Albert Powell

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = South African
country = South Africa
country abbrev = RSA
name = Albert Powell
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Right-arm bowler
tests = 1
test runs = 16
test bat avg = 8.00
test 100s/50s = 0 / 0
test top score = 11
test balls = 20
test wickets = 1
test bowl avg = 10.00
test 5s = 0
test 10s = 0
test best bowling = 1/10
test catches/stumpings = 2 / 0
FCs = 16
FC runs = 296
FC bat avg = 9.86
FC 100s/50s = 0 / 0
FC top score = 31
FC balls = 709
FC wickets = 12
FC bowl avg = 34.33
FC 5s = 0
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 4/62
FC catches/stumpings = 16 / 0
debut date = 1 April
debut year = 1899
last date = 1 April
last year = 1899
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/46782.html Cricinfo

Albert William Powell - was born at Kimberley, Cape Province on July 18, 1873 and died at Cape Town on September 11, 1948, aged 75. A good all-rounder for the period with safe hands in the field, he played sporadically for Griqualand West from 1892/93 to 1904/05. When Lord Hawke brought England to South Africa in 1898/99, Powell was selected for the second Test, played at Cape Town. Although England won the match comprehensively by 210 runs, despite a first innings deficit of 85, Powell scored 5 and 11 (South Africa’s top scorer in their second innings), took 1 wicket for 10 runs and held two catches. His death in 1948 went unrecorded and therefore no obituary appeared within Wisden for him at the time.

References

# "World Cricketers - A Biographical Dictionary" by Christopher Martin-Jenkins, published by Oxford University Press (1996),
# "The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Volume 1 (1877-1977)" compiled and edited by Bill Frindall, published by Headline Book Publishing (1995),
# www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players.