Former England All-Rounder Peter Walker Suffers Stroke, Dies At 84

Former England all-rounder died at the age of 84 after suffering stoke, BBC reported on Monday. According to ICC, Walker played all his three Tests in 1960, against the visiting South Africans – incidentally, a country where he spent his boyhood years.

“While his international career stalled at 128 runs, including a high score of 52, he enjoyed a first-class career of 16 years with Glamorgan. In that time, he accumulated 13 hundreds and 92 fifties in 469 matches, while also taking 834 wickets, including 25 five-wicket hauls. Initially a left-arm pace bowler, he switched to left-arm spin midway through his career,” the ICC added in its obituary.

Glamorgan mourns Peter Walker’s death

Peter Walker was a Glamorgan stalwart. He played 469 first-class matches, scoring 17650 runs and picked 834 wickets, at an average of 28.63. Glamorgan paid homage to their stalwart.

“Glamorgan County Cricket Club is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Peter Walker – an integral member of Glamorgan’s Championship-winning team of 1969 and a man who featured in the Club’s historic victories over the 1964 and 1968 Australians.

Peter was undoubtedly the finest close catcher in post-war county cricket. He fully utilised his tall frame when standing fearlessly at short-leg, or in the slips, and he held many stunning catches. His tally of 609 Championship catches is the fifth highest in the history of the English competition.

During his outstanding career with Glamorgan from 1956 until 1972, Peter set a host of fielding records which still stand today, including eight catches in the match with Derbyshire at Swansea in 1970, a Club record of 67 catches in 1961 and a career tally of 656 victims for the Welsh county – 175 of which came whilst fielding to the off-cutters of Don Shepherd.

Not surprisingly, the entry ‘c Walker b Shepherd’ is the most common dismissal in the Club’s annals,” the county club wrote in its tribute.