| Walter Turner | |
| Fullname: | Walter Martin FitzHerbert Turner |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 1881 |
| Birth Place: | Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Death Place: | Harrow, Middlesex, England |
| Family: | Antony Turner (son) |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Club1: | Essex |
| Year1: | 1899–1911 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | FC |
| Matches1: | 51 |
| Runs1: | 2090 |
| Bat Avg1: | 26.45 |
| 100S/50S1: | 2/13 |
| Top Score1: | 172 |
| Wickets1: | 5 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 41.00 |
| Best Bowling1: | 2/12 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 62/0 |
| Date: | 24 July 2013 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/21628.html Cricinfo |
Lt. Col Walter Martin Fitzherbert Turner (4 April 1881 - 1 February 1948) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex between 1899 and 1911, and the Europeans.[1] [2] A 'strong driver and cutter' his cricketing career covered 27 seasons when on leave from military service.[1]
Walter Martin Fitzherbert Turner was born on 4 April 1881 at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India,[1] the son of Major J.T. Turner who himself played cricket for Hong Kong and lost his life returning to Hong Kong from a match in Shanghai on board the SS Bokhara.[3] Walter Turner was the brother of another first-class cricketer, Arthur Turner,[1] [3] and educated at Bedford Modern School between 1891 and 1893,[4] and thereafter at Wellington College where he was in the first XI in 1897.[1]
Walter Turner began his first-class career for Essex in 1899 shortly before his commission in the Royal Artillery on 6 January 1900.[5] Thereafter he played as a batsman for Essex when on leave from his military duties abroad.[1] Turner’s best performance was in the 1906 season when he scored 924 runs at 33.00.[1] On returning to England after the first world war, he played in the 1919 season where he scored 371 runs at 51.57 and achieved a career match best with 172 runs against Middlesex.[1] His son, Antony, was also a first-class cricketer.
In terms of his military career, he was promoted Major on 11 June 1915 and Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 January 1917.[5] He retired from the army on 23 December 1925.[5]