Vyell Edward Walker (20 April 1837 – 3 January 1906) was an English

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and

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. Teddy 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 ...

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, former county in South East England, now mainly within Greater London. Its boundaries largely followed three rivers: the River Thames, Thames in the south, the River Lea, Le ...

and 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 ...

. He was the fifth of seven cricket playing brothers who resided at

Arnos Grove Arnos Grove () is an List of areas of London, area of north London, England, within the London Borough of Enfield. It is centred north of Charing Cross. It is adjacent to New Southgate. The natural grove (nature), grove, larger than today, was f ...

. They played a major part in establishing the

Middlesex County Cricket Club Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Middlesex which has effectively been subsumed within the ceremonial ...

, which was founded in 1864. Their cricket ground in Southgate is maintained by the Walker Trust to this day. Walker was a right-handed batsman and an underarm slow right arm bowler who represented

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) (1856–1870), a Middlesex XI (1859–1863) and

(1864–1877). In 1859 for an

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against

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he scored 20 not out, then took all 10 of the Surrey wickets (for 74 runs). In the second innings he scored 108 not out and took another 4 wickets. This was in a season where only 2 other centuries were scored in first-class matches. He also took 10 for 104 for Middlesex against

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated ''Lancs'') is a ceremonial county in North West England. It is bordered by Cumbria to the north, North Yorkshire and West Yorkshire to the east, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, and the Irish Sea to ...

in 1865. A fine driving bat and perhaps the leading lob bowler of his day as well as a great captain of Middlesex and the

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. He captained the county club (1864–1872) and also served as President of the

(1891–1892) and of

(1899–1906). He died at Arnos Grove, aged 68.Philip Bailey, Philip Thorn and Peter Wynne-Thomas, ''Who's Who of Cricketers'' (London, 1984), p. 1056

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Cricinfo

Cricket Archive

Middlesex County Cricket Club Official website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, V. E. 1837 births 1906 deaths People educated at Harrow School English cricketers Presidents of Middlesex County Cricket Club Presidents of the Marylebone Cricket Club Middlesex cricket captains 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 North v South cricketers Surrey Club cricketers Southgate cricketers Cricketers who have taken ten wickets in an innings Gentlemen of England cricketers

Edward Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...

Gentlemen of Middlesex cricketers Middlesex cricketers R. D. Walker's XI cricketers North of the Thames v South of the Thames cricketers

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