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| Full name | Walter Bird | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 July 1845 Hornsey, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 July 1921(1921-07-27) (aged 76) Upperton, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | George Bird (brother) Morice Bird (nephew) Austin Bird (nephew) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1880 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 3 September 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Bird (22 July 1845 – 27 July 1921) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in 1880. He was born at Crouch Hall, Hornsey, Middlesex.
Bird made one first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Hampshire in 1880 at Day's Ground, Southampton. In the match, which Hampshire won by an innings and 38 runs, Bird was dismissed for 13 runs by Frederick Blundell in the MCC first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Frederick Jellicoe for a duck.
He died at Upperton, Sussex on 27 July 1921. His brother George, and nephews' Austin and Morice were all first-class cricketers, with Morice playing Test cricket for England.
References
- "First-Class Matches played by Walter Bird". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
- "Hampshire v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1880". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
External links
- Walter Bird at ESPNcricinfo
- Walter Bird at CricketArchive
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