Clifford Walker (26 June 1919 – 3 December 1992) was an English

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er, who played five matches for

Yorkshire County Cricket Club Yorkshire County Cricket Club is one of 18 first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Yorkshire. Yorkshire are the most successful team in English cricketing hi ...

between 1947 and 1948, and then 121 matches for

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...

. Walker was born in

Golcar Golcar (pronounced 'Go Car' or 'Golker') is a village on a hillside crest above the Colne Valley in West Yorkshire, England, west of Huddersfield, and just north of the River Colne and the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. The 2021 population censu ...

, near

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...

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, and made his debut for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1947. After playing five games, Walker found himself unable to cement a first team place, and moved to Hampshire after the 1948 season. A product of Slaithwaite C.C., and a sound and reliable batsman who could go in anywhere in the batting order, he had six years at Hampshire before returning to Huddersfield, where he was in the cinema business. He was professional with Golcar C.C. in 1943 and 1944, with Littleborough C.C. in 1945, and he played both for Brighouse C.C. and Windhill C.C. In 1959, he was with David Brown Tractors C.C., when they won the Yorkshire Council final. He played 126 first-class matches for his adopted county until 1954, winning his

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in 1949. A right-handed batsman and right arm medium pacer, he scored eight centuries, all for Hampshire, with a best of 150 not out. He scored 5,258 runs at an average of 27.67, with twenty six fifties and he took 89 catches. He took fifty three wickets at 49.33, with a best return of 5 for 40. Walker died in December 1992, in Lindley, Huddersfield.

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1919 births 1992 deaths Yorkshire cricketers Hampshire cricketers English cricketers People from Golcar Sportspeople from Kirklees Cricketers from West Yorkshire {{england-cricket-bio-1910s-stub