Alfred Payne (cricketer, born 1849)

Alfred Ernest Payne (29 December 1849 – 30 June 1927) was an English first-class cricketer.

Alfred Payne

Personal information
Full name	Alfred Ernest Payne
Born	29 December 1849 Oswestry, Shropshire, England
Died	30 June 1927(1927-06-30) (aged 77) Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1883–1884	Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 8 Runs scored 75 Batting average 5.35 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 16 Balls bowled 8 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 August 2019

The son of Frederick Alexander Payne, he was born at Pentre Ucha, Oswestry, Shropshire, in December 1849. He was educated at Cheltenham Grammar School.[1] He later studied at Pembroke College, Oxford and was by 1879 a student of the Inner Temple, though he was never called to the bar.[2] Instead he became a Church of England clergyman.[1][3]

He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1883. He played first-class cricket for the MCC until 1884, making seven appearances.[4] Despite playing as a batsman for the MCC, Payne struggled in first-class cricket, scoring just 64 runs at an average of 5.33.[5] He also made a first-class appearance for W. G. Grace's personal XI against Lord Sheffield's XI at Sheffield Park in 1883.[4]

Below first-class cricket, he played at county level for Shropshire between 1870 and 1904, in 118 matches in which he totaled 3,386 runs, achieved 4 centuries and took 231 wickets. During that time he played at club level for Oswestry and Baschurch in Shropshire and Llanfyllin in Montgomeryshire, Wales.[6]

Payne died aged 77 in June 1927 at Pen-y-Nant, Ruabon, Denbighshire.[1]

References

1. Percival, Tony (1998). Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998. A.C.S. Publications, Nottingham. p. 22. ISBN 1-902171-17-9.Published under Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
2. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 202.
3. He is titled 'Rev[erend].' in Shropshire Cricketers.
4. "First-Class Matches played by Alfred Payne". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
5. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Alfred Payne". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
6. Shropshire Cricketers 1844-1998, pages 22,49.

External links

• Alfred Payne at ESPNcricinfo