Albert Wassell

Albert Wassell
Personal information
Full name Albert Wassell
Born (1892-06-14)14 June 1892
Aston, Birmingham, England
Died 27 April 1975(1975-04-27) (aged 82)
Erdington, Birmingham, England
Batting style Unknown
Bowling style Left-arm orthodox spin
Role Bowler
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1923 Warwickshire
First-class debut 2 June 1923 Warwickshire v Hampshire
Last First-class 31 August 1923 Warwickshire v Surrey
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 7
Runs scored 24
Batting average 3.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 10
Balls bowled 654
Wickets 10
Bowling average 34.40
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling 3/67
Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 December 2015

Albert Wassell (14 June 1892 – 27 April 1975) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in seven matches for Warwickshire in 1923.[1] He was born in Aston and died in Erdington, both in Birmingham.

Warwickshire's bowling in 1923 was heavily dependent on the fast bowler, Harry Howell, who took nearly three times the number of wickets of any other player, and whose main support came from the amateur players Freddie Calthorpe and Norman Partridge.[2] Wassell was one of several professionals introduced to the team in an attempt to bolster the bowling; he was a lower-order batsman whose batting hand is unknown and a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler.[1] Though given seven games, he was not a success. He reached double figures as a batsman only once and his best bowling in an innings was three wickets for 67 runs in the match against Gloucestershire.[3] He did not play any further first-class cricket after the 1923 season.

CricketArchive records that his birth was registered as "Albert Wassall".[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Albert Wassell". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 27 November 2015.
  2. "Warwickshire Matches". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Part II (1924 ed.). Wisden. p. 278.
  3. "Scorecard: Gloucestershire v Warwickshire". www.cricketarchive.com. 16 June 1923. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
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