Walter Powys

Walter Powys
Personal information
Full name Walter Norman Powys
Born (1849-07-28)28 July 1849
Titchmarsh, Northamptonshire, England
Died 7 January 1892(1892-01-07) (aged 42)
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
Batting style Left-handed
Bowling style Left-arm roundarm fast
Relations Arthur Powys (Brother), Richard Powys (Brother), Arthur Crichton (Uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1877–1879 Marylebone Cricket Club
1877–1878 Hampshire
1871–1872 & 1874 Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 27
Runs scored 244
Batting average 6.97
100s/50s –/–
Top score 30
Balls bowled 3,163
Wickets 98
Bowling average 26.88
5 wickets in innings 6
10 wickets in match 3
Best bowling 9/42
Catches/stumpings 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 February 2010

Walter Norman Powys (28 July 1849 – 7 January 1892) was an English cricketer. Powys was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm roundarm fast.

Powys was the son of the Hon. Atherton Legh Powys and Charlotte Elizabeth Norman. He was admitted to Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1870, and re-admitted after interruptions in 1874 and 1877, finally graduating in 1879.[1] He played first-class for Cambridge University, Hampshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club from 1871 to 1879, playing a total of 27 first-class matches in total, with his final first-class match in 1879 coming for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University. In addition Powys played first-class matches during that period for the Gentlemen of the North, the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players fixture, the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club and the Orleans Club.

In his first-class career, Powys scored 244 runs at a batting average of 6.97, with a high score of 30. With the ball Powys took 98 wickets at a bowling average of 26.88, taking 6 five wicket haul and 3 ten wicket hauls in a match and with best figures of 9/42 in 1871 in his debut first-class match against the Marylebone Cricket Club. In the field Powys took 9 catches.

Powys died at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire on 7 January 1892.

Family

Powys brothers Arthur and Richard both played first-class cricket, as did his uncle Arthur Crichton.

References

  1. ↑ "Powys, Walter Norman (PWS870WN)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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