Lt. Col Walter Martin Fitzherbert Turner (4 April 1881 – 1 February 1948) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex between 1899 and 1911, and the Europeans.^[1][2] A 'strong driver and cutter' his cricketing career covered 27 seasons when on leave from military service.^[1]

Walter Martin Fitzherbert Turner was born on 4 April 1881 at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India,^[1] the son of Major J.T. Turner who himself played cricket for Hong Kong and lost his life returning to Hong Kong from a match in Shanghai on board the SS Bokhara.^[3] Walter Turner was the brother of another first-class cricketer, Arthur Turner,^[1][3] and educated at Bedford Modern School between 1891 and 1893,^[4] and thereafter at Wellington College where he was in the first XI in 1897.^[1]

Walter Turner began his first-class career for Essex in 1899 shortly before his commission in the Royal Artillery on 6 January 1900.^[5] Thereafter he played as a batsman for Essex when on leave from his military duties abroad.^[1] Turner’s best performance was in the 1906 season when he scored 924 runs at 33.00.^[1] On returning to England after the first world war, he played in the 1919 season where he scored 371 runs at 51.57 and achieved a career match best with 172 runs against Middlesex.^[1] His son, Antony, was also a first-class cricketer.

In terms of his military career, he was promoted Major on 11 June 1915 and Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 January 1917.^[5] He retired from the army on 23 December 1925.^[5]