Sydney Walford Explained

Sydney Walford
Country:Australia
Fullname:Sydney Rundle Walford
Birth Date:19 November 1859
Birth Place:Darlinghurst, Colony of New South Wales
Death Place:Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Batting:Right-handed
Club1:New South Wales
Year1:1892 – 1896
Date:15 December
Year:2015
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/8135.html ESPNcricinfo

Sydney Rundle Walford (15 November 1859 – 2 July 1949) was an Australian cricketer.

A right-handed batsman, he played 13 first-class cricket matches for New South Wales scoring 351 runs.[1] He played all but one of his first-class matches during the two tours of New Zealand that New South Wales made in 1893-94 and 1895-96. He scored his only first-class century, 122, to help New South Wales to victory over Canterbury on their tour in 1895-96.[2]

He and his wife Hannah, who predeceased him, had three sons and a daughter.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sydney Walford . 15 December 2015 . ESPNcricinfo.
  2. Web site: Canterbury v New South Wales 1895-96. CricketArchive. 6 March 2018.
  3. Family Notices. Sydney Morning Herald. 4 July 1949. 10. 6 March 2018.