Walter McBride (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles Walter Nelson McBride (27 November 1904 - 30 January 1974) was an English cricketer. McBride was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.McBride was educated at Westminster School, where he represented the school cricket team in a match against Household Brigade in 1924.McBride made his first-class debut for Oxford University in the 1925 season against Middlesex at University Parks, Oxford. McBride played 16 first-class matches for Oxford University between 1925 and 1928, with his final match for the University coming in the 1928 season against the Marylebone Cricket Club. In McBride's 16 first-class matches for the University he scored 251 runs at a batting average of 11.40, with a single half century score of 51 against Free Foresters in 1927. With the ball, McBride took 32 wickets for the University at a bowling average of 27.81, with two five wicket hauls and best figures of 5/57 against the Free Foresters in 1926. In the field McBride took 12 catches. McBride was awarded his Oxford Blue in 1926.