Batting style Right-handed Name Walter Lancashire 1935–1937 Hampshire | 1946–1950 Dorset Bowling style Right-arm medium | |
Born 28 October 1903 ( 1903-10-28 ) Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England Died 7 June 1981(1981-06-07) (aged 77)
Dorchester, Dorset, England | ||
Walter Lancashire (28 October 1903 – 7 June 1981) was an English cricketer. Lancashire was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.
Lancashire made his first-class debut in the 1935 County Championship for Hampshire against Somerset. Lancashire played six first-class matches during 1935, taking his maiden first-class wicket against Nottinghamshire.
In the 1936 County Championship Lancashire played eight Championship matches for the club, making his maiden first-class fifty, which gave him his highest score of 66.
Lancashire represented Hampshire only four times in 1937, soon leaving the club. Lancashire's final first-class match for Hampshire came against Kent. In his eighteen matches for the club, Lancashire scored 471 runs at an average of 16.82, with two half centuries and a high score of 66. With his medium pace bowling Lancashire took seven wickets at a bowling average of 51.00, with best figures of 2-49.
In the first season after the Second World War, Lancashire joined Dorset, returning to county cricket eleven years after last playing in a county match. Lancashire made his Minor Counties Championship against Devon, playing for Dorset from 1949 to 1949, with his final Minor Counties match coming against Berkshire in 1950.
Lancashire died at Dorchester, Dorset on 7 June 1981.