John Walker (cricketer, born 1826)

John Walker (15 September 1826 – 14 August 1885) was an English cricketer.

[2] He played as a right-handed batsman and an underarm right-arm slow bowler for Cambridge University (1846–1849), Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (1847–1863), a Middlesex XI (1850–1863) and Middlesex County Cricket Club (1864–1866).

His family owned a large estate at Arnos Grove and he founded the John Walker Cricket Ground, in Waterfall Road, Southgate.

William Buttress, a fellow cricketer, was financially supported by Walker at certain times (due to the former's precarious career).

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