Vyell Edward Walker (20 April 1837 – 3 January 1906) was an English

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and

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. Teddy Walker was born in

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and educated at

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. He was the fifth of seven cricket playing brothers who resided at Arnos Grove. They played a major part in establishing the

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, which was founded in 1864. Their cricket ground in Southgate is maintained by the Walker Trust to this day. Walker was a right-handed batsman and an underarm slow right arm bowler who represented

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(MCC) (1856–1870), a Middlesex XI (1859–1863) and

(1864–1877). In 1859 for an All-England Eleven against

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he scored 20 not out, then took all 10 of the Surrey wickets (for 74 runs). In the second innings he scored 108 not out and took another 4 wickets. This was in a season where only 2 other centuries were scored in first-class matches. He also took 10 for 104 for Middlesex against

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in 1865. A fine driving bat and perhaps the leading lob bowler of his day as well as a great captain of Middlesex and the

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. He captained the county club (1864–1872) and also served as President of the

(1891–1892) and of

(1899–1906). He died at Arnos Grove, aged 68.Philip Bailey, Philip Thorn and Peter Wynne-Thomas, ''Who's Who of Cricketers'' (London, 1984), p. 1056

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Cricinfo

Cricket Archive

Middlesex County Cricket Club Official website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, V. E. 1837 births 1906 deaths People educated at Harrow School English cricketers Presidents of Middlesex County Cricket Club Presidents of the Marylebone Cricket Club Middlesex cricket captains People from Southgate, London Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen cricketers Gentlemen of the South cricketers North v South cricketers Surrey Club cricketers Southgate cricketers Cricketers who have taken ten wickets in an innings Gentlemen of England cricketers

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Cricketers from Greater London Gentlemen of Middlesex cricketers Middlesex cricketers R. D. Walker's XI cricketers North of the Thames v South of the Thames cricketers

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