Arthur Christopher Walton (26 September 1933 – 2 February 2006) was an English

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. Chris Walton was born in Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana and educated at

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and

Lincoln College, Oxford Lincoln College (formally, The College of the Blessed Mary and All Saints, Lincoln) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, situated on Turl Street in central Oxford. Lincoln was founded in 1427 by Richard Fleming, the ...

. He was an attacking right-handed batsman who represented Combined Services, D.R.Jardine's XI, the Gentlemen,

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and

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, historic county in South East England, southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the Ceremonial counties of ...

in 85 first-class matches between 1953 and 1959, scoring 3,797 runs. He was awarded three cricket blues by Oxford in 1955, 1956 and 1957 and he captained Oxford in his final year. He scored 57 in his Varsity match debut and scored 1,200 runs (average 38.70) in 1956 and 956 runs in 1957. He played in 35 matches for Middlesex (1957-1959) and he was awarded his county cap in 1957. He later emigrated to

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and died in Mollynook,

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aged 72.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Walton, Chris 1933 births 2006 deaths English cricketers Middlesex cricketers Combined Services cricketers Oxford University cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Berkshire cricketers Free Foresters cricketers Gentlemen cricketers People educated at Radley College Alumni of Lincoln College, Oxford D. R. Jardine's XI cricketers Cricketers from Georgetown, Guyana