Vyell Edward Walker (20 April 1837 – 3 January 1906) was an English cricketer and administrator. Teddy Walker was born in

Southgate Southgate or South Gate may refer to: Places Australia *Southgate, Sylvania *Southgate Arts and Leisure Precinct, an area within Southbank, Victoria Canada *Southgate, Ontario, a township in Grey County * Southgate, Middlesex County, Ontario Ed ...

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in neighbour ...

and educated at Harrow School. He was the fifth of seven cricket playing brothers who resided at

Arnos Grove Arnos Grove () is an area of north London, England, within the London Borough of Enfield. It is centred north of Charing Cross. It is adjacent to New Southgate. The natural grove, larger than today, was for many centuries the largest woodl ...

. They played a major part in establishing the Middlesex County Cricket Club, 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

Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club was formerly the governing body of cricket retaining considerable global influence ...

(MCC) (1856–1870), a Middlesex XI (1859–1863) and Middlesex County Cricket Club (1864–1877). In 1859 for an

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against Surrey County Cricket Club at

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

(1891–1892) and of Middlesex County Cricket Club (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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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 Edward 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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