Walter Byles

Walter Barnard Byles (8 August 1840 – 12 November 1921) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

Walter Byles

Personal information
Full name	Walter Barnard Byles
Born	8 August 1840 Royston, Hertfordshire, England
Died	12 November 1921(1921-11-12) (aged 81) Uxbridge, Middlesex, England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1862	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 31 Batting average 31.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 31 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 January 2020

The son of Sir John Barnard Byles and Emma Nash Wedd,[1] he was born in August 1840 at Royston, Hertfordshire. He was educated at Rugby School,[2] before going up to University College, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, Byles made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's in 1862.[4] Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for 31 runs in the Oxford first-innings by Henry Plowden.[5] A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in January 1866. He served as a barrister on the South-Eastern Circuit.[1] Byles later served as a Sheriff of Middlesex in 1896.[6] He died at Uxbridge in November 1921.

References

1. Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar. Reeves and Turner. p. 71.
2. Mitchell, A. T. (1902). Rugby School Register 1842–1874. 2. A. J. Lawrence. p. 150.
3. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 206.
4. "First-Class Matches played by Walter Byles". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
5. "Gentlemen of England v Oxford University, 1862". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
6. "No. 26720". The London Gazette. 10 March 1896. p. 1596.

External links

• Walter Byles at ESPNcricinfo