Walter Bird (cricketer)
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| Full name | Walter Bird | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 July 1845 Hornsey, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 July 1921 (aged 76) Upperton, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | George Bird (brother) Morice Bird (nephew) Austin Bird (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1880 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 3 September 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Bird (22 July 1854 – 27 July 1921) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in 1880. He was born at Crouch Hall, Hornsey, Middlesex.
Bird made one first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Hampshire in 1880 at Day's Ground, Southampton.[1] In the match, which Hampshire won by an innings and 38 runs, Bird was dismissed for 13 runs by Frederick Blundell in the MCC first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Frederick Jellicoe for a duck.[2]
He died at Upperton, Sussex on 27 July 1921. His brother George, and nephews' Austin and Morice were all first-class cricketers, with Morice playing Test cricket for England.
References
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Walter Bird". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- ^ "Hampshire v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1880". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2014.