Albert Payne

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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

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

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| country = England

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| fullname = Albert Payne

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1885|6|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Leicester, Leicestershire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1908|5|7|1885|6|26|df=y}}

| death_place = Leicester, Leicestershire, England

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| batting = Right-handed

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| role = Wicket-keeper

| family =

| club1 = Leicestershire

| year1 = 1906–1907

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 5

| runs1 = 15

| bat avg1 = 2.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 7*

| deliveries1 = –

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| bowl avg1 = –

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| catches/stumpings1 = 6/1

| date = 19 September

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18811.html Cricinfo

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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.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31933/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Albert Payne|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 September 2012}} 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.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31933/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Albert Payne|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 September 2012}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/227836.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1908|work=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|date=30 November 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=19 September 2012}}