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| Full name | Walter Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 October 1903 Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 June 1981 (aged 77) Dorchester, Dorset, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1935–1937 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1946–1950 | Dorset | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Lancashire (28 October 1903 – 7 June 1981) was an English amateur first-class cricketer of the 1930s and a schoolteacher.
Born in Yorkshire, Lancashire was educated at Rotherham Grammar School and Sheffield University . A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium pace bowler, he was a schoolteacher in Southampton who played cricket in his free time.[1] He made his first-class debut in the 1935 County Championship for Hampshire against Somerset. He played six first-class matches in 1935, taking his maiden first-class wicket against Nottinghamshire.
In the 1936 County Championship Lancashire played eight matches. In the match in May against Essex his 32 and 66 (his highest first-class score, made in 50 minutes) contributed to a 147-run victory.[2][3] He played his last four matches for Hampshire in 1937.
After the Second World War he taught at The Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester.[4] He played regularly for the minor county Dorset from 1946 to 1950. He died at Dorchester on 7 June 1981.