Biographical details about Courtney Walsh

Courtney Andrew Walsh

Born 30 Oct 1962, Kingston, Jamaica

Starsign Scorpio

Home Kingston, Jamaica, & Bristol, England and a lot of time in transit on planes and in hotels!

Parents Eric and Joan

Children Courtney has a son, also called Courtney but known as Junior, and a daughter, Chris. Found out about this from an in depth article on the web at:-

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EducationExcelsior High School, Melrose

Hobbies and Interests Reading (favourite authors include Jeffrey Archer, Robert Ludlam, Wilbur Smith), swimming, listening to music, on the beach, and watching sport on TV

Music Tastes Courtney is a BIG Bob Marley fan, also likes reggae in general, and slow soul.

Favourite food Home cooked food, Chinese, and Indian (Hey Courtney, I make a good Sweet and Sour!)

Favourite Drink Baileys, soft drinks (No- not Jamaican rum!!)

Car Mercedes. Courtney apparently loves cars, which may be why Jack Russell teases him about having the smallest car in Jamaica which would look good on Jack's scalextric track!

Tastes in clothes Prefers casual, jeans and t-shirts (but he always manages to look smart in them!)

Other sports followed Horse racing, Basketball, Football, Athletics

Nicknames Mark, cuddy, shorty, tall boy, CW, RP, Walshy, and his Gloucestershire team mates call him Duracell- because he keeps on going. Could this be the Wisden record for the most nicknames a player has?

Career outside Cricket Courtney owns a sports equipment shop in Kingston, Jamaica

All these facts have appeared in either cricket magazines, or in Courtney's benefit brochures, or in press/web articles. Courtney is a very private person, after all when someone lives a lot of their life in the public eye, they need privacy. So out of respect for this, the bulk of this site is devoted to Courtney's cricketing career.

Updated 20th Jan July 2000

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