Walter Lancashire

Walter Lancashire (28 October 1903 – 7 June 1981) was an English amateur first-class cricketer of the 1930s and a schoolteacher.

Walter Lancashire
Personal information
Full name
Walter Lancashire
Born(1903-10-28)28 October 1903
Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England
Died7 June 1981(1981-06-07) (aged 77)
Dorchester, Dorset, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1935–1937Hampshire
1946–1950Dorset
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 18
Runs scored 471
Batting average 16.82
100s/50s –/2
Top score 66
Balls bowled 531
Wickets 7
Bowling average 51.00
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 2/49
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 January 2010

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
  1. "Short Runs", The Cricketer, 13 May 1936, p. 104.
  2. Wisden 1983, p. 1248.
  3. "Hampshire v Essex 1936". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
  4. "Cricket". Old Hardyeans. Retrieved 21 October 2018.
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