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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walter Lancashire (28 October 1903 — 7 June 1981) was an English amateur first-class cricketer of the 1930s and a schoolteacher.
Lancashire was born in October 1903 at Hemsworth, Yorkshire. He was educated at Rotherham Grammar School, before matriculating to Sheffield University, where he captained the cricket and football teams.[1] After graduating from Sheffield, he became a schoolmaster, and was initially a sports and maths master in SouthamptonatTaunton's School.[2] He played football for Southampton F.C., having been signed in 1927. A centre-back, he played only for the reserves.[3] In Southampton, he also played club cricket for Deanery Cricket Club.[4] Following success at club level, he began playing as an amateur for Hampshire's club and ground team.[5]
Lancashire eventually made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Somerset in the 1935 County ChampionshipatTaunton,[1][6] debuting alongside Arthur Holt.[7] He made six appearances in 1935, before making a further eight in the 1936 County Championship. He played for Hampshire until the 1937 County Championship, in which he made four appearances.[6] In eighteen first-class matches for Hampshire, he scored 471 runs at an average of 16.82; he made two half centuries, with a highest score of 66.[8] With the ball, he took 7 wickets with his medium pace bowling, with best figures of 2 for 49.[9]
During the Second World War, he was evacuated along with the pupils of Taunton's School to Bournemouth.[10][11] He would return to Southampton during the war to play club cricket for Deanery.[11] Following the war, he took up a teaching post at The Thomas Hardye SchoolinDorchester.[12] Lancashire began playing minor counties cricket for Dorset in 1946,[13] with him being elected Dorset captain in 1947.[14] He remained captain until his final season in 1950,[15] having represented Dorset in 45 Minor Counties Championship matches.[13] In Dorset, he played his club cricket for Dorchester.[15] Lancashire died in Dorchester on 7 June 1981.[16]
References[edit]
^ "Saints". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton. 15 October 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 20 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Reserves on top". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton. 5 November 1927. p. 7. Retrieved 20 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Another Saint shines". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton. 24 May 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 20 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Half boundaries". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton. 28 June 1930. p. 4. Retrieved 20 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Walter Lancashire". Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "New men in the county side". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton. 15 June 1935. p. 15. Retrieved 20 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Walter Lancashire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Walter Lancashire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "School's out for the war". Daily Echo. Southampton. 12 May 2005. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ a b "Ready to meet demand". Hampshire Advertiser. Southampton. 17 August 1940. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "The Hardyeans' Club" (PDF). Dorchester: The Hardyeans' Club. 2013. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Walter Lancashire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
^ "Dorset county cricket". Western Gazette. Yeovil. 16 May 1947. p. 6. Retrieved 20 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ a b "Happy team wanted". Western Gazette. Yeovil. 5 May 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 20 June 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Wisden – Obituaries in 1982". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
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