Frederic Walker (4 December 1829 – 20 December 1889) was an English

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. Walker was born in Southgate, Middlesex and was the third of seven cricket playing brothers – the Walkers of Southgate. He was educated at

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. He played first-class cricket as a right-handed batsman and

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for

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(1849-1852),

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(MCC) (1853-1856) and a Middlesex XI in 1859. He died in

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, aged 60.

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at Cricket Archive 1829 births 1889 deaths Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Cambridge University cricketers 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 Frederic Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1820s-stub