Walter Garwood Explained

Walter Garwood
Fullname:Walter John Garwood
Birth Date:30 April 1849
Birth Place:Tortington, Sussex, England
Death Place:Brisbane, Australia
Club1:Otago
Year1:1873/74
Club2:Wellington
Year2:1876/77
Date:11 May
Year:2016
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/37132.html Cricinfo

Walter John Garwood (30 April 1849  - 10 April 1885) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches, one for Otago during the 1873–74 season and the other for Wellington in 1876–77.[1] [2]

Garwood was the highest scorer on either side in his first first-class match, scoring 31 in the first innings for Otago against Auckland when no one else in the match reached 20.[3] Garwood was born in England and worked as a miner. He died of tuberculosis at Brisbane Hospital in 1885 aged 36.[4] [5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walter Garwood . 11 May 2016 . ESPN Cricinfo.
  2. Web site: Walter Garwood . 11 May 2016 . CricketArchive.
  3. Web site: Otago v Auckland 1873-74 . CricketArchive . 16 May 2020.
  4. Brisbane Hospital . Brisbane Courier . 16 April 1885 . 6 .
  5. McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 55. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.