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Tom Walker      

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Full name Thomas Walker

Born November 16, 1762, Churt, Surrey

Died March 1, 1831, Chiddingfold, Surrey (aged 68 years 105 days)

Major teams Hampshire, Surrey

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm slow (underarm)

Fielding position Occasional wicketkeeper

Relation Brother - H Walker

Batting and fielding averages
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St
First-class 176 333 19 6043 138 19.24 6 21 116 6
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Mat Balls Runs Wkts BBI 5w 10
First-class 176 0+ 0+ 281 6/? 4 0
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First-class debut White Conduit Club v Kent XI at Islington, Jun 22-24, 1786 scorecard
Last First-class Captain Blagrave's XI v Colonel Byng's XI at Lord's (Old), Aug 13-15, 1810 scorecard
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Thomas Walker is credited with being the first person to experiment with round-arm bowling in the 1780s, and he also was the first "lobbing slow bowler" according to Billy Beldham. He was undoubtedly able to bowl fast - Beldham said that a law was passed against "jerking" because of Walker's "frightful pace". Beldham thought little of his batting either - "he was a tedious fellow to bowl at ... and the slowest runner between wickets I have ever seen." It was said that David Harris once bowled 170 balls at him and conceded one run.
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Country Fixtures Country Results
Leics v Glamorgan at Leicester - May 21-24
Glamorgan 442/9d Leics 142 & 133/1 (f/o)
Durham v Middlesex at Chester-le-Street - May 22-25
Durham 259 & 37/0 Middlesex 196
Essex v Kent at Chelmsford - May 22-25
Essex 212 Kent 214/5
Worcs v Gloucs at Worcester - May 22-25
Gloucs 234 Worcs 302/3
Hampshire v Lancashire at Southampton - May 23-26
Lancashire 252/9
2nd Test: England v New Zealand at Leeds
May 24-28, 2013 (11:00 local | 10:00 GMT | 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT)
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