Walter Bradshaw

Walter Hulatt Bradshaw (22 January 1909 – 13 July 1986) was an Australian born English cricketer. Bradshaw was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Adelaide, South Australia.

Not to be confused with Walter Bradshaw (Leicestershire cricketer).

Walter Bradshaw

Personal information
Full name	Walter Hulatt Bradshaw
Born	(1909-01-22)22 January 1909 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	13 July 1986(1986-07-13) (aged 77) Adderbury, Oxfordshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1948	Buckinghamshire
1936/37–1937/38	Europeans (India)
1935/36–1939/40	Rajputana
1929–1931	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 25 Runs scored 330 Batting average 11.00 100s/50s –/1 Top score 81 Balls bowled 4,460 Wickets 76 Bowling average 26.32 5 wickets in innings 3 10 wickets in match 1 Best bowling 8/68 Catches/stumpings 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 July 2011

He was educated at Malvern College,[1] where he played for the college cricket team. Bradshaw later undertook studies at Oxford University,.[1] He made his first-class debut for Oxford University Cricket Club against the Free Foresters.[2] He played twelve further first-class matches for the university, the last of which came against Cambridge University in 1931.[2] With the bat, he scored 178 runs at an average of 14.83, with his only innings of note, a score of 81,[3] coming against Gloucestershire in 1930.[4] He was an average bowler when he played for Oxford University,[1] taking 25 wickets at a bowling average of 39.28, with best figures of 4/15.[5] While at Oxford, he also achieved an Oxford Blue in football.[1]

After his studies at Oxford, Bradshaw became an educator and embarked on a teaching assignment in the British Raj. While there, he played in the Ranji Trophy for Rajputana and was the team's first Ranji Trophy captain.[1] It was though for a combined Rajputana and Central India that he played his first first-class match in India against the touring Australian team in 1935.[2] The match was not a successful one for him with the bat, with Bradshaw making scores of 2 and 0. With the ball, he took the wicket of Frank Bryant in the Australians first-innings for the cost of 56 runs from 17 overs. In their second innings, he took the wickets of Wendell Bill and Arthur Allsopp for the cost of 42 runs from 14 overs.[6] His debut for Rajputana came in the same season against Central India. He made six further first-class appearances for the team, the last of which came against Southern Punjab.[2] While in India, he also played two matches for the Europeans in 1938.[2] His appearances in India benefited his bowling. A tall man, he had increased his strength, running in from a short run up and with the ability to lift the ball sharply and move the ball in from off.[1] For Rajputana he took 31 wickets at an average of 20.09, with best figures of 7/52.[5] These figures, his best in first-class cricket, came against Southern Punjab in 1938, a match in which he also took 5/69 to give him his only ten wicket haul in a match.[7]

Following World War II, Bradshaw played Minor Counties Championship cricket for Buckinghamshire in 1948, making four appearances.[8] For many years he worked as a master at Stowe School, where he coached the school cricket team.[1] He died in Adderbury, Oxfordshire on 13 July 1986.

References

1. "Wisden Obituary – Deaths in 1986". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Walter Bradshaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Walter Bradshaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
4. "Oxford University v Gloucestershire, 1931". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
5. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Walter Bradshaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 July 2011.
6. "Rajputana and Central India v Australians, 1935/36". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
7. "Southern Punjab v Rajputana, 1938/39 Ranji Trophy". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
8. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Walter Bradshaw". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 July 2011.

External links

• Walter Bradshaw at ESPNcricinfo
• Walter Bradshaw at CricketArchive