Walter Bird (22 July 1845 – 27 July 1921) was an English

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er who played first-class cricket in 1880. He was born at Crouch Hall, Hornsey, Middlesex. Bird made one first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Hampshire in 1880 at Day's Ground, Southampton. In the match, which Hampshire won by an innings and 38 runs, Bird was dismissed for 13 runs by Frederick Blundell in the MCC first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by

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for a duck. He died at Upperton,

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on 27 July 1921. His brother George, and nephews'

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and Morice were all first-class cricketers, with Morice playing Test cricket for England.

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