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Full name | Albert William Powell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 18 July 1873 Kimberley, Cape Colony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 11 September 1948 75) Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa | (aged|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Jackie Powell (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test | 1 April 1899 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 November 2022 |
Albert "Bertie" William Powell (18 July 1873 – 11 September 1948) was a South African sportsman who played both international cricket and rugby union for South Africa. [1]
Powell was born in Kimberley, Cape Colony, in 1873. An all-rounder with safe hands in the field, he played sporadically for Griqualand West from 1892/93 to 1904/05. When Lord Hawke brought the English team to South Africa in 1898/99, Powell was selected for the second Test, played at Cape Town. England won the match comprehensively by 210 runs, despite a first innings deficit of 85, and Powell's score of 11 was South Africa's highest in their second innings total of 35. [2]
In 1896, Powell played at centre for the South Africa national rugby union team in the third Test of the British Isles tour of South Africa. [3] This was his only international rugby match.
Powell's brother Jackie captained South Africa at rugby and also played first-class cricket for Griqualand West. [4]
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