Alfred Payne (cricketer, born 1849)

Alfred Ernest Payne (29 December 1849 – 30 June 1927) was an English first-class cricketer.

The son of Frederick Alexander Payne, he was born at Pentre Ucha, Oswestry, Shropshire, in December 1849. He was educated at Cheltenham Grammar School.[1] He later studied at Pembroke College, Oxford and was by 1879 a student of the Inner Temple, though he was never called to the bar.[2] Instead he became a Church of England clergyman.[1][3]

He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1883. He played first-class cricket for the MCC until 1884, making seven appearances.[4] Despite playing as a batsman for the MCC, Payne struggled in first-class cricket, scoring just 64 runs at an average of 5.33.[5] He also made a first-class appearance for W. G. Grace's personal XI against Lord Sheffield's XI at Sheffield Park in 1883.[4]

Below first-class cricket, he played at county level for Shropshire between 1870 and 1904, in 118 matches in which he totaled 3,386 runs, achieved 4 centuries and took 231 wickets. During that time he played at club level for Oswestry and Baschurch in Shropshire and Llanfyllin in Montgomeryshire, Wales.[6]

Payne died aged 77 in June 1927 at Pen-y-Nant, Ruabon, Denbighshire.[1]