His cousin, Charles Walker, played one first-class match for the Gentlemen of the North.
As a bowler, he took eighteen wickets with his right-arm slow roundarm deliveries at an average of 16.05, with his best analysis being 6 for 89 against Surrey.
Walker actively played cricket, notably at Royal College Colombo and captained teams to Madras and Bombay 1885 and 1886.
Walker died in May 1927 in Harrold, Bedfordshire, England and was survived by family and friends.
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