Albert Fielder

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Albert Fielder

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Albert Edward Fielder

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1889|4|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sarisbury Green, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1947|4|29|1889|4|29|df=y}}

| death_place = Southampton, Hampshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

| family =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = {{nowrap|1911–1913}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 38

| bat avg1 = 12.66

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 35

| deliveries1 = 266

| wickets1 = 6

| bowl avg1 = 37.50

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 5/128

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| date = 11 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12833.html Cricinfo

}}

Albert Edward Fielder (3 April 1889 – 29 April 1947) was an English first-class cricketer.

Fielder was born at Sarisbury Green in April 1899. He was noted in Cricket as being "a player of considerable promise",{{cite magazine|editor-first1=Charles W.|editor-last1=Alcock|editor-first2=F. S.|editor-last2=Ashley-Cooper|editor-first3=J. N.|editor-last3=Pentelow|date=17 June 1911|title=Pavilion Gossip|url=https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1911/259/#zoom=z|magazine=Cricket|location=London|access-date=13 September 2023}} making his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Surrey at The Oval in the 1911 County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6595/6595.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Walter Fielder|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 September 2023|url-access=subscription}} His debut was a success, with Fielder taking figures of 5 for 128 in Surrey's first innings.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8427.html|title=Surrey v Hampshire, County Championship 1911|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 September 2023|url-access=subscription}} In his following match against Gloucestershire at Bristol, he put on 147 for the tenth wicket with Edward Sprot (125 not out);{{cite web|url=https://hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com/2017/12/20/a-z-f1/|title=A-Z (F1)|website=hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com|accessdate=13 September 2023}} Fielder was eventually dismissed for 35 by George Dennett.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8432.html|title=Gloucestershire v Hampshire, County Championship 1911|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 September 2023|url-access=subscription}} Following this innings, Cricket described him "a batsman of some nerve and ability". Despite his perceived promise, Fielder would make one further first-class appearance for Hampshire, against Leicestershire at Southampton. In his three first-class matches, he took 6 wickets at an average of 37.50.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6595/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Albert Fielder|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 September 2023|url-access=subscription}} As a lower order batsman, he scored 38 runs at a batting average of 12.66.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6595/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Albert Fielder|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 September 2023|url-access=subscription}} Fielder died at Southampton in April 1947.