Thomas Walker (3 April 1854 – 28 August 1925) was an English
first-class cricket
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er, who played in fourteen matches for
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
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between 1879 and 1880.
Born in
Holbeck
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, Leeds,
Yorkshire
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, England, Walker was a right-hand batsman, who scored 189 runs in twenty four first-class innings, at an average of 8.59. Walker's highest score was 30, and he took three catches in the field.
Wilson died in August 1925, in
Roundhay
Roundhay is a large suburb in north-east Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Roundhay had a population of 22,546 in 2011.
It sits in the Roundhay (ward), Roundhay electoral, ward of Leeds City Council and Leeds North East (UK Parliament constituen ...
, Leeds, aged 71.
References
External links
Cricinfo Profile
1854 births
1925 deaths
People from Holbeck
Yorkshire cricketers
English cricketers
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