John Walls (25 October 1856 – 13 March 1945) was an Australian-born

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er. He played one first-class match in New Zealand for

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during the 1886–87 season. Walls was born at

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in the Colony of Victoria in 1856.McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 135. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
Available online
at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) He kept wicket for

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against the touring Australians in a team of 22 in January 1881 and played for an Otago team of 22 against the

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again in November 1886. His only first-class match came later in the same season against

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. In the match, which was played in February 1887, he made scores of eight and 20 runs and did not take a wicket in a heavy Otago defeat. In February 1895 Walls played for Southland against the touring

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side at

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.John Walls
CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 February 2024. Walls died at

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in 1945. He was aged 88.

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