Clifford Walker (cricketer)
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Clifford Walker was an English
first-class cricket
er, who played five matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
between 1947 and 1948, and then 121 matches for Hampshire
.
Walker was born in Golcar
, near Huddersfield
, Yorkshire
, England
, and made his debut for Yorkshire CCC in 1947. After playing five games, Walker found himself unable to cement a first team place, and moved to Hampshire after the 1948 season. A product of Slaithwaite C.C., and a sound and reliable batsman who could go in anywhere in the batting order, he had six years at Hampshire before returning to Huddersfield, where he was in the cinema business. He was professional with Golcar C.C. in 1943 and 1944, with Littleborough C.C. in 1945, and he played both for Brighouse C.C. and Windhill C.C.
In 1959, he was with David Brown Tractors C.C., when they won the Yorkshire Council final.
He played 126 first-class matches for his adopted county until 1954, winning his cap in 1949. A right-handed batsman and right arm medium pacer, he scored eight centuries, all for Hampshire, with a best of 150 not out. He scored 5,258 runs at an average of 27.67, with twenty six fifties and he took 89 catches. He took fifty three wickets at 49.33, with a best return of 5 for 40.
Walker died in December 1992, in Lindley, Huddersfield.
English people
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first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
er, who played five matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
between 1947 and 1948, and then 121 matches for Hampshire
Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
.
Walker was born in Golcar
Golcar
Golcar is a village located on a hillside crest above the Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, England, west of Huddersfield, and just north of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal...
, near Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
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, England
England
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, and made his debut for Yorkshire CCC in 1947. After playing five games, Walker found himself unable to cement a first team place, and moved to Hampshire after the 1948 season. A product of Slaithwaite C.C., and a sound and reliable batsman who could go in anywhere in the batting order, he had six years at Hampshire before returning to Huddersfield, where he was in the cinema business. He was professional with Golcar C.C. in 1943 and 1944, with Littleborough C.C. in 1945, and he played both for Brighouse C.C. and Windhill C.C.
In 1959, he was with David Brown Tractors C.C., when they won the Yorkshire Council final.
He played 126 first-class matches for his adopted county until 1954, winning his cap in 1949. A right-handed batsman and right arm medium pacer, he scored eight centuries, all for Hampshire, with a best of 150 not out. He scored 5,258 runs at an average of 27.67, with twenty six fifties and he took 89 catches. He took fifty three wickets at 49.33, with a best return of 5 for 40.
Walker died in December 1992, in Lindley, Huddersfield.