Bertie Perkins
{{short description|Welsh cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Bertie Perkins
| country = England
| fullname = Arthur Lionel Bertie Perkins
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|10|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1992|5|6|1905|10|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = Durban, Natal, South Africa
| batting = Right-handed
| role = Batsman
| club1 = Glamorgan
| year1 = 1925–1933
| type1 = First-class
| debutdate1 = 1 August
| debutyear1 = 1925
| debutfor1 = Glamorgan
| debutagainst1 = HDG Leveson-Gower's XI
| lastdate1 = 21 June
| lastyear1 = 1933
| lastfor1 = Glamorgan
| lastagainst1 = Lancashire
| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 6
| runs1 = 102
| bat avg1 = 14.57
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 26*
| deliveries1 = 0
| wickets1 = -
| bowl avg1 = -
| fivefor1 = -
| tenfor1 = -
| best bowling1 = -
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/0
| date = 19 December
| year = 2007
| source = http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4849/4849.html CricketArchive
}}
Arthur Lionel Bertie Perkins (19 October 1905 – 6 May 1992), known as Bertie Perkins, was a Welsh cricketer.[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18502.html Cricinfo profile] A right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket for Glamorgan.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4849/4849.html CricketArchive profile]
Biography
Born in Swansea, after a good record in club cricket there, Bertie Perkins played two first-class matches for Glamorgan in 1925[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Articles/1/1006.html Brief Profile of Bertie Perkins] by Dr A. K. Hignell at CricketArchive against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI and Warwickshire.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4849/First-Class_Matches.html First-class matches played by Bertie Perkins] at CricketArchive He then emigrated to Malaya where he went into business.
Whilst in Malaya, he played for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States in Kuala Lumpur in 1932.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4849/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Bertie Perkins] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015162505/http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/4/4849/Other_matches.html |date=15 October 2012 }} at CricketArchive Returning to Wales on a brief holiday in May/June 1933, he played four further first-class matches for Glamorgan, his last coming against Lancashire. He died in Durban, South Africa in 1992.
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Category:Cricketers from Swansea