Albert Champion
Cricket Player
1851 – 1909
Who was Albert Champion?
Albert Champion was an English first-class cricketer, who appeared for both Yorkshire and Lancashire over the course of fifteen years of sporadic appearances.
Born in Hollins End, Handsworth, Yorkshire, England, Champion played fourteen games for Yorkshire between 1876 and 1879, and reappeared for a single game for Lancashire against Nottinghamshire in 1886. He played three more first-class games for Liverpool and District in 1889 and 1890, two against his native county.
A left-handed batsman, he scored 218 runs at a lowly 8.07, with a best of 29 against Yorkshire. He took one wicket for Yorkshire, against Kent with his right arm medium pace, at a cost of 17 runs.
Champion died in Wortley, near Barnsley.
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- Born
- Dec 27, 1851
Handsworth, South Yorkshire - Lived in
- Sheffield
- Died
- Jun 30, 1909
Wortley
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on July 23, 2013
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