Walter Bird (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

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| country = England

| fullname = Walter Bird

| partialdates =

| birth_date = 22 July 1845

| birth_place = Hornsey, Middlesex, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1921|7|27|1845|7|22|df=yes}}

| death_place = Upperton, Sussex, England

| family = George Bird (brother)
Morice Bird (nephew)
Austin Bird (nephew)

| batting = Unknown

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| club1 = Marylebone Cricket Club

| year1 = 1880

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 13

| bat avg1 = 6.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 13

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| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 3 September

| year = 2014

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/9762.html Cricinfo

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Walter Bird (22 July 1845 – 27 July 1921) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in 1880. He was born at Crouch Hall, Hornsey, Middlesex.

Bird made one first-class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Hampshire in 1880 at Day's Ground, Southampton.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27907/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Walter Bird|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 September 2014}} In the match, which Hampshire won by an innings and 38 runs, Bird was dismissed for 13 runs by Frederick Blundell in the MCC first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Frederick Jellicoe for a duck.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2413.html|title=Hampshire v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1880|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 September 2014}}

He died at Upperton, Sussex on 27 July 1921. His brother George, and nephews' Austin and Morice were all first-class cricketers, with Morice playing Test cricket for England.