Lt. Col Walter Martin Fitzherbert Turner (4 April 1881 – 1 February 1948) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex between 1899 and 1911, and the Europeans.[1][2] A 'strong driver and cutter' his cricketing career covered 27 seasons when on leave from military service.[1]
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| Full name | Walter Martin FitzHerbert Turner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 April 1881 Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 February 1948 (aged 66) Harrow, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Antony Turner (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1899–1911 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 July 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Life
editWalter Martin Fitzherbert Turner was born on 4 April 1881 at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India,[1] the son of Major J.T. Turner who himself played cricket for Hong Kong and lost his life returning to Hong Kong from a match in Shanghai on board the SS Bokhara.[3] Walter Turner was the brother of another first-class cricketer, Arthur Turner,[1][3] and educated at Bedford Modern School between 1891 and 1893,[4] and thereafter at Wellington College where he was in the first XI in 1897.[1]
Walter Turner began his first-class career for Essex in 1899 shortly before his commission in the Royal Artillery on 6 January 1900.[5] Thereafter he played as a batsman for Essex when on leave from his military duties abroad.[1] Turner’s best performance was in the 1906 season when he scored 924 runs at 33.00.[1] On returning to England after the first world war, he played in the 1919 season where he scored 371 runs at 51.57 and achieved a career match best with 172 runs against Middlesex.[1] His son, Antony, was also a first-class cricketer.
In terms of his military career, he was promoted Major on 11 June 1915 and Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 January 1917.[5] He retired from the army on 23 December 1925.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Walter Turner". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ "Walter Turner". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Arthur Turner – English Cricketer and Soldier – Military History Forum". militarian.com. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ Bedford Modern School (Bedford, England), VIPAN, Herbert Edwin (21 April 1901). A register of the old boys of the Bedford Modern School. Compiled and edited by H.E. Vipan ... Together with a few chapters on its history and institutions. W.J. Robinson. p. 126. OCLC 557698898 – via Open WorldCat.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c "Army lists, 1939". National Library of Scotland. p. 897. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
External links
edit- Walter Turner at ESPNcricinfo
- Walter Turner at CricketArchive (subscription required)