Walter Seton
Personal information
Full name
Walter John Seton
Born29 December 1864
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency,
British India
Died30 October 1912(1912-10-30) (aged 47)
Fleet, Hampshire, England
BattingUnknown
RelationsJohn Seton Karr (uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1894Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 1
Batting average 1.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 1
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 April 2020

Walter John Seton (29 December 1864 – 30 October 1912) was an English first-class cricketer, barrister and soldier.

The son of Walter Seton Karr, he was born at Calcutta in British India in December 1864. He was educated at Eton College,[1] before going up to New College, Oxford.[2] After graduating from Oxford in 1886, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the London Scottish Regiment in December 1887.[3] A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in 1889.[1] He later made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Essex at Leyton in 1894,[4] despite having graduated eight years previously.[1] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in the Oxford first innings by Walter Mead, before ending their second innings unbeaten without scoring.[5]

Seton was promoted to lieutenant in February 1890,[6] before being promoted to captain in January 1892.[7] He resigned his commission in May 1895,[8] but later returned to serve in South Africa in the Second Boer War,[1] before resigning his commission for a second and final time in September 1906, at which point he retained the rank of captain.[9] He contributed articles on cricket in public schools to the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack's of 1905 and 1906. He was the proprietor of Bramshot Golf Club in Hampshire, giving up his lease in early 1912.[10] Seton died later that same year in October at Fleet, Hampshire.[11] His uncle, John Seton Karr, also played first-class cricket.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Eton School Register 1871–1880. Spottiswoode & Co., Ltd. 1907. pp. 135.
  2. ↑ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Seton, Walter John" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ↑ "No. 25765". The London Gazette. 9 December 1887. p. 6871.
  4. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Walter Seton". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Essex v Oxford University, 1894". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "No. 26023". The London Gazette. 14 February 1890. p. 838.
  7. ↑ "No. 26250". The London Gazette. 26 January 1892. p. 427.
  8. ↑ "No. 26620". The London Gazette. 30 April 1895. p. 2490.
  9. ↑ "No. 27956". The London Gazette. 9 October 1906. p. 6792.
  10. ↑ "Golf – The Bramshot Cup". The Times. 28 February 1912. p. 14.
  11. ↑ "Wisden - Obituaries in 1912". ESPNcricinfo. 13 January 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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