Edward Forbes Walker (born 1876) was a rugby union international who represented Great Britain on the 1903 tour to South Africa.
William Walker was a Colonial Engineer,[3] a position of some prestige in the Victorian era in the United Kingdom, and hailed from Houghton le Spring,[4] County Durham.
Although William had relatively humble origins, a long and successful career meant that Edward was born into an affluent family.
The house they lived in was named Kaliemas,[3] after the Kali Mas River, that runs through modern day Surabaya, Java and it was here that Edward spent his childhood.
He and a fellow prisoner escaped with their horses, a dog, and a tin of biscuits on which they lived for a week, eventually making their way to the Swazi king, where they were treated well.
However, his father had died in 1894 and the family had left Alleyn Park Road in Dulwich and moved to the nearby Norwood.
[9] The side at that point was not so strong as in previous seasons though it was said that in Blackwood who played alongside Walker they had a player that would have been selected England had he not been injured.