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John Barnhill Walker (30 October 1883 — 21 November 1953) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and businessman. His brother, William, was also a first-class cricketer.

Biography

Walker was born at Greenock in October 1883 and was educated at the Glasgow Collegiate. He played club cricket with success for Greenock, scoring 169 runs against the West of Scotland in 1912, in addition to captaining the club. Walker played two first-class cricket matches for Scotland in 1912, against the touring South Africans at Glasgow, and Ireland at Dublin. He scored 45 runs in his two matches, with a highest score of 34.

Walker served in the Renfrewshire Volunteer Regiment during the First World War, being commissioned as a temporary second lieutenant in April 1918. Walker later became a senior director at John Walker and Co. (Sugar Refiners) and was a direct descendant of its founder, Johnnie Walker. Besides his cricketing and business interests, he also played rugby football for Greenock Wanderers RFC. He died in November 1953 at Bearsden, Dunbartonshire.

References

1. ^ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1953". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
2. "First-Class Matches played by John Walker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
3. "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Walker". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
4. "No. 30707". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 May 1918. p. 6218.

External links

• John Walker at ESPNcricinfo

• 1883 births
• 1953 deaths
• Cricketers from Greenock
• Scottish cricketers
• Scottish rugby union players
• Greenock Wanderers RFC players
• Volunteer Force officers
• British Army personnel of World War I
• 20th-century Scottish businesspeople
• Whisky distillers
• Military personnel from Inverclyde
• Rugby union players from Greenock