| Albert Porter | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Albert Lavington Porter |
| Birth Date: | 20 January 1864 |
| Birth Place: | Croydon, Surrey, England |
| Death Place: | Tiverton, Devon, England |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Bowling: | Unknown |
| Club1: | Somerset |
| Year1: | 1883 |
| Club2: | Hampshire |
| Year2: | 1895 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 4 |
| Runs1: | 19 |
| Bat Avg1: | 3.80 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 7 |
| Deliveries1: | 36 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Date: | 28 January |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18576.html Cricinfo |
Albert Lavington Porter (20 January 1864 – 14 December 1937) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
Porter was born at Croydon in January 1864. He was educated at Marlborough College,[1] before matriculating to St John's College, Cambridge.[2] Being resident at Bath in Somerset, Porter represented Somerset in first-class cricket in 1883, making appearances against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's and Hampshire at Southampton.[3] Porter took holy orders in 1888 when he was ordained as a deacon at Winchester Cathedral. Later that year he was appointed a priest at Guildford, before becoming curate at Fareham from 1888 to 1898.[2] While undertaking his ecclesiastical duties at Fareham, Porter made two appearances in first-class cricket. The first came in 1890 against for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present team against the touring Australians at Portsmouth, with his second appearance coming in the 1895 County Championship against Derbyshire at Southampton.[3] In four first-class matches, he scored 19 runs with a highest score of 7.[4] In 1899, he was appointed vicar of Braishfield, an appointment which he held until 1917; he was concurrently rector at Eldon from 1901 to 1907.[2] Porter subsequently lived in Devon, where he died at Tiverton in December 1937.[5] He was married with children,[2] one of whom died in a motor accident in 1925.[6]