Walter Bird (cricketer)

Walter Bird
Personal information
Full name	Walter Bird
Born	22 July 1845; Hornsey, Middlesex, England
Died	27 July 1921 (aged 76); , Sussex, England
Batting	Unknown
Relations	George Bird (brother); Morice Bird (nephew); Austin Bird (nephew)
Domestic team information
1880	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Matches	1
Runs scored	13
Batting average	6.50
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	13
Balls bowled	–
Wickets	–
Bowling average	–
5 wickets in innings	–
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	–
Catches/stumpings	2/–
	Source: Cricinfo, 3 September 2014

Walter Bird (22 July 1845 – 27 July 1921) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in 1880. He was born at Crouch Hall, Hornsey, Middlesex.

Bird made one first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Hampshire in 1880 at Day's Ground, Southampton.^[1] In the match, which Hampshire won by an innings and 38 runs, Bird was dismissed for 13 runs by Frederick Blundell in the MCC first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Frederick Jellicoe for a duck.^[2]

He died at , Sussex on 27 July 1921. His brother George, and nephews' Austin and Morice were all first-class cricketers, with Morice playing Test cricket for England.

References[]

^ "First-Class Matches played by Walter Bird". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
^ "Hampshire v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1880". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2014.

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