Country: | England |
Fullname: | Edwin William Walker |
Birth Date: | 27 December 1909 |
Birth Place: | Coalville, Leicestershire, England |
Death Place: | Gravesend, Kent, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
Club1: | Leicestershire |
Year1: | 1930 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 1 |
Bat Avg1: | 2.00 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 1 |
Deliveries1: | 102 |
Wickets1: | 1 |
Bowl Avg1: | 21.00 |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | 1/21 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | - / - |
Date: | 30 January |
Year: | 2013 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22665.html Cricinfo |
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.