Alan Walker (Australian sportsman)

Alan Walker

Alan Walker bowling
Personal information
Full name	Alan Keith Walker
Born	(1925-10-04)4 October 1925 Australia
Died	19 June 2005(2005-06-19) (aged 79) Australia
Playing information
Rugby union
Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1947–50 Australia 5 19 0 0 76
Rugby league
Position	Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1952 Manly 1 0 0 0 0 1953–54 Leigh RLFC 9 2 0 0 6 Total 10 2 0 0 6
As of 30 Jul 2021
Cricket information
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1948/49	New South Wales
1956	Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 94 Runs scored 1,603 Batting average 17.42 100s/50s 0/8 Top score 73 Balls bowled 15,178 Wickets 221 Bowling average 27.47 5 wickets in innings 9 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 7/56 Catches/stumpings 37/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 October 2024

Alan Keith Walker (4 October 1925 – 19 June 2005) was an Australian sportsman. He played rugby union for his country, winning five caps, and scored 19 tries on the tour to Britain and France in 1947–48, including a memorable effort against England at Twickenham stadium. He also played two home Tests against the British & Irish Lions in 1950 before deciding to concentrate his attentions on cricket, which he played as a left-arm fast-medium bowler. In the 1952 NSWRFL season he played first-grade rugby league for Manly-Warringah and Leigh RLFC.

As a cricketer, Walker made his first-class debut for New South Wales at The Gabba in 1948/49 and played for the state until the 1952/53 season. He was selected for the 1949/50 tour of South Africa led by Lindsay Hassett, but was behind the likes of Keith Miller and Ray Lindwall in the pecking order and never played Test cricket. He later played county cricket in England for Nottinghamshire, taking 55 wickets in the 1956 season.

He performed the unusual feat of taking four wickets in four balls for Nottinghamshire against Leicestershire at Leicester in 1956. Uniquely, he took the last wicket of Leicestershire's first innings (Jack Firth), and then the first three wickets of the second innings with his first three balls (Gerry Lester, Maurice Tompkin and Gerald Smithson).

Walker died at the age of 79 in June 2005.

External links

• Alan Walker at ESPNcricinfo