Jack Walker (cricketer)

Jack Walker
Personal information
Born(1914-03-02)2 March 1914
Cobham, Kent
Died29 May 1968(1968-05-29) (aged 54)
Cobham, Kent
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
RelationsMatt Walker (grandson)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1949Kent
Only FC1 June 1949 Kent v Essex
Source: Cricinfo, 5 April 2014

Jack Walker (2 March 1914 – 29 May 1968) was an English cricketer. He played one first-class match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1949.[1]

Walker was born at Cobham in Kent in 1914,[1][2] the son of William and Mabel Walker, and educated at Rochester Technical School.[3] He played as a wicket-keeper at club level for Gravesend Cricket Club and made his only first-class appearance for Kent at The Bat and Ball Ground, playing against Essex in the 1949 County Championship[4] Called into the side as a replacement for Godfrey Evans, who was playing in a trial match for the England Test side,[3] he scored 19 runs, took two catches and made two stumping in the match which was played on his home club ground.[5] He played twice for the county Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship and was chairman of Cobham Cricket Club for 21 years.[4][6]

Walker died at Cobham in 1968 after collapsing aged 54.[4][7] His son, Richard, played regularly for Middlesex and Kent's Second XIs and his grandson, Matt Walker played over 500 matches for Kent and Essex and later coached Kent.[5][8]

  1. ^ a b Jack Walker, CricInfo. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. ^ The History of Kent Cricket – Appendix H, 1946–1963, p. 36. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club.
  3. ^ a b Carlaw D (2024) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Three: 1946–1999, pp. 387–388. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 29 February 2024.)
  4. ^ a b c Walker, Jack, Obituaries in 1968, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1969. (Available online at CricInfo. Retrieved 24 December 2020.)
  5. ^ a b Milton H (1999) The Bat and Ball Gravesend: a first-class cricket history, p. 130. Gravesend: Gravesend Cricket Club. ISBN 0 9536041 0 1
  6. ^ Jack Walker, CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 December 2020. (subscription required)
  7. ^ The History of Kent Cricket – Appendix I, 1964–1984, p. 163. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club.
  8. ^ Richard Walker, CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 December 2020. (subscription required)