Albert Wensley

Albert Wensley
Personal information
Full name Albert Frederick Wensley
Born (1898-05-24)24 May 1898
Brighton, Sussex, England
Died 17 June 1970(1970-06-17) (aged 72)
Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Source: Cricinfo, 26 June 2016

Bert Wensley (24 May 1898 17 June 1970) was an English first-class cricketer. In 400 first-class matches, mainly for Sussex from 1922 to 1936, he took 1,135 wickets with his medium pace bowling and scored more than 10,000 runs.[1]

He did the double in 1929 and took over 100 wickets on four other occasions. His best bowling, 9 for 36, came in New Zealand against Otago in 1929-30. He scored five centuries, with a best of 140 against Glamorgan. His fastest hundred saw him hit 120 in 110 minutes against Derbyshire in 1930.

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References

  1. "Albert Wensley". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

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