Albert Powell

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Albert Powell South Africa (RSA)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm bowler
	Tests	First-class
Matches	1	16
Runs scored	16	296
Batting average	8.00	9.86
100s/50s	0 / 0	0 / 0
Top score	11	31
Balls bowled	20	709
Wickets	1	12
Bowling average	10.00	34.33
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	1/10	4/62
Catches/stumpings	2 / 0	16 / 0
Test debut: 1 April 1899 Last Test: 1 April 1899 Source: Cricinfo

Albert William Powell - was born at Kimberley, Cape Province on July 18, 1873 and died at Cape Town on September 11, 1948, aged 75. A good all-rounder for the period with safe hands in the field, he played sporadically for Griqualand West from 1892/93 to 1904/05. When Lord Hawke brought England to South Africa in 1898/99, Powell was selected for the second Test, played at Cape Town. Although England won the match comprehensively by 210 runs, despite a first innings deficit of 85, Powell scored 5 and 11 (South Africa’s top scorer in their second innings), took 1 wicket for 10 runs and held two catches. His death in 1948 went unrecorded and therefore no obituary appeared within Wisden for him at the time.

[edit] References

1. World Cricketers - A Biographical Dictionary by Christopher Martin-Jenkins, published by Oxford University Press (1996),
2. The Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Volume 1 (1877-1977) compiled and edited by Bill Frindall, published by Headline Book Publishing (1995),
3. www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players.