Walter Fairbanks

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2014}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Walter Fairbanks

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1852|4|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Chatham, Kent

| death_date = {{death date and age|1924|8|25|1852|4|13|df=yes}}

| death_place = Guildford, Surrey

| batting = Right-handed

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| club1 = Gloucestershire

| year1 = 1875-1884

| date = 4 April 2014

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12987.html Cricinfo

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Walter Fairbanks (13 April 1852 – 25 August 1924) was an English cricketer. He played for Gloucestershire between 1875 and 1884.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12987.html |title=Walter Fairbanks |accessdate=4 April 2014 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} Fairbanks was educated at Clifton College"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p688: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948 and Clare College, Cambridge. After graduating he returned to Clifton College and taught there 1875–96.{{acad |id=FRBS871W |name=Fairbanks, Walter}}