Walter Wheeler

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Walter Wheeler

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Walter Charles Wheeler

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1841|12|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Newport, Isle of Wight, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1907|10|10|1841|12|30|df=yes}}

| death_place = Kennington, London, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm roundarm medium

| role =

| club1 = Middlesex

| year1 = 1873

| club2 = Surrey

| year2 = 1875

| club3 = Hampshire

| year3 = 1878–1880

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 10

| runs1 = 80

| bat avg1 = 4.44

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 15

| deliveries1 = 696

| wickets1 = 14

| bowl avg1 = 23.64

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 6/133

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 21 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22388.html Cricinfo

}}

Walter Charles Wheeler (30 December 1841 – 10 October 1907) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of John Wheeler and Emma Wadham, he was born in December 1841 at Newport on the Isle of Wight. He first played first-class cricket in 1873, when he made a single appearance for Middlesex against Surrey at The Oval.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6921/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Walter Wheeler|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=30 July 2024|url-access=subscription}} The following season, he played for the Players of the South against the Gentlemen of the South. He played first-class cricket for Surrey in 1875, making four appearances; in these, he took 5 wickets.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6921/f_Bowling_by_Season.html|title=First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Walter Wheeler|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=30 July 2024|url-access=subscription}} Three years would elapse before Wheeler next appeared in first-class cricket, when he played twice for Hampshire against Kent and Derbyshire; against Kent, he claimed his only career five wicket haul when he took 6 for 133 in Kent's first innings.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2214.html|title=Kent v Hampshire, County Match 1878|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=30 July 2024|url-access=subscription}} Two years later in 1880, he made a final first-class appearance for Hampshire against Sussex at Hove. In ten first-class matches, he took 14 wickets at an average with his right-arm roundarm medium pace bowling. As a lower order batsman, he scored 80 runs at a batting average of 4.44.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/walter-wheeler-22388|title=Player profile: Walter Wheeler|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=30 July 2024}} In club cricket, he played for Cheam and won the Surrey Cup with them in 1881. Wheeler died at Kennington in October 1907.