Frank Walkinshaw

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Frank Walkinshaw

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Frank Walkinshaw

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1861|2|28|df=yes}}

| birth_place = British Hong Kong

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1934|7|14|1861|2|28|df=yes}}

| death_place = Bramley, Hampshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Unknown

| bowling =

| role = Wicket-keeper

| family =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1885

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 15

| bat avg1 = 3.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 11

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/1

| date = 24 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22277.html Cricinfo

}}

Frank Walkinshaw {{postnominal|JP}} (28 February 1861 – 14 July 1934) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of W. Walkinshaw, he was born in British Hong Kong in February 1861. Walkinshaw played first-class cricket for Hampshire on three occasions in 1885, which was Hampshire's last season with first-class status until 1894. His debut came against Surrey at The Oval, before playing against the Marylebone Cricket Club and Derbyshire at Southampton.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6904/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Frank Walkinshaw|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 January 2024|url-access=subscription}} Playing as a wicket-keeper, he took four catches and made a single stumping, in addition to scoring 15 runs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6904/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Frank Walkinshaw|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 January 2024|url-access=subscription}}

Outside of cricket, he was a mechanical engineer by profession. He spent five years in China and Japan between 1886 and November 1891.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003527/18911127/009/0005|title=The London and China Express|location=London|page=5|date=27 November 1891|access-date=19 January 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} Walkinshaw was active in civic life in Hartley Wintney in Hampshire, where he was member of the rural council. He was also a justice of the peace for Hampshire.{{cite book|title=British Biographical Archive|first1=David|last1=Bank|first2=Theresa|last2=McDonal|publisher=K. G. Saur|date=1992|page=2968|volume=7|isbn=978-3-598-33630-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RK4UAQAAMAAJ|language=en}} Walkinshaw died in July 1934 at Bramley, Hampshire.