Walter Vizard
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| Full name | Walter Oswald Vizard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
16 November 1861 Bellary, Madras Presidency, British Raj | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
10 January 1929 (aged 67) Bayswater, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1897 | Hertfordshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1882–1890 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 4 September 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Walter Oswald Vizard (16 November 1861 – 10 January 1929) is a former English cricketer. Vizard was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born in Bellary, Madras Presidency in the British Raj (today India). He was educated at Clifton College.
Vizard made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Middlesex in 1882. He made seventeen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Surrey in 1890.[1] In his eighteen first-class matches, he scored 256 runs at an average of 8.53, with a high score of 49 not out. Behind the stumps he made 11 catches and made a single stumping.[2]
By 1891, Vizard had moved to Hertfordshire and was enlisted in the 1st (Hertfordshire) Volunteer Battalion, the Bedfordshire Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant.[3] He held the rank of Lieutenant in 1895, in September of that year he was promoted to Captain.[4] By 1896, he was in partnership as a solicitor with a Charles Lothian Nicholson, son of General Lothian Nicholson, based in London, however in that year the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent.[5] He was also in partnership as a solicitor with a Lionel Monk Smith, but this partnership too was dissolved by mutual consent in 1897.[6] In 1897, he made a single appearance for Hertfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk.[7] By 1902, he was in partnership with a Henry Theodore Monro, but the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent in that year.[8]
He died in Bayswater, London on 10 January 1929.
References
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Walter Vizard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Walter Vizard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26176. p. 3381. 1891-06-26.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26665. p. 5303. 1895-09-24.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26782. p. 2176. 1896-04-07.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26888. p. 4953. 1897-09-03.
- ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Walter Vizard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27403. p. 741. 1902-02-04.