Edwin Walker (cricketer)
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| Full name | Edwin William Walker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 December 1909 Coalville, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 16 March 1994 (aged 84) Gravesend, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1930 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 January 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edwin William Walker (27 December 1909 – 16 March 1994) was an English cricketer. Walker was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Coalville, Leicestershire.
Walker made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Worcestershire in the 1930 County Championship at New Road, Worcester.[1] Worcestershire batted first and made 222 all out, with Walker taking the wicket of Leslie Wright to finish the innings with figures of 1/21 from seventeen overs. Leicestershire were dismissed for just 58 in their response, with Walker dismissed for a single run by Reg Perks. Forced to follow-on in their second-innings, Leicestershire were dismissed for 152, with Walker ending the innings not out on 1. Leicestershire lost the match by an innings and 12 runs,[2] while Walker never played for the county again.
He died at Gravesend, Kent on 16 March 1994.
References
[edit]- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Edwin Walker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
- ^ "Worcestershire v Leicestershire, 1930 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
External links
[edit]- Edwin Walker at ESPNcricinfo
- Edwin Walker at CricketArchive