Jack Walker (2 March 1914 – 29 May 1968) was an English cricketer. He played one first-class match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1949.Jack Walker, CricInfo. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
Walker was born at Cobham in Kent in 1914,The History of Kent Cricket – Appendix H, 1946–1963, p. 36. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club. the son of William and Mabel Walker, and educated at Rochester Technical School.Carlaw, Derek (2024) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part Three: 1946–1999, pp. 387–388. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 29 February 2024.) He played as a wicket-keeper at club level for Gravesend Cricket Club and made his only first-class appearance for Kent at The Bat and Ball Ground, playing against Essex in the 1949 County ChampionshipWalker, Jack, Obituaries in 1968, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1969. (Available online at CricInfo. Retrieved 24 December 2020.) Called into the side as a replacement for Godfrey Evans, who was playing in a trial match for the England Test side, he scored 19 runs, took two catches and made two stumping in the match which was played on his home club ground.Milton H (1999) The Bat and Ball Gravesend: a first-class cricket history, p. 130. Gravesend: Gravesend Cricket Club. He played twice for the county Second XI in the Minor Counties Championship and was chairman of Cobham Cricket Club for 21 years.Jack Walker, CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
Walker died at Cobham in 1968 after collapsing aged 54.The History of Kent Cricket – Appendix I, 1964–1984, p. 163. Canterbury: Kent County Cricket Club. His son, Richard, played regularly for Middlesex and Kent's Second XIs and his grandson, Matt Walker played over 500 matches for Kent and Essex and later coached Kent.Richard Walker, CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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