Walter Fullwood
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Walter Fullwood was an English
cricket
er. who played for Derbyshire
in 1946.
Fullwood was born in Holmewood
and during World War II
played cricket frequently for the Metropolitan Police and Civil Defence Services. He joined Derbyshire at the end of the war and made his first class debut in May 1946 as wicket keeper against Leicestershire
. He kept wicket in five more matches during the season but made low scores batting at the tail end. With Denis Smith
and Pat Vaulkhard
proving heavy hitters as well as reliable wicket-keepers, there was no place for Fullwood in the team.
Fullwood played ten innings in six first class matches with an average of 4.55 and a top score of 13. As wicket keeper he took five catches and one wicket by stumping.
Fullwood died at Etchinghill, Kent
at the age of 80.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. who played for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
in 1946.
Fullwood was born in Holmewood
Holmewood
Holmewood is a village in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, being a former coal mining village with close links to the villages of Heath, North Wingfield and Temple Normanton....
and during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
played cricket frequently for the Metropolitan Police and Civil Defence Services. He joined Derbyshire at the end of the war and made his first class debut in May 1946 as wicket keeper against Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
. He kept wicket in five more matches during the season but made low scores batting at the tail end. With Denis Smith
Denis Smith (cricketer)
Denis Smith was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1927 and 1952 and in two Test matchs for England in 1935. He scored over 21,000 runs in first class cricket.Smith was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire...
and Pat Vaulkhard
Pat Vaulkhard
Patrick Vaulkhard was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Nottinghamshire in 1934 and for Derbyshire between 1946 and 1952, being captain in 1950....
proving heavy hitters as well as reliable wicket-keepers, there was no place for Fullwood in the team.
Fullwood played ten innings in six first class matches with an average of 4.55 and a top score of 13. As wicket keeper he took five catches and one wicket by stumping.
Fullwood died at Etchinghill, Kent
Etchinghill, Kent
Etchinghill is a village in Kent, England, about 5 km north of Hythe, and 1 km north of the Channel Tunnel terminal at Cheriton, near Folkestone. The village has a standard golf course noted for its hills, as well as a pub restaurant called The New Inn which claims to be the closest pub...
at the age of 80.