John Walker (15 September 1826 â 14 August 1885) was an English cricketer.
Walker was born in Palmers Green, the eldest of seven cricket playing brothers and four sisters - known historically as The Walkers of Southgate. He was educated in Stanmore and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He played as a right-handed batsman and an underarm right-arm slow bowler for Cambridge University (1846âÂÂ1849), Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) (1847âÂÂ1863), a Middlesex XI (1850âÂÂ1863) and Middlesex County Cricket Club (1864âÂÂ1866).
His family owned a large estate at Arnos Grove and he founded the John Walker Cricket Ground, in Waterfall Road, Southgate. It is run today by the Walker Trust.
William Buttress, a fellow cricketer, was financially supported by Walker at certain times (due to the former's precarious career).
Walker died at Arnos Grove in 1885, aged 58.