# Russell Walker > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Russell_Walker > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Russell_Walker.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Walker > Source revision: 1274242803 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English cricketer, cricket administrator, and barrister}} {{other people||Russ Walker (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{more footnotes|date=December 2015}}'''Russell Donnithorne Walker''' (13 February 1842 – 29 March 1922) was an English [cricketer](/source/cricketer), [barrister](/source/barrister) and cricket administrator. Russell Walker was born in [Southgate, Middlesex](/source/Southgate%2C_London). He was the sixth of seven cricket playing brothers, who were influential in the establishing of the [Middlesex County Cricket Club](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) in 1864. Their [cricket ground at Southgate](/source/John_Walker's_Ground) is maintained by the Walker Trust to this day. He played as a [right-handed batsman](/source/batsman) and a [round arm slow right arm bowler](/source/Bowler_(cricket)) for [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) (1861–1865), a [Middlesex XI](/source/Middlesex) (1862), [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) (MCC) (1862–1878) and [Middlesex County Cricket Club](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) (1864–1877). After graduating from Oxford (where he was at [Brasenose College](/source/Brasenose_College%2C_Oxford)) in 1865, he studied law at [Lincoln's Inn](/source/Lincoln's_Inn) and was [called to the bar](/source/called_to_the_bar) in 1871.{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924096849850#page/n521/mode/2up |title=Men-at-the-bar: a biographical hand-list of the members of the various Inns of Court, including Her Majesty's judges, etc. |first=Joseph |last=Foster |authorlink=Joseph Foster (genealogist) |date=1885 |page=487}} He succeeded his brother [Edward](/source/V_E_Walker) as President of [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club) and served in this role from 1907 until his death at [Regent's Park](/source/Regent's_Park), aged 80. ==See also== * [The Walkers of Southgate](/source/The_Walkers_of_Southgate) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=22683}} * {{cricketarchive|id=33572}} * [http://www.middlesexccc.com/squads/hall-of-fame/#section-2586 Middlesex County Cricket Club Hall of Fame] {{DEFAULTSORT:Walker, Russell}} Category:1842 births Category:1922 deaths Category:English cricketers Category:Middlesex cricketers Category:Oxford University cricketers Category:Presidents of Middlesex County Cricket Club Category:People from Southgate, London Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Barnet Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Enfield Category:Gentlemen of the South cricketers Category:Gentlemen cricketers Category:North v South cricketers Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Category:Southgate cricketers Category:Gentlemen of England cricketers Russell Category:Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Category:People educated at Harrow School Category:Gentlemen of Middlesex cricketers Category:Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Category:North of the Thames v South of the Thames cricketers Category:R. D. Walker's XI cricketers {{England-cricket-bio-1840s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Russell Walker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Walker) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Walker?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.