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Stephen Wall (cricketer)
Stephen Wall (born 10 December 1959) is a former English cricketer. Wall was a right-handed Batsman (cricket), batsman who bowled right-arm Seam bowling, medium-fast. He was born in Ulverston, Lancashire. Wall made his debut in county cricket for Cumberland County Cricket Club, Cumberland in the 1983 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire County Cricket Club, Staffordshire, making five further appearances in that season's competition, before joining Warwickshire County Cricket Club, Warwickshire for the 1984 English cricket season, 1984 season. He made his debut for Warwickshire in 1984 County Championship, that season's County Championship against Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire. He made eighteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Middlesex County Cricket Club, Middlesex in the 1985 County Championship. In his nineteen first-class matches, he took a total of 37 wickets at an bowling average, average of 41 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulverston
Ulverston is a market town and a civil parish in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria, England. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 11,524, increasing at the 2011 census to 11,678. Historically in Lancashire, it lies a few miles south of the Lake District National Park and just north-west of Morecambe Bay, within the Furness Peninsula. Lancaster is to the east, Barrow-in-Furness to the south-west and Kendal to the north-east. History The name ''Ulverston'', first noted as ''Ulurestun'' in the Domesday Book of 1086, consists of an Old Norse personal name, ''Úlfarr'', or the Old English ''Wulfhere'', with the Old English ''tūn'', meaning farmstead or village. The personal names ''Úlfarr'' and ''Wulfhere'' both imply "wolf warrior" or "wolf army", which explains the presence of a wolf on the town's coat of arms. The loss of the initial W in ''Wulfhere'' can be linked to Scandinavian influence in the region. Locally, the town has traditionally been kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
