John Walton (cricketer)
John Cresswell Walton was an English first-class cricketer.
Walton was born at Greenwich in October 1896. A police officer, Walton served in the Royal Ulster Constabulary. He played his club cricket for North of Ireland, and first represented Ireland in a minor match against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Belfast in 1924; the previous season, he had represented the Northern Cricket Union in a minor match against the touring West Indians. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Ireland against Wales at Llandudno during Ireland's 1925 tour of England and Wales. Opening the batting, Walton scored 48 runs in Ireland's first-innings, before being dismissed by Frank Ryan, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 4 runs by Jack Mercer. He did not feature for Ireland after this match. He returned to England around the mid-1920s, as he no longer features in club scorecards in Ireland after this period. He died at Bromley in the third quarter of 1970.
