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| Full name: | Walter William Read |
| Born: | 23rd November 1855, Reigate, Surrey, England |
| Died: | 6th January 1907, Bingham Road, Addiscombe Park, Surrey, England |
| Batting: | Right-hand batsman |
| Bowling: | underarm Right-arm slow |
| Occasional wicket-keeper | |
| Teams: | England (Test: 1882/83-1893); Surrey (Main FC: 1873-1897); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 1890); All teams |
| Surrey cap: 1884 | |
| Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1893 | |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
| Articles: | Brief profile of W.W.Read |
| Test Career Batting and Fielding (1882/83-1893) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| England | 18 | 27 | 1 | 720 | 117 | 27.69 | 1 | 5 | 16 | |
| Test Career Bowling (1882/83-1884) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| England | 60 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 0-27 | 6.30 | ||||
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1873-1897) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St | |
| Surrey | 366 | 580 | 41 | 17683 | 338 | 32.80 | 31 | 88 | 300 | 18 |
| Gentlemen | 24 | 41 | 2 | 1128 | 159 | 28.92 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 0 |
| England | 20 | 30 | 3 | 857 | 117 | 31.74 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 0 |
| South | 26 | 46 | 2 | 1202 | 102* | 27.31 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 2 |
| Gentlemen of England | 7 | 13 | 1 | 353 | 109 | 29.41 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| IFW Bligh's XI | 3 | 4 | 0 | 63 | 46 | 15.75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gentlemen of the South | 1 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 18 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lord Sheffield's XI | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5.66 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| England XI | 2 | 3 | 0 | 134 | 97 | 44.66 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| GF Vernon's XI | 7 | 11 | 2 | 592 | 183 | 65.77 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
| CI Thornton's XI | 2 | 4 | 0 | 82 | 24 | 20.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lord Londesborough's XI | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lyric Club | 1 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 20 | 15.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 2 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 13 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| A Shrewsbury's England XI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 27 | 27.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| East | 1 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 22 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| The Rest | 1 | 2 | 0 | 94 | 76 | 47.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Overall | 467 | 749 | 52 | 22349 | 338 | 32.06 | 38 | 113 | 381 | 20 |
| First-Class Career Bowling (1875-1897) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Surrey | 4547 | 211 | 2830 | 84 | 4-27 | 33.69 | 0 | 0 | 54.13 | 3.73 |
| South | 214 | 10 | 163 | 5 | 2-28 | 32.60 | 0 | 0 | 42.80 | 4.57 |
| Gentlemen of England | 157 | 7 | 94 | 6 | 6-24 | 15.66 | 1 | 0 | 26.16 | 3.59 |
| IFW Bligh's XI | 180 | 16 | 65 | 5 | 4-28 | 13.00 | 0 | 0 | 36.00 | 2.16 |
| England | 60 | 2 | 63 | 0 | 0-27 | 6.30 | ||||
| Gentlemen of the South | 100 | 8 | 58 | 2 | 2-58 | 29.00 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 3.48 |
| Gentlemen | 148 | 7 | 88 | 2 | 1-17 | 44.00 | 0 | 0 | 74.00 | 3.56 |
| England XI | 52 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1-10 | 21.00 | 0 | 0 | 52.00 | 2.42 |
| GF Vernon's XI | 84 | 5 | 52 | 2 | 1-16 | 26.00 | 0 | 0 | 42.00 | 3.71 |
| Lyric Club | 15 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0-8 | 3.20 | ||||
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 15 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0-11 | 4.40 | ||||
| CI Thornton's XI | 15 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0-19 | 7.60 | ||||
| East | 10 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1-11 | 11.00 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 | 6.60 |
| Overall | 5597 | 272 | 3483 | 108 | 6-24 | 32.25 | 1 | 0 | 51.82 | 3.73 |
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