Walter Oswald Vizard (16 November 1861 – 10 January 1929) was an 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.[1]
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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 | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.[2] 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.[3]
By 1891, Vizard had moved to Hertfordshire and was enlisted in the 1st (Hertfordshire) Volunteer Battalion, the Bedfordshire Regiment as a 2nd lieutenant.[4] He held the rank of lieutenant in 1895, in September of that year he was promoted to captain.[5] 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.[6] He was also in partnership as a solicitor with a Lionel Monk Smith, but this partnership too was dissolved by mutual consent in 1897.[7] In 1897, he made a single appearance for Hertfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship against Norfolk.[8] By 1902, he was in partnership with a Henry Theodore Monro, but the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent in that year.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p56: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
- ^ "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.
- ^ "No. 26176". The London Gazette. 26 June 1891. p. 3381.
- ^ "No. 26665". The London Gazette. 24 September 1895. p. 5303.
- ^ "No. 26782". The London Gazette. 7 April 1896. p. 2176.
- ^ "No. 26888". The London Gazette. 3 September 1897. p. 4953.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Walter Vizard". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
- ^ "No. 27403". The London Gazette. 4 February 1902. p. 741.
External links
edit- Valter Vizard at ESPNcricinfo
- Walter Vizard at CricketArchive