Albert Wassell

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.

Albert Wassell

Personal information
Full name	Albert Wassell
Born	(1892-06-14)14 June 1892 Aston, Birmingham
Died	27 April 1975(1975-04-27) (aged 82) Erdington, Birmingham
Bowling	Left-arm orthodox spin
Role	Bowler
Domestic team information
Years	Team
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 0/0 Top score 10 Balls bowled 654 Wickets 10 Bowling average 34.40 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 3/67 Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 December 2015

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