[5] Having been a part of the Irish golf team in 1906, Parke was also considered a top-class track and field sprinter and a cricketer.

[6] He helped Ireland win two of their three 1906 Home Nations matches, resulting in a shared championship with Wales.

[9] In his final international cap, Parke kicked a penalty and a conversion to help seal a 19–8 victory in Ireland's first match against France.

[2] Having already played in the Davis Cup (then known as the International Lawn Tennis Challenge), he defeated Norman Brookes and Rodney Heath in the Challenge Round on 28–30 November 1912, helping the British Isles capture the Cup in one of his greatest accomplishments.

The following year he beat Maurice McLoughlin and Richard Norris Williams in the Challenge Round on 25–28 July 1913.

[5] Parke married Sybil Smith in 1918 and moved to her hometown of Llandudno, Wales in 1920 where he joined Chamberlain and Johnson law practice.