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{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Albert Wright
|               image = Albert Wright.png
|            fullname = Albert William Wright
|          birth_date = {{birth date|1875|9|24|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Adelaide]], Australia
|          death_date = {{death date and age|1938|12|23|1875|9|24|df=yes}}
|         death_place = Adelaide, Australia
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = Right-arm leg-spin
|                role = Bowler
|               club1 = [[South Australia cricket team|South Australia]]
|               year1 = {{nowrap|1905/06–1920/21}}
| columns             = 1
| column1             = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1            = 30
| runs1               = 242
| bat avg1            = 7.56
| 100s/50s1           = 0/1
| top score1          = 53
| deliveries1         = 6,150
| wickets1            = 110
| bowl avg1           = 30.81
| fivefor1            = 7
| tenfor1             = 1
| best bowling1       = 7/66
| catches/stumpings1  = 8/–
|                date = 5 July 2023
|              source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8382.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Albert William Wright''' (24 September 1875 – 23 December 1938) was an Australian [[cricket]]er and [[groundskeeper|pitch curator]]. He played in 30 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches for [[South Australia cricket team|South Australia]] between 1905 and 1920 before taking over the preparation of the [[Adelaide Oval]].<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8382.html |title=Albert Wright |access-date=30 September 2020 |work=Cricinfo}}</ref>
==Life and career==
Wright was a leg-spin bowler who began his first-class career at the age of 30 in December 1905. In his second [[Sheffield Shield]] match, he took his best innings figures of 7 for 66 when South Australia beat [[Victoria cricket team|Victoria]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Victoria v South Australia 1905-06 |url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1900S/1905-06/AUS_LOCAL/SS/VIC_SOA_SS_30DEC1905-04JAN1906.html |website=Cricinfo |access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref> Five years later he took his best match figures of 11 for 176 (5 for 75 and 6 for 101) in a 285-run victory over [[New South Wales cricket team|New South Wales]].<ref>{{cite web |title=New South Wales v South Australia 1910-11|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1910S/1910-11/AUS_LOCAL/SS/NSW_SOA_SS_02-06DEC1910.html|website=Cricinfo |access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref>
In 1907 Wright took a position with the ground staff at the [[Adelaide Oval]]. He became the [[Groundskeeping|curator]] at the ground in 1920 and held that position until his death in December 1938.<ref name=AdvObit>{{cite journal |title=Noted Maker of Wickets |journal=Advertiser |date=24 December 1938 |page=18 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36602993}}</ref> The first [[Test cricket|Test]] pitch he prepared yielded 1,753 runs and 40 wickets in six days during the [[English cricket team in Australia in 1920–21|Ashes series in 1920–21]]; both captains praised the pitch.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Alby Wright Dies after a Short Illness |journal=News |date=23 December 1938 |page=5 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131914780}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=3rd Test, Adelaide, January 14 - 20, 1921, England tour of Australia |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/england-tour-of-australia-1920-21-61711/australia-vs-england-3rd-test-62523/full-scorecard |website=Cricinfo |access-date=6 July 2023}}</ref>
Wright married Clara Elizabeth Doran in Adelaide in April 1901.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Marriages |journal=Express and Telegraph |date=29 June 1901 |page=4 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/209688419}}</ref> He died in Adelaide in December 1938, survived by his wife, four sons and two daughters.<ref name=AdvObit/>
==References==
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==External links==
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