| Country: | Scotland |
| Fullname: | Walter Hunter Thorburn |
| Birth Date: | 7 October 1884 |
| Birth Place: | Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Bowling: | Unknown |
| Club1: | Scotland |
| Year1: | 1909 - 1912 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 5 |
| Runs1: | 183 |
| Bat Avg1: | 30.50 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/1 |
| Top Score1: | 90 |
| Deliveries1: | 6 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
| Date: | 24 October |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/walter-thorburn-25380 Cricinfo |
Walter Hunter Thorburn (7 October 1884 — 27 March 1957) was a Scottish first-class cricketer.
The son of M. G. Thorburn, he was born in October 1884 at Innerleithen, Peebleshire. He was educated in England at Marlborough College.[1] In September 1903, he joined the Lanarkshire Imperial Yeomanry as a second lieutenant. A club cricketer for Peebleshire, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Scotland against Ireland at Perth in 1909. He played first-class cricket for Scotland until 1912, making a further three appearances against Ireland and one against the touring Indians.[2] He scored 183 runs in his five matches, at an average of 30.50 and a highest score of 90 not out.[3] Thorburn served with the Lanarkshire Imperial Yeomanry in the First World War, holding the rank of captain in July 1916, the month in which he was made a temporary major. Outside of cricket, Thorburn was in business as a woollen manufacturer and mill owner;[1] he was a senior director of Messrs Walter Thorburn & Bros. Ltd. He died at Peebles in March 1957.[4]