Bert Pratten

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Bert Pratten
Australia
Personal information
Full name	Herbert Graham Pratten
Born	22 April 1892 (1892-04-22)
	Ashfield, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	11 September 1979 (aged 87)
	Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Role	Batsman
Batting style	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1913-1915	New South Wales
First-class debut	21 November 1913: New South Wales v Queensland
Last First-class	8 January 1915: New South Wales v South Australia
Career statistics
	First-class
Matches	5
Runs scored	221
Batting average	24.55
100s/50s	0/2
Top score	53
Balls bowled	0
Wickets	-
Bowling average	-
5 wickets in innings	-
10 wickets in match	-
Best bowling	-
Catches/stumpings	1/0
As of 31 December 2007 Source: CricketArchive

Herbert Graham "Bert" Pratten (22 April 1892 – 11 September 1979) was an Australian cricketer.^[1] A right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket for New South Wales between 1913 and 1915.^[2]

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Born in Sydney in 1892,^[2] Pratten made his first-class debut for New South Wales against Queensland in November 1913,^[3] also playing a minor match against Ipswich and West Moreton the same month.^[4]

In 1914, after another first-class match against Queensland^[3] and a minor match against Toowoomba,^[4] Pratten played his first Sheffield Shield match against South Australia in December. He also played against Victoria that month before playing his final first-class match against South Australia in January 1915.^[3] He played a match for the Federated Malay States against the Straits Settlements in 1919^[4] and died in Neutral Bay in 1979.^[2]

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