Arthur Henry Walker (30 June 1833 – 4 October 1878) was an English

cricketer Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

. Walker was born in

Southgate SouthGate is a shopping centre in Bath, Somerset, England, It is home to over fifty shops, ten restaurants, 99 homes and an 860-space underground car park. It replaced a shopping centre which was demolished in 2007. The new centre developed b ...

and he was the fourth of seven cricket playing brothers -

the Walkers of Southgate The Walkers of Southgate were an English cricketing family who lived at Arnos Grove house in Southgate, Middlesex, England. The family fortune was partly built through the brewing company Taylor Walker, and the Walker brothers – seven of t ...

. He played first-class cricket as a right-handed batsman and a round-arm right-arm bowler for

Marylebone Cricket Club The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's, Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England. The club was the governing body of cricket from 1788 to 1989 and retain ...

(MCC) (1855–1861) and a Middlesex XI (1859–1862). He died in Arnos Grove, aged 45. He was educated at

Harrow School Harrow School () is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England. The school was founded in 1572 by John Lyon (school founder), John Lyon, a local landowner an ...

for whom he played cricket.''

Wisden Cricketer's Almanack ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'', or simply ''Wisden'', colloquially the Bible of Cricket, is a cricket reference book published annually in the United Kingdom. The description "Bible of cricket" (or variations thereof) has been applied to ''Wi ...

'', "Obituaries in 1878"

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at Cricket Archive 1833 births 1878 deaths English cricketers Middlesex cricketers People from Southgate, London Cricketers from the London Borough of Barnet Cricketers from the London Borough of Enfield Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen cricketers Gentlemen of the South cricketers Surrey Club cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers Arthur Henry People educated at Harrow School {{England-cricket-bio-1830s-stub