The Walkers of Southgate

The three eldest brothers originally played for the Southgate Albert, the village team, on the bumpy Chapel Fields wicket until John had the ground re-turfed in the early 1850s.

The brothers founded the Southgate Cricket Club in 1855, a Middlesex team in 1859, the official Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1864, and were instrumental in establishing the home of the county at Lords in 1877.

[2] In 1859, the first match played by the Middlesex team was held in Southgate against Kent, who were defeated by 78 runs.

Although Test cricket only started in 1877, four of the brothers played in the United All-England Eleven prior to that date.

The brothers are all buried in the family vault in the churchyard of Christ Church, Southgate.