sentences:  During his final two years in first-class cricket, he played only five times, retiring from a first-class career spanning eighteen years in the 1952 season.Vaulkhard was a middle-order batsman throughout his Derbyshire career, immediately prior to the emergence of Guy Willatt as a strong first-team player.He was a right-handed batsman and played 122 innings in 77 first-class matches with an average of 21.39 and a top score of 264.