Albert Rains (cricketer)

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Albert Rains
Personal information
Full nameAlbert George Rains
Born(1865-02-07)7 February 1865
Melbourne, Australia
Died17 July 1947(1947-07-17) (aged 82)
Perth, Australia
RoleWicketkeeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1894-95 to 1896-97Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 5
Runs scored 110
Batting average 12.22
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 55
Balls bowled 130
Wickets 1
Bowling average 53.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/16
Catches/stumpings 5/2
Source: Cricinfo, 22 May 2016

Albert George Rains (7 February 1865 – 17 July 1947) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played five first-class matches between 1894 and 1897.[1] He was later a businessman in Perth, Australia.

Cricket career[]

Albert Rains played as a wicketkeeper for South Melbourne in Melbourne district cricket from 1889-90 to 1893-94.[2] He moved to Dunedin in 1894, working there for the Sargood retail company, and began playing for the Carisbrook club in 1894-95.[3] Carisbrook won the Dunedin championship in 1894-95, Rains leading the batting with 527 runs at an average of 47.9 and taking 22 wickets at an average of 9.7.[4]

He played his first match for Otago in December 1894 as a bowling all-rounder. In subsequent matches he kept wicket. When New South Wales played Otago on their tour of New Zealand in 1895-96 he scored 32 opening the batting in the second innings, Otago’s highest score in the match.[5]

He was selected to play for New Zealand in the match against New South Wales in Christchurch a week later, and played a major part in New Zealand’s first-ever victory. He opened the batting on the first morning and made 55 in three hours while wickets fell around him to the bowling of Sydney Callaway.[6] He was sixth out when the score was 114. It was the highest score on either side in the match. When New South Wales batted, he did not concede a bye in either innings.[7][8]

Later life[]

He moved to Perth in late 1896, co-managing the Sargood branch there.[9] Later, with his company A. G. Rains and Co., he represented the billiard-table manufacturers Alcock and Co.; in 1934 he organised a series of exhibition matches Walter Lindrum played in Western Australia.[10] In July 1947, while living in West Perth, he collapsed in the street in the centre of Perth and died.[11][12][13]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Albert Rains". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Victorian Premier Cricket matches played by Albert Rains". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Notes by Slip". Otago Witness. 20 September 1894. p. 32. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  4. ^ "Carisbrook Cricket Club". Evening Star. 21 September 1895. p. 4. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Otago v New South Wales 1895-96". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  6. ^ R.T. Brittenden, Great Days in New Zealand Cricket, A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1958, p. 22.
  7. ^ Don Neely & Richard Payne, Men in White: The History of New Zealand International Cricket, 1894–1985, Moa, Auckland, 1986, pp. 37–38.
  8. ^ "New Zealand v New South Wales 1895-96". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  9. ^ "Brief Mention". Evening Star. 8 December 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Lindrum's Visit to This State". The West Australian. 19 December 1934. p. 17. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  11. ^ "Aged man's fatal collapse". The West Australian. 18 July 1947. p. 10. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  12. ^ "Family notices". The West Australian. 19 July 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  13. ^ "Advertising". The West Australian. 30 October 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 13 February 2018.

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