Walter Lancashire

English cricketer

Walter Lancashire

Personal information

Full name|

Walter Lancashire

Born| (1903-10-28)28 October 1903
Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England
Died| 7 June 1981(1981-06-07) (aged 77)
Dorchester, Dorset, England
Batting| Right-handed
Bowling| Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years| Team
1935-1937| Hampshire
1946-1950| Dorset
Career statistics
| Competition | First-class

|

Matches | 18
Runs scored | 471
Batting average | 16.82
100s/50s | -/2
Top score | 66
Balls bowled | 531
Wickets | 7
Bowling average | 51.00
5 wickets in innings | -
10 wickets in match | -
Best bowling | 2/49
Catches/stumpings | 7/-

Source: Cricinfo, 14 January 2010

Walter Lancashire (28 October 1903 - 7 June 1981) was an English amateur first-class cricketer of the 1930s and a schoolteacher.

Born in Yorkshire, Lancashire was educated at Rotherham Grammar School and Sheffield University . A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he was a schoolteacher in Southampton who played cricket in his free time.[1] He made his first-class debut in the 1935 County Championship for Hampshire against Somerset. He played six first-class matches in 1935, taking his maiden first-class wicket against Nottinghamshire.

In the 1936 County Championship Lancashire played eight matches. In the match in May against Essex his 32 and 66 (his highest first-class score, made in 50 minutes) contributed to a 147-run victory.[2][3] He played his last four matches for Hampshire in 1937.

After the Second World War he taught at The Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester.[4] He played regularly for the minor county Dorset from 1946 to 1950. He died at Dorchester on 7 June 1981.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Short Runs", The Cricketer, 13 May 1936, p. 104.
2. ^ Wisden 1983, p. 1248.
3. ^ "Hampshire v Essex 1936". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
4. ^ "Cricket". Old Hardyeans. Retrieved 21 October 2018.

## External links[edit]

* Walter Lancashire at Cricinfo
* Walter Lancashire at CricketArchive