Bert Pratten

Bert Pratten
Personal information
Full name Herbert Graham Pratten
Born 22 April 1892
Ashfield, Sydney, Australia
Died 11 September 1979 (aged 87)
Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Batting style Right-handed
Role Batsman
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
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
Competition 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
Source: CricketArchive, 31 December 2007

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

Biography

Born in Sydney on 22 April 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 on 11 September 1979.[2]

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