Lives in Cricket No 21 - Walter Read

otherwise Barnes will just manage to defeat the holders of the cup. 55 In the event, Read did not play ‘in consequence of an injury received on a previous occasion prevented the famous Surrey cricketer from taking part in the game whatsoever.’ 56 Despite his subsequent domestic and international cricket commitments, his interest in football continued and in 1892 he became Honorary Secretary of the Surrey County Football Association. 57 Reigate Priory Cricket Club is immensely proud of Walter Read’s association with it and continues to be a successful club, at the time of writing (2011) having won the Surrey Championship for four of the last seven years and boasting current and former Surrey players, Chris Murtagh, Jason Roy and Simon and Daryl King. 35 55 Surrey Mirror 15 March 1884 56 Surrey Mirror 22 March 1884 57 Scores and Biographies Vol XIV p xcv Reigate Priory