Walter Lancashire
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Born | Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England | 28 October 1903||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 7 June 1981 Dorchester, Dorset, England | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1946–1950 | Dorset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1935–1937 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 January 2010 |
Walter Lancashire (28 October 1903 – 7 June 1981) was an English amateur first-class cricketer of the 1930s and a schoolteacher.
Born in Yorkshire, Lancashire was educated at Rotherham Grammar School and Sheffield University . A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he was a schoolteacher in Southampton who played cricket in his free time.[1] He made his first-class debut in the 1935 County Championship for Hampshire against Somerset. He played six first-class matches in 1935, taking his maiden first-class wicket against Nottinghamshire.
In the 1936 County Championship Lancashire played eight matches. In the match in May against Essex his 32 and 66 (his highest first-class score, made in 50 minutes) contributed to a 147-run victory.[2][3] He played his last four matches for Hampshire in 1937.
After the Second World War he taught at The Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester.[4] He played regularly for the minor county Dorset from 1946 to 1950. He died at Dorchester on 7 June 1981.
References
- ^ "Short Runs", The Cricketer, 13 May 1936, p. 104.
- ^ Wisden 1983, p. 1248.
- ^ "Hampshire v Essex 1936". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
- ^ "Cricket". Old Hardyeans. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
External links
- Walter Lancashire at Cricinfo
- Walter Lancashire at CricketArchive