Background
He was born in Long Ashton, Somerset and died at Clevedon, Somerset.
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Walter Wilde
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Career
Wilde was a tail-end batsman and a wicketkeeper who was drafted into the Somerset side for early matches in May and June 1929 because of the illness of the regular wicketkeeper Wally Luckes. Wisden Cricketers" Almanack noted that Somerset used seven different wicketkeepers during the 1929 season, including Wilde and Luckes. In this game he took three catches off the bowling of Arthur Wellard in Derbyshire"s only innings, the best return of his short career.
When the amateur Michael Spurway became available to keep wicket in mid-season, Wilde, as a professional, was dropped and did not play first-class cricket again.
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August 21, 1968 (aged 60)