyline bowling used by the English bowler Tom Emmett in 1877.
[7] Paramor moved to New South Wales in 1881, where he worked as an ironmonger's assistant.