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George Arthur Walker (25 January 1919 – 31 August 1995) was an English cricketer. Walker was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire.

Walker made two first-class appearances for Nottinghamshire in the 1937 County Championship against Yorkshire at Headingley, and Lancashire at Trent Bridge. Despite bowling a total of 48 overs in his two matches, Walker took just a solitary wicket, that of Lancashire's Eddie Phillipson. With the bat he scored a total of 24 runs with a high score of 10 not out.

At the end of the 1937 season Walker retired from professional cricket and joined the Nottingham City Police.

He died at Bridlington, Yorkshire, on 31 August 1995.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by George Walker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
2. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by George Walker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
3. "Nottinghamshire v Lancashire, 1937 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Walker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 March 2013.
5. The Cricketer, 11 September 1937, p. 616.

External links

• George Walker at ESPNcricinfo
• George Walker at CricketArchive

• 1919 births
• 1995 deaths
• People from West Bridgford
• Cricketers from Nottinghamshire
• English cricketers
• Nottinghamshire cricketers
• 20th-century English sportsmen