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Born | c. 1832 England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 July 1871 (aged 40) Surbiton, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm roundarm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1864–1866 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 16 January 2010 |
Francis Walton (c. 1832 – 14 July 1871) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Marines officer.
Walton was born in England in about 1832. Walton was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Marines in February 1849. [1] He served in the Crimean War, for which he was later decorated by the Ottoman Empire in April 1858 with the Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class. [2] Following the war, he gained promotion to first lieutenant in January 1853. [3] A further promotion to captain followed in December 1860, [4] before being appointed an adjutant in the 48th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps in September 1863. [5] Walton played first-class cricket for Hampshire, debuting in the 1864 season against Middlesex at Islington. He made two further first-class appearances, in 1865 against Middlesex at Islington, and the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1866. [6] He scored 55 runs in his three first-class matches with a highest score of 16, [7] while with his right-arm roundarm fast bowling, he took 6 wickets at an average of 27.50, with best figures of 3 for 48. [8] In the mid-1860s, Walton was in a business partnership with Thomas Linklater Thomson as sailmakers and ship chandlers at Wapping, though by March 1867 the partnership had been dissolved by mutual consent. [9] Walton died at his brother's residence in Surbiton on 14 July 1871. [10]
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Born | c. 1832 England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 July 1871 (aged 40) Surbiton, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm roundarm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1864–1866 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 16 January 2010 |
Francis Walton (c. 1832 – 14 July 1871) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Marines officer.
Walton was born in England in about 1832. Walton was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Marines in February 1849. [1] He served in the Crimean War, for which he was later decorated by the Ottoman Empire in April 1858 with the Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class. [2] Following the war, he gained promotion to first lieutenant in January 1853. [3] A further promotion to captain followed in December 1860, [4] before being appointed an adjutant in the 48th Middlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps in September 1863. [5] Walton played first-class cricket for Hampshire, debuting in the 1864 season against Middlesex at Islington. He made two further first-class appearances, in 1865 against Middlesex at Islington, and the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1866. [6] He scored 55 runs in his three first-class matches with a highest score of 16, [7] while with his right-arm roundarm fast bowling, he took 6 wickets at an average of 27.50, with best figures of 3 for 48. [8] In the mid-1860s, Walton was in a business partnership with Thomas Linklater Thomson as sailmakers and ship chandlers at Wapping, though by March 1867 the partnership had been dissolved by mutual consent. [9] Walton died at his brother's residence in Surbiton on 14 July 1871. [10]