Walter Thorburn (cricketer)

Walter Hunter Thorburn (7 October 1884 — 27 March 1957) was a Scottish first-class cricketer.

The son of M. G. Thorburn, he was born in October 1884 at Innerleithen, Peebleshire. He was educated in England at Marlborough College.[1] In September 1903, he joined the Lanarkshire Imperial Yeomanry as a second lieutenant.[2] A club cricketer for Peebleshire, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Scotland against Ireland at Perth in 1909. He played first-class cricket for Scotland until 1912, making a further three appearances against Ireland and one against the touring Indians.[3] He scored 183 runs in his five matches, at an average of 30.50 and a highest score of 90 not out.[4] Thorburn served with the Lanarkshire Imperial Yeomanry in the First World War, holding the rank of captain in July 1916, the month in which he was made a temporary major.[5] Outside of cricket, Thorburn was in business as a woollen manufacturer and mill owner;[1] he was a senior director of Messrs Walter Thorburn & Bros. Ltd. He died at Peebles in March 1957.[6]