Full name Gilbert Walker Batting style Right-handed | 1912 Warwickshire Name Gilbert Walker | |
Born 15 February 1888 ( 1888-02-15 ) Olton, Warwickshire, England Died 8 May 1952(1952-05-08) (aged 64)
Werribee, Victoria, Australia | ||
Gilbert Walker (15 February 1888 – 8 May 1952) was an English cricketer. Walker was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Olton, Warwickshire.
Walker made a single first-class appearance for Warwickshire against Sussex at Edgbaston in the 1912 County Championship. Sussex made 151 in their first-innings and in response Warwickshire made 257 in their first-innings, with Walker being dismissed for a duck by Harry Simms. Sussex made 150 in their second-innings, leaving Warwickshire with a target of 45. Walker had batted at number eight in the first-innings, but was promoted to open the batting, scoring 13 runs before he was dismissed by Simms. Despite this, Warwickshire won the match by 6 wickets. This was his only major appearance for Warwickshire.
He died at Werribee, Victoria, Australia in 1952.