Walter Sugg

Walter Sugg was a first class cricketer who played one match for Yorkshire County Cricket Club against Kent in 1881 and 128 for Derbyshire CCC from 1884 until 1902.

Born on May 21, 1860 in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, the son of a Sheffield solicitor, he was educated at Sheffield Grammar School, as was his younger brother Frank Howe Sugg who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and England. Walter was also an all-round sportsman, playing professional football, being a scratch golfer and a fine billiards player. He was a free scoring right handed batsman and an outstanding fielder at cover-point, where he took 64 catches. He scored 121 against the South Africans at Derby in 1894 before being run out. His benefit match, against his native county at Chesterfield in 1898, was renowned for the then world record first wicket partnership of Yorkshire's Brown and Tunnicliffe which eclipsed all previous records to post 554. It stood as the record until two other Yorkshire batsmen-- Sutcliffe and Holmes--beat it with a famous 555 against Essex at Leyton in 1932. He scored 3469 runs at 17.17 in all matches, with two championship centuries, and took 50 wickets with his right arm medium pace at 31.2 with a best of 4 for 61 against the Australian tourists.

He played as a club professional at Durham City, Burnley from 1885 to 1887 and Rochdale from 1888 to 1891, and played for a number of other clubs either on a match basis or as an amateur, including Farnworth, Ormskirk and Southport. He and his brother Frank opened a sports shop at 32 Lord Street, Liverpool, with a branch at 10 North Street, Liverpool, and for 12 years, 1894-1905 issued Sugg’s Cricket Annual. He died on his 73rd birthday, on May 21, 1933 in Dore, Yorkshire. The two brothers died within eight days of each other.

References

* [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/21114.html Cricinfo Profile]

* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33114/33114.html Cricket Archive Statistics]