Walter Driver
![]() Driver in New Zealand in 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Walter George Driver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Melbourne, Australia | 25 September 1922||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 January 1994 Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia | (aged 71)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1946–47 | Victoria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1949–50 | Western Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 June 2016 |
Walter George "Wally" Driver (25 September 1922 – 11 January 1994) was an Australian cricketer. He played two first-class cricket matches for Victoria in 1946–47 and four matches for Western Australia in the 1949–50 season.[1] Driver toured New Zealand with the Australian team in February and March 1950, but in May 1950 he returned to Melbourne because he believed the prospects of finding suitable employment were brghter in Melbourne than Perth.[2] He did not play first-class cricket again.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Walter Driver". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
- ^ "State Cricket Loss DRIVER RETURNING TO VICTORIA". The West Australian. Vol. 66, no. 19, 925. Western Australia. 29 May 1950. p. 17. Retrieved 8 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
[edit]Media related to Walter Driver at Wikimedia Commons
- Walter Driver at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Walter Driver at ESPNcricinfo