Cyril Walters (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Cyril Frederick Walters (28 August 1905 Bedlinog, Glamorgan, Wales - 23 December 1992 Neath, Wales) was a Welsh cricketer who had most of his success after leaving Glamorgan to do duty as captain-secretary of Worcestershire. In this role he developed his batting to such an extent that for a brief period he became an England regular and even captained them in one match as a deputy for Bob Wyatt. However, he unexpectedly completely gave up cricket soon after that, to the dismay of his country and county. Originally from Neath Grammar School, Walters first played for Glamorgan as a seventeen-year-old in 1923. Although he only made one score of over fifty in three full seasons, Glamorgan's batting was so feeble that this could still keep him in the eleven, especially with his energetic fielding. The following year, his business as a surveyor and architect kept him out of the team in the first half of the season, but on returning he improved phenomenally with 116 in his first match against Warwickshire and 114 against Leicestershire.