Guy Waller
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Full name | Guy de Warrenne Waller | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Savernake, Wiltshire, England | 10 February 1950||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1973–1974 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 March 2020 |
Guy de Warrenne Waller (born 10 February 1950) is an English former first-class cricketer and educator.
The son of Lieutenant–Colonel Desmond de Warrenne Waller and Angela Mary Wright, he was born in February 1950 at Savernake, Wiltshire.[1] He was educated at Hurstpierpoint College, before going up to Worcester College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1973 and 1974. He made his debut against Lancashire at Oxford, with Waller making a total of twelve appearances.[3] He scored a total of 186 runs in his twelve matches, at an average of 8.45 and with a high score of 29.[4] In addition to playing first-class cricket for Oxford, Waller also played for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring Indians in 1974.[3]
After graduating from Oxford, Waller became a schoolteacher. He was the head of chemistry and a housemaster at Radley College, before becoming the headmaster of Lord Wandsworth College,[5] a post he held until 1997. He was the headmaster of Cranleigh School for seventeen years, before retiring in June 2014.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Guy de Warrenne Waller". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Player profile: Guy Waller". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Guy Waller". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Guy Waller". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Guy Waller". www.edureach.co.uk. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "Guy Waller bids farewell to Cranleigh". www.ocsociety.org. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
External links
[edit]- 1950 births
- Living people
- People from Savernake
- People educated at Hurstpierpoint College
- Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford
- English cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers
- Schoolteachers from Oxfordshire
- Schoolteachers from Hampshire
- Schoolteachers from Surrey
- Heads of schools in England
- Teachers at Radley College