Albert Waters

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{for|the lawyer and political figure in Ontario|Albert Victor Waters}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| fullname = Albert Edward Waters

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|5|8|df=y}}

| birth_place = Stoke Bishop, Bristol, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|5|28|1902|5|8|df=y}}

| death_place = Bristol, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Unknown

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Wiltshire

| year1 = 1928–1931

| clubnumber1 =

| club2 = Gloucestershire

| year2 = 1923–1925

| clubnumber2 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 16

| runs1 = 270

| bat avg1 = 12.85

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 42

| deliveries1 = 666

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 75.40

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 2/13

| catches/stumpings1 = 9/–

| date = 5 July

| year = 2012

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22761.html Cricinfo

}}

Albert Edward Waters (8{{nbsp}}May 1902{{snd}}25{{nbsp}}June 1985) was an English cricketer. Waters was a right-handed batsman, although his bowling style is unknown. He was born at Stoke Bishop, Bristol.

Waters made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan in the 1923 County Championship at The Victoria Ground, Cheltenham. Waters made fifteen further first-class appearances for the county, the last of which came against Sussex at Greenbank Cricket Ground, Bristol, in the 1925 County Championship.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33649/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Albert Waters|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 July 2012}} In his sixteen first-class matches, he scored 270 runs at an average of 12.85, with a high score of 42.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33649/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Albert Waters|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 July 2012}} With the ball, he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 75.40, with best figures of 2/13.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33649/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Albert Waters|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 July 2012}} He later played minor counties cricket for Wiltshire, making his debut for the county against the Surrey Second XI at The Oval in the 1928 Minor Counties Championship. He made fourteen further Minor Counties Championship appearances for Wiltshire, the last of which came against the Kent Second XI in the 1931 Minor Counties Championship.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33649/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Albert Waters|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 July 2012}}

He died at Bristol on 25 June 1985.