Walter Anstead
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Full name | Walter Anstead | |||
| Born | 26 February 1845 Twickenham, England |
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| Died | 14 May 1933 (aged 88) Bournemouth, England |
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| Batting style | Right hand batsman | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm Fast-medium | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1870 – 1872 | Surrey | |||
| First-class debut | 11th August 1870 Surrey v Lancashire | |||
| Last First-class | 18 July 1872 Surrey v Gloucestershire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | |||
| Matches | 7 | |||
| Runs scored | 61 | |||
| Batting average | 6.10 | |||
| 100s/50s | -/- | |||
| Top score | 17 | |||
| Balls bowled | 1381 | |||
| Wickets | 48 | |||
| Bowling average | 11.29 | |||
| 5 wickets in innings | 5 | |||
| 10 wickets in match | 1 | |||
| Best bowling | 6/27 | |||
| Catches/stumpings | 2/– | |||
| Source: CricketArchive, 6 September 2008 | ||||
Walter Anstead was an English first class cricketer who played six matches for Surrey between 1870 and 1872. A right arm fast bowler, he was highly successful in the handful of games he appeared in, taking an impressive 48 wickets at just 11.29 with a strike rate of a wicket every 28.77 balls. His best bowling, of 6 for 27, came against Lancashire at the Oval on his debut in 1870, a performance which helped Surrey to an innings victory, while a week later he took 11 wickets in the game against Sussex, helping his team to a victory by just 14 runs. After four games in August 1870 he reappeared only once in 1871 and 1872. His brother Thomas Anstead was a notable player in club cricket while his son Rudolph Anstead played a first class match in India in 1921/22.
