 Parry played for Wales on 14 occasions making his debut against Ireland on 23 March 1901 in a British Championship match.After leaving Thistle Parry went into coaching and got a post in South Africa but moved back to Oswestry to take up a role with Oswestry Town.Parry then, like many others, was affected by the First World War of 1914/1918 where he was badly gassed, but he returned to his passion after the war taking the managerial post at Rotherham County, who later merged with Rotherham Town to form Rotherham United in 1925.