Walter Vizard

Walter Vizard
Personal information
Full name
Walter Oswald Vizard
Born(1861-11-16)16 November 1861
Bellary, Madras Presidency,
British Raj
Died10 January 1929(1929-01-10) (aged 67)
Bayswater, London, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1897Hertfordshire
1882–1890Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 18
Runs scored 256
Batting average 8.53
100s/50s –/–
Top score 49*
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 11/1
Source: Cricinfo, 4 September 2011

Walter Oswald Vizard (16 November 1861 – 10 January 1929) was an English cricketer. Vizard was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Bellary, Madras Presidency in the British Raj (today India). He was educated at Clifton College.[1]

Vizard made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Middlesex in 1882. He made seventeen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Surrey in 1890.[2] In his eighteen first-class matches, he scored 256 runs at an average of 8.53, with a high score of 49 not out. Behind the stumps he made 11 catches and made a single stumping.[3]

By 1891, Vizard had moved to Hertfordshire and was enlisted in the 1st (Hertfordshire) Volunteer Battalion, the Bedfordshire Regiment as a 2nd lieutenant.[4] He held the rank of lieutenant in 1895, in September of that year he was promoted to captain.[5] By 1896, he was in partnership as a solicitor with a Charles Lothian Nicholson, son of General Lothian Nicholson, based in London, however in that year the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent.[6] He was also in partnership as a solicitor with a Lionel Monk Smith, but this partnership too was dissolved by mutual consent in 1897.[7] In 1897, he made a single appearance for Hertfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk.[8] By 1902, he was in partnership with a Henry Theodore Monro, but the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent in that year.[9]

He died in Bayswater, London on 10 January 1929.

  1. ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p56: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Walter Vizard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  3. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Walter Vizard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  4. ^ "No. 26176". The London Gazette. 26 June 1891. p. 3381.
  5. ^ "No. 26665". The London Gazette. 24 September 1895. p. 5303.
  6. ^ "No. 26782". The London Gazette. 7 April 1896. p. 2176.
  7. ^ "No. 26888". The London Gazette. 3 September 1897. p. 4953.
  8. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Walter Vizard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  9. ^ "No. 27403". The London Gazette. 4 February 1902. p. 741.