Russell Donnithorne Walker (13 February 1842 – 29 March 1922) was an English

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and cricket administrator. Russell Walker was born in Southgate, Middlesex. He was the sixth of seven cricket playing brothers, who were influential in the establishing of the

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in 1864. Their cricket ground at Southgate is maintained by the Walker Trust to this day. He played as a right-handed batsman and a round arm slow right arm bowler for

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(1861–1865), a Middlesex XI (1862),

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(MCC) (1862–1878) and

(1864–1877). After graduating from Oxford (where he was at

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) in 1865, he studied law at

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and was

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in 1871. He succeeded his brother

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as President of

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and served in this role from 1907 until his death at

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, aged 80.

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Middlesex County Cricket Club Hall of Fame
1842 births 1922 deaths English cricketers Middlesex cricketers Oxford University cricketers Presidents of Middlesex County Cricket Club Sportspeople from Southgate, London Gentlemen of the South cricketers Gentlemen cricketers North v South cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Southgate cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers Russell Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford People educated at Harrow School Cricketers from Greater London Gentlemen of Middlesex cricketers Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers North of the Thames v South of the Thames cricketers R. D. Walker's XI cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1840s-stub

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