Following an injury to Alex Latta sustained in a friendly against Third Lanark, David Kirkwood was moved to outside right with Parry being recalled at centre half for the match against Derby County on 4 October. "The combination worked well – so well" that the match ended in a 7–0 victory to Everton, who moved to the top of the table. Parry retained his place for the following five matches, but after a run of three defeats, he lost his place for the match against Sunderland on 15 November. Parry was eventually recalled to the team on Boxing Day taking over from Campbell at left half in the 3–2 victory against Accrington Stanley retaining his place in the side for the rest of the season. Everton finished the season as champions of the Football League for the first time. Parry got married in March 1891; the club agreed to pay him "an advance of £15 out of next season's wages . . . in consideration of (his) marriage". For the 1891–92 season his wages were increased to £2 per week during the summer and £2.10.0 during the winter. Parry played at left-half in the first match of the 1891–92 season, a 4–0 defeat at West Bromwich Albion but then lost his place to Alex Lochhead. (Lochhead was in turn replaced after four matches, by Hope Robertson.) Parry requested to leave the club in October 1891; the board agreed to release him and gave him "full permission to join any other Club on repayment of £34 received during summer months together with the amount due to the club for loans advanced." During the summer of 1892, off-field disputes led to Everton leaving the Anfield stadium and moving across Stanley Park to a new stadium at Goodison Park. Parry was re-engaged by Everton in December 1892, on wages of £2 per week and returned to the first team in January 1893, when he took over from Jimmy Jamieson at left back for the match at Sunderland. Parry played in various positions in ten matches over the next three months until losing his place at left half to Alec Stewart for the final match of the season, following a 3–0 defeat at Burnley. During this period, Everton reached the final of the FA Cup, but Parry was not selected for any of the cup matches. In September 1893, Parry was suspended for two weeks with no pay for drunkenness. For the 1893–94 season, manager Dick Molyneux used a reasonably settled first team, with eleven players appearing in 20 or more of the 30 league matches.