Walter Pattisson, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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British cricketer
Date of Birth: 27-Aug-1854
Date of Death: 06-Nov-1913
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Walter Pattisson
- Walter Badeley Pattisson (27 August 1854 – 6 November 1913) was an English amateur cricketer who played in 13 first-class cricket matches between 1876 and 1887, primarily for Kent County Cricket Club.
- Pattisson sometimes played under the name W Batt. Pattisson was born at Witham in Essex in 1854, one of the 16 children of solicitor Jacob Howell Pattisson and his wife Charlotte.
- He was educated at Tonbridge School from the age of nine and played cricket for the school team as a wicket-keeper for three years between 1869 and 1871, captaining the side in his final year at school.
- He made his first-class cricket debut for Kent in July 1876 in a match against Sussex County Cricket Club at Hove.
- He played occasionally for the county club when his work as a solicitor allowed, making a total of 12 appearances for the county First XI and one for the amateur Gentlemen of Kent side.As well as playing cricket, Pattisson played rugby union and athletics.
- He played for Gipsies Football Club, a rugby club formed by ex-Tonbridge men, appeared in rugby international trial matches between 1874 and 1876 and represented England in the hammer throw against Ireland in 1877.
- He played club cricket for Tonbridge Cricket Club and Bickley Park and was secretary of both clubs as well as being a member of the Committee at Kent after he retired from playing and of the Rugby Football Union from 1878 to 1880.Professional Pattisson became a senior partner in the legal firm Hores, Pattisson, and Bathurst and was a director of Legal and General Life Assurance.
- He died at Beckenham in Kent in November 1913 aged 59.
- He was the President of the Old Tonbridgians Society at the time of his death and a pavilion was built on the school playing fields in his memory.
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