Walter Bettesworth

Walter Bettesworth

Personal information
Full name	Walter Ambrose Bettesworth
Born	(1856-11-24)24 November 1856 Horndean, Hampshire, England
Died	23 February 1929(1929-02-23) (aged 72) Hampstead, Middlesex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow round-arm
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1878 to 1883	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 22 Runs scored 716 Batting average 17.90 100s/50s 0/4 Top score 77 Balls bowled 2192 Wickets 38 Bowling average 25.94 5 wickets in innings 2 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 5/66 Catches/stumpings 12/0
Source: Cricinfo, 27 January 2021

Walter Ambrose Bettesworth (24 November 1856 – 23 February 1929) was an English cricketer and cricket writer.

Bettesworth was educated at Ardingly College in Sussex. A hard-hitting batsman, slow round-arm bowler and energetic field at cover point, he played 21 first-class matches for Sussex between 1878 and 1883. He also played once for Scotland in 1884 against the Philadelphians.

His highest first-class score was 77, the highest score on either side in the match, when Sussex defeated Hampshire in 1881. His best bowling figures were 5 for 66 in Sussex's loss to Yorkshire later that season, when he also made 32 and 59, Sussex's top score.

After finishing at Ardingly as a pupil Bettesworth returned there to teach, then taught at Blair College in Scotland. Later he became a journalist and one of the best-known writers on the game. He was on the staff of the Cricket Field from 1892 to 1895, assistant editor of Cricket from 1896 to 1905, and cricket editor of The Field from 1906 to 1928. He wrote three books on the game: A Royal Road to Cricket, The Walkers of Southgate, and Chats on the Cricket Field.

External links

• Walter Bettesworth at ESPNcricinfo