John_Walker_(cricketer,_born_1826)

John Walker (cricketer, born 1826)

John Walker (cricketer, born 1826)

English cricketer

John Walker (15 September 1826 – 14 August 1885) was an English cricketer.

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Walker was born in Palmers Green, the eldest of seven cricket playing brothers and four sisters[1] - known historically as The Walkers of Southgate. He was educated in Stanmore and at Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] He played as a right-handed batsman and an underarm right-arm slow bowler for Cambridge University (1846–1849), Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (1847–1863), a Middlesex XI (1850–1863) and Middlesex County Cricket Club (1864–1866).

His family owned a large estate at Arnos Grove and he founded the John Walker Cricket Ground, in Waterfall Road, Southgate. It is run today by the Walker Trust.

William Buttress, a fellow cricketer, was financially supported by Walker at certain times (due to the former's precarious career).[3]

Walker died at Arnos Grove in 1885, aged 58.

References

  1. [1]
    W. A. Bettesworth (1900) The Walkers of Southgate, Methuen, London
  2. [2]
    "Walker, John (WLKR844J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. [3]
    Sugg, Willie. "William (Billy) Buttress". A History of Cambridgeshire Cricket 1700 - 1890. Retrieved 27 October 2020. Life cannot have been easy for them as a family and it is not surprising that John Walker, a former Cambridge University player, was apparently assisting them.


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