Walter Bird (cricketer)

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	Unknown
Relations	George Bird (brother) Morice Bird (nephew) Austin Bird (nephew)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
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 1845 – 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.

External links

• Walter Bird at ESPNcricinfo
• Walter Bird at CricketArchive