Arthur Christopher Walton (26 September 1933 - 2 February 2006) was an English

England

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 cricketer

Cricketer

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.

Chris Walton was born in Georgetown, Demerara, British Guiana

Georgetown, Guyana

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 and educated at Radley

Radley College

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 and Oxford. He was an attacking right-handed batsman who represented Combined Services, D.R.Jardine's XI

Douglas Jardine

Douglas Robert Jardine was an English cricketer and captain of the England cricket team from 1931 to 1933–34.When describing cricket seasons, the convention used is that a single year represents an English cricket season, while two years represent a southern hemisphere cricket season because it...

, the Gentlemen, Oxford University

Oxford University Cricket Club

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 and Middlesex

Middlesex County Cricket Club

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 in 85 first-class matches between 1953 and 1959, scoring 3,797 runs. He was awarded three cricket blues by Oxford in 1955, 1956 and 1957 and he captained Oxford in his final year. He scored 57 in his Varsity match debut and scored 1,200 runs (average 38.70) in 1956 and 956 runs in 1957. He played in 35 matches for Middlesex (1957-1959) and he was awarded his county cap in 1957.

He later emigrated to Australia

Australia

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 and died in Mollynook, New South Wales

New South Wales

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aged 72.

External links

• Chris Walton at Cricinfo
• Chris Walton at Cricket Archive