John Walker (Middlesex cricketer)
- John Walker (Middlesex cricketer)
John Walker (15 September 1826 - 14 August 1885) was an English cricketer.
Walker was born in Palmers Green and he was the eldest of seven cricket playing brothers - the Walkers of Southgate. He played as a right-handed batsman and an underarm right-arm slow bowler for Cambridge University (1846-1849), MCC (1847-1863), a Middlesex XI (1850-1863) and Middlesex CCC (1864-1866).
His family owned a large estate at Amos Grove and he founded the John Walker Cricket Ground, in Waterfall Lane, Southgate. It is run today by the Walker Trust.
Walker died at Arnos Grove in 1885, aged 58.
ee also
* The Walkers of Southgate
External links
* [http://www.cricinfo.com Cricinfo]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com Cricket Archive]
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