Major Walter Troup (16 October 1869 – 14 December 1940) was an English first-class cricketer who was born in

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. He was a member of the inaugural All-India team. He debuted for

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in 1887 at the age of 17. A defensive batsman, it is said that he once batted for 95 minutes against Lancashire during a game in 1888 and didn't score a run. Troup often opened the batting with his captain

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and made his highest score of 180 against Nottinghamshire at Bristol in 1898. When Grace left the county Troup became captain for a season before going back to India. He became District Superintendent of Police in the North-West Provinces of the country and in the war he was a captain in the Royal Flying Corps.

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