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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. 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.

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.

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

• 1885 births
• 1908 deaths
• Cricketers from Leicester
• English cricketers
• Leicestershire cricketers
• 20th-century deaths from tuberculosis
• Tuberculosis deaths in England
• Wicket-keepers
• 20th-century English sportsmen