Walter Fellows
Encyclopedia
Walter Fellows was an English amateur cricket
er. He was the brother of Harvey Fellows
.
who was first noted as a schoolboy cricketer at Westminster School
. In first-class cricket
, he was mainly associated with Oxford University
and Marylebone Cricket Club
(MCC). He played for several predominantly amateur teams including the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players
series. He had a reputation as a "terrific and very successful hitter".
Fellows made 24 known appearances in first-class
matches from 1853 to 1857.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er. He was the brother of Harvey Fellows
Harvey Fellows
Harvey Winson Fellows was an English amateur cricketer. He was the brother of Walter Fellows.-Career:Fellows was a right-handed batsman and a roundarm right arm fast bowler...
.
Career
Fellows was an all-rounderAll-rounder
An all-rounder is a cricketer who regularly performs well at both batting and bowling. Although all bowlers must bat and quite a few batsmen do bowl occasionally, most players are skilled in only one of the two disciplines and are considered specialists...
who was first noted as a schoolboy cricketer at Westminster School
Westminster School
The Royal College of St. Peter in Westminster, almost always known as Westminster School, is one of Britain's leading independent schools, with the highest Oxford and Cambridge acceptance rate of any secondary school or college in Britain...
. In first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
, he was mainly associated with Oxford University
Oxford University Cricket Club
Oxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
and Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
(MCC). He played for several predominantly amateur teams including the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players
Gentlemen v Players
The Gentlemen v Players game was a first-class cricket match that was generally played on an annual basis between one team consisting of amateurs and one of professionals . The first two games took place in 1806 but the fixture was not revived until 1819. It was more or less annual thereafter...
series. He had a reputation as a "terrific and very successful hitter".
Fellows made 24 known appearances in first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches from 1853 to 1857.