Albert Payne

For the steel engraver, painter and illustrator, see Albert Henry Payne. For the artist and illustrator, see Wyndham Payne.

Albert Payne

Personal information
Full name	Albert Payne
Born	(1885-06-26)26 June 1885 Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Died	7 May 1908(1908-05-07) (aged 22) Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1906–1907	Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 5 Runs scored 15 Batting average 2.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 7* Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 6/1
Source: Cricinfo, 19 September 2012

Albert Payne (26 June 1885 – 7 May 1908) was an English cricketer. Payne was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.

Payne made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against the touring West Indians in 1906 at Aylestone Road, Leicester. He made four further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Lancashire at Whitegate Park, Blackpool.[1] In his five first-class matches, he scored a total of 15 runs at an average of 2.50, with a high score of 7 not out. Behind the stumps he took six catches and made a single stumping.[2]

His died from tuberculosis at the town of his birth on 7 May 1908. His obituary in the 1909 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack erroneously puts his name as Alfred Payne.[3]

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Albert Payne". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
2. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Albert Payne". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
3. "Wisden - Obituaries in 1908". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. ESPNcricinfo. 30 November 2005. Retrieved 19 September 2012.

External links

• Albert Payne at ESPNcricinfo
• Albert Payne at CricketArchive