Walter Turner (cricketer)
Lt. Col Walter Martin Fitzherbert Turner (4 April 1881 – 1 February 1948) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex between 1899 and 1911, and the Europeans.[1][2] A ‘strong driver and cutter’ his cricketing career covered 27 seasons when on leave from military service.[1]
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| Full name | Walter Martin FitzHerbert Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 April 1881 Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 February 1948 (aged 66) Harrow, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1899–1911 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 July 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life
Walter Martin Fitzherbert Turner was born on 4 April 1881 at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India,[1] the son of Major J.T. Turner who himself played cricket for Hong Kong and lost his life returning to Hong Kong from a match in Shanghai on board the SS Bokhara.[3] Walter Turner was the brother of another first-class cricketer, Arthur Turner,[1][3] and educated at Bedford Modern School between 1891 and 1893,[4] and thereafter at Wellington College where he was in the first XI in 1897.[1]
Walter Turner began his first-class career for Essex in 1899 shortly before his commission in the Royal Artillery on 6 January 1900.[5] Thereafter he played as a batsman for Essex when on leave from his military duties abroad.[1] Turner’s best performance was in the 1906 season when he scored 924 runs at 33.00.[1] On returning to England after the first world war, he played in the 1919 season where he scored 371 runs at 51.57 and achieved a career match best with 172 runs against Middlesex.[1]
In terms of his military career, he was promoted Major on 11 June 1915 and Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 January 1917.[5] He retired from the army on 23 December 1925.[5]
References
- "Walter Turner". Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- "Walter Turner". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- "Arthur Turner - English Cricketer and Soldier - Military History Forum". www.militarian.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- A Register of the Old Boys of Bedford Modern School, Compiled and edited by H. E. Vipan, BA BSc. Published Bedford by W.J. Robinson, 1900
- "Army lists, 1939". National Library of Scotland. p. 897. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
External links
- Walter Turner at ESPNcricinfo
- Walter Turner at CricketArchive (subscription required)