Walter Bird

Walter Bird
Personal information
Full name Walter Bird
Born 22 July 1845
Hornsey, Middlesex, England
Died 27 July 1921(1921-07-27) (aged 76)
Upperton, Sussex, England
Batting style Unknown
Relations George Bird (brother)
Morice Bird (nephew)
Austin Bird (nephew)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1880 Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 13
Batting average 6.50
100s/50s /
Top score 13
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 2/
Source: Cricinfo, 3 September 2014

Walter Bird (22 July 1854 27 July 1921) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in 1880. He was born at Crouch Hall, Hornsey, Middlesex.

Bird made one first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Hampshire in 1880 at Day's Ground, Southampton.[1] In the match, which Hampshire won by an innings and 38 runs, Bird was dismissed for 13 runs by Frederick Blundell in the MCC first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Frederick Jellicoe for a duck.[2]

He died at Upperton, Sussex on 27 July 1921. His brother George, and nephews' Austin and Morice were all first-class cricketers, with Morice playing Test cricket for England.

References

  1. "First-Class Matches played by Walter Bird". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
  2. "Hampshire v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1880". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
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