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Full name | Walter Martin FitzHerbert Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India | 4 April 1881||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 February 1948 Harrow, Middlesex, England | (aged 66)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Antony Turner (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1899–1911 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 24 July 2013 |
Lt. Col Walter Martin Fitzherbert Turner (4 April 1881 – 1 February 1948) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex between 1899 and 1911, and the Europeans. [1] [2] A 'strong driver and cutter' his cricketing career covered 27 seasons when on leave from military service. [1]
Walter Martin Fitzherbert Turner was born on 4 April 1881 at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, [1] the son of Major J.T. Turner who himself played cricket for Hong Kong and lost his life returning to Hong Kong from a match in Shanghai on board the SS Bokhara. [3] Walter Turner was the brother of another first-class cricketer, Arthur Turner, [1] [3] and educated at Bedford Modern School between 1891 and 1893, [4] and thereafter at Wellington College where he was in the first XI in 1897. [1]
Walter Turner began his first-class career for Essex in 1899 shortly before his commission in the Royal Artillery on 6 January 1900. [5] Thereafter he played as a batsman for Essex when on leave from his military duties abroad. [1] Turner’s best performance was in the 1906 season when he scored 924 runs at 33.00. [1] On returning to England after the first world war, he played in the 1919 season where he scored 371 runs at 51.57 and achieved a career match best with 172 runs against Middlesex. [1] His son, Antony, was also a first-class cricketer.
In terms of his military career, he was promoted Major on 11 June 1915 and Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 January 1917. [5] He retired from the army on 23 December 1925. [5]
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Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Walter Martin FitzHerbert Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India | 4 April 1881||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1 February 1948 Harrow, Middlesex, England | (aged 66)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Antony Turner (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1899–1911 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 24 July 2013 |
Lt. Col Walter Martin Fitzherbert Turner (4 April 1881 – 1 February 1948) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex between 1899 and 1911, and the Europeans. [1] [2] A 'strong driver and cutter' his cricketing career covered 27 seasons when on leave from military service. [1]
Walter Martin Fitzherbert Turner was born on 4 April 1881 at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India, [1] the son of Major J.T. Turner who himself played cricket for Hong Kong and lost his life returning to Hong Kong from a match in Shanghai on board the SS Bokhara. [3] Walter Turner was the brother of another first-class cricketer, Arthur Turner, [1] [3] and educated at Bedford Modern School between 1891 and 1893, [4] and thereafter at Wellington College where he was in the first XI in 1897. [1]
Walter Turner began his first-class career for Essex in 1899 shortly before his commission in the Royal Artillery on 6 January 1900. [5] Thereafter he played as a batsman for Essex when on leave from his military duties abroad. [1] Turner’s best performance was in the 1906 season when he scored 924 runs at 33.00. [1] On returning to England after the first world war, he played in the 1919 season where he scored 371 runs at 51.57 and achieved a career match best with 172 runs against Middlesex. [1] His son, Antony, was also a first-class cricketer.
In terms of his military career, he was promoted Major on 11 June 1915 and Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 January 1917. [5] He retired from the army on 23 December 1925. [5]
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