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Walter Wheeler

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Walter Wheeler
Personal information
Full name
Walter Charles Wheeler
Born(1841-12-30)30 December 1841
Newport, Isle of Wight, England
Died10 October 1907(1907-10-10) (aged 65)
Kennington, London, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm roundarm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1873Middlesex
1875Surrey
1878–1880Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 10
Runs scored 80
Batting average 4.44
100s/50s –/–
Top score 15
Balls bowled 696
Wickets 14
Bowling average 23.64
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 6/133
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 January 2010

Walter Charles Wheeler (30 December 1841 — 10 October 1907) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of John Wheeler and Emma Wadham, he was born in December 1841 at Newport on the Isle of Wight. He first played first-class cricket in 1873, when he made a single appearance for Middlesex against Surrey at The Oval.[1] The following season, he played for the Players of the South against the Gentlemen of the South.[1] He played first-class cricket for Surrey in 1875, making four appearances;[1] in these, he took 5 wickets.[2] Three years would elapse before Wheeler next appeared in first-class cricket, when he played twice for Hampshire against Kent and Derbyshire;[1] against Kent, he claimed his only career five wicket haul when he took 6 for 133 in Kent's first innings.[3] Two years later in 1880, he made a final first-class appearance for Hampshire against Sussex at Hove.[1] In ten first-class matches, he took 14 wickets at an average with his right-arm roundarm medium pace bowling. As a lower order batsman, he scored 80 runs at a batting average of 4.44.[4] In club cricket, he played for Cheam and won the Surrey Cup with them in 1881.[4] Wheeler died at Kennington in October 1907.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "First-Class Matches played by Walter Wheeler". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  2. ^ "First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Walter Wheeler". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Kent v Hampshire, County Match 1878". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Player profile: Walter Wheeler". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
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