Walter Lancashire
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| Full name | Walter Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1903 Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 June 1981 (aged 77) Dorchester, Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1935–1937 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1950 | Dorset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Lancashire (28 October 1903 — 7 June 1981) was an English amateur first-class cricketer of the 1930s and a schoolteacher.
Lancashire was born in October 1903 at Hemsworth, Yorkshire. He was educated at Rotherham Grammar School, before matriculating to Sheffield University, where he captained the cricket and football teams.[1] After graduating from Sheffield, he became a schoolmaster, and was initially a sports and maths master in Southampton at Taunton's School.[2] He played football for Southampton F.C., having been signed in 1927. A centre-back, he played only for the reserves.[3] In Southampton, he also played club cricket for Deanery Cricket Club.[4] Following success at club level, he began playing as an amateur for Hampshire's club and ground team.[5]
Lancashire eventually made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Somerset in the 1935 County Championship at Taunton,[1][6] debuting alongside Arthur Holt.[7] He made six appearances in 1935, before making a further eight in the 1936 County Championship. He played for Hampshire until the 1937 County Championship, in which he made four appearances.[6] In eighteen first-class matches for Hampshire, he scored 471 runs at an average of 16.82; he made two half centuries, with a highest score of 66.[8] With the ball, he took 7 wickets with his medium pace bowling, with best figures of 2 for 49.[9]
During the Second World War, he was evacuated along with the pupils of Taunton's School to Bournemouth.[10][11] He would return to Southampton during the war to play club cricket for Deanery.[11] Following the war, he took up a teaching post at The Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester.[12] Lancashire began playing minor counties cricket for Dorset in 1946,[13] with him being elected Dorset captain in 1947.[14] He remained captain until his final season in 1950,[15] having represented Dorset in 45 Minor Counties Championship matches.[13] In Dorset, he played his club cricket for Dorchester.[15] Lancashire died in Dorchester on 7 June 1981.[16]