Charlie Walker (Cricketer) (Paperback)

Charles William "Charlie" Walker was a cricketer who played for South Australia. A specialist wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman, Walker was born in Brompton, an inner-suburb of Adelaide. Nicknamed "Chilla," Walker started his cricket career for the local Coglin Street Mission Cricket Club before making his Adelaide Grade cricket debut for West Torrens Cricket Club and later transferring to Prospect Cricket Club. Walker made his first-class debut for South Australia at the end of the 1928/29 season, making eights dismissals, and his form in the 1929/30 season, including four stumpings and three catches in a match against the touring English side, led to his inclusion in the 1930 Australian tour of England