Ashley Harvey-Walker

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Ashley Harvey-Walker (July 21, 1944 – April 28, 1997) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break and medium-pace bowler.
Early in his career he played purely as a top order batsman.

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[edit] Hundred on Debut

Harvey-Walker played for the second XI team of Warwickshire, before switching to the Derbyshire second XI in 1967. In 1971 Harvey-Walker became the first Derbyshire cricketer to score a century on his first-class debut scoring an unbeaten 110[1][2].

[edit] Later Career

Harvey-Walker struggled to hold down a regular place in a weak batting side. His best season was 1974 when he scored 727 runs at 25.96, and also scored over 400 List 'A' runs.
Not regarded as a regualr bowler much beforehand, he was regularly employed when selected in 1978, taking 10-82, including 7-35 in the second innings against Surrey on the notoriously uncertain wicket at Ilkeston.[3]. Despite playing in the Benson and Hedges Cup Final he was not re-engaged at the end of the season in a general clearout by the County[4].

[edit] Murdered

At the age of 52, Harvey-Walker was assassinated when, while attending a bar in Johannesburg, a gunman walked in, called out Harvey-Walker's name, and shot him when he responded.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Derbyshire vs. Oxford University, 23-25 June 1971
  2. ^ at Burton-on-Trent. Hundred in first match for Derbyshire
  3. ^ Wisden 1979
  4. ^ 1979 Derbyshire Yearbook
  5. ^ Death by Misadventure by P Thorn & K.Bartlett. In ACS Journal 2006-8

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