Clifford Walker (26 June 1919 – 3 December 1992) was an English first-class cricketer, who played five matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1947 and 1948, and then 121 matches for Hampshire.

Walker was born in Golcar, near Huddersfield in Yorkshire. He began his cricket career at club level playing for Brighouse in the Bradford League in 1945, before joining Windhill as their professional in 1946. ^[1] He joined Yorkshire in 1947, ^[2] making his debut in first-class cricket against Hampshire at Bradford in the 1947 County Championship. ^[3] After playing against Ireland, he made two further appearances in the 1947 County Championship, before appearing once the following season against Nottinghamshire. In five first-class matches for Yorkshire, he scored 268 runs at an average of 38.28, with a highest score of 91; ^[4] with his right-arm medium pace bowling, he took two wickets. ^[5]

Walker left Yorkshire at the end of the 1948 season, ^[2] and subsequently joined Hampshire for the 1949 season. He was one of a number of young Yorkshire-born cricketers signed by Hampshire under the auspices of Desmond Eagar, with Yorkshire-born Gilbert Dawson, Harold Dawson, and Derek Shackleton having joined Hampshire before Walker. ^[6] He made his first team debut for Hampshire against Glamorgan at Cardiff in the 1949 County Championship. ^[3] Walker soon established himself as a regular member of the first eleven, ^[7] making 27 appearances in his first season with Hampshire. ^[3] In these, he scored 1,087 runs at an average of 26.51; ^[8] he made his first two centuries, with scores of 103 not out against Glamorgan and 112 against Lancashire, as a result of which he gained his county cap. ^[9] It was during the 1949 season that Walker would take his career best bowling figures with his medium pace bowling, with 5 for 40 against the Combined Services, ^[10] one of 22 wickets he took that season. ^[11]

Walker's good form continued into 1950, with him again scoring 1,225 runs from thirty matches, at an average of 28.28; he made a further two centuries during the season, ^[8] most notably an unbeaten 103 against his former county. ^[12]

A product of Slaithwaite C.C., and a sound and reliable batsman who could go in anywhere in the batting order, he had six years at Hampshire before returning to Huddersfield, where he was in the cinema business. He was professional with Golcar C.C. in 1943 and 1944, with Littleborough C.C. in 1945, and he played both for Brighouse C.C. and Windhill C.C.

In 1959, he was with David Brown Tractors C.C., when they won the Yorkshire Council final.

He played 126 first-class matches for his adopted county until 1954, winning his cap in 1949. A right-handed batsman and right arm medium pacer, he scored eight centuries, all for Hampshire, with a best of 150 not out. He scored 5,258 runs at an average of 27.67, with twenty six fifties and he took 89 catches. He took fifty three wickets at 49.33, with a best return of 5 for 40.

Walker died in December 1992, in Lindley, Huddersfield.

• Clifford Walker at ESPNcricinfo

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