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Full name | Aubrey Peter Walshe | ||||||||||||||
Born | Salisbury, Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia | 1 January 1934||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1953–1956 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,6 July 2020 |
Aubrey Peter Walshe (born 1 January 1934) is a Zimbabwean political scientist and a former first-class cricketer.
Walshe was born at Salisbury in Southern Rhodesia in January 1934. He received his primary schooling in South Africa at Johannesburg and his secondary education back in Rhodesia at Bulawayo. [1] He later studied in England at Wadham College at the University of Oxford. [2] While studying at Oxford,he played first-class cricket for Oxford University,making his debut against Gloucestershire at Oxford in 1953. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1956,making 46 appearances. [3] Playing as a wicket-keeper,Walshe scored 900 runs at an average of 14.75,with a high score of 77. Behind the stumps he took 48 catches and made 12 stumpings. [4]
After gaining his doctorate from St Anthony's College,Oxford where he was also an Oppenheimer fellow,he returned to Africa where he lectured at the University of Lesotho from 1959 to 1962. From there he emigrated to the United States,where he became professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame in 1967. [2] Walshe has held fellowships with a number of institutes,including the Helen Kellogg Institute for International Studies and the Joan Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. [1] He has published a number of books on African politics including black nationalism and liberation movements. [2]
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