| John Walker | |||||||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 15 September 1826 | ||||||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Palmers Green, Edmonton, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Death Place: | Arnos Grove, Southgate, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Monuments: | Walker Cricket Ground | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality: | English | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma Mater: | Trinity College, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
| Relatives: | The Walkers of Southgate | ||||||||||||||||
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John Walker (15 September 1826 – 14 August 1885) was an English cricketer.
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. 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).[2]
Walker died at Arnos Grove in 1885, aged 58.