Isaac Donnithorne Walker (8 January 1844 – 6 July 1898) was an English
cricketer
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.
Walker was born in
Southgate
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Ed ...
,
London
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, the youngest of
seven cricket-playing brothers. The family were part-owners of
Taylor Walker & Co
Taylor Walker was a large English brewery.
History
Taylor Walker & Co was founded in 1730 in Stepney as Salmon and Hare, and later became Hare and Hartford. In 1796 John Taylor acquired Hare's share, and the company took the name Taylor Walker i ...
brewery in
Limehouse
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.
He was a right-handed
batsman
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and an underarm slow right-arm
bowler. He played for
Marylebone Cricket Club
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(MCC) (1862–1884), a
Middlesex XI (1862–1863) and
Middlesex County Cricket Club
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(1864–1884). He succeeded his brother Edward as captain of Middlesex in 1873 and served in the post for twelve seasons.
His
family's cricket ground at Southgate is maintained by the Walker Trust to this day. He died at
Regent's Park
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, aged 54.
His estate was valued at £195,483.
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1844 births
1898 deaths
English cricketers
Middlesex cricket captains
People from Southgate, London
Gentlemen of the South cricketers
Surrey Club cricketers
Gentlemen cricketers
North v South cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
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Cricketers from Greater London
Middlesex cricketers
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R. D. Walker's XI cricketers