| Albert Turnbull | |
| Full Name: | Albert John Turbull |
| Birth Date: | 1866 10, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand |
| Family: | Percival Turnbull (brother) |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Year1: | 1896/97 |
| Type1: | FC |
| Onetype1: | true |
| Debutdate1: | 15 January |
| Debutyear1: | 1897 |
| Debutfor1: | Otago |
| Debutagainst1: | Queensland |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/23/23009/23009.html CricketArchive |
| Date: | 1 February |
| Year: | 2024 |
Albert John Turnbull (29 October 1866 – 29 November 1929) was a New Zealand cricketer who played a single first-class match for Otago during the 1896–97 season.[1] [2]
Turnbull was born at Dunedin in 1866.[3] Considered a "more than useful bowler", he played club cricket in the city for Grange Cricket Club from the 1884–85 season and served on the club's committee.[4] [5] [6] After returning to Dunedin, having left for New South Wales in 1890,[7] he also played for Albion Cricket Club, captaining the side during the 1895–96 season.[8]
Considered a solid, although slow scoring, batsman,[9] a good change bowler and "a very capable field",[10] Turnbull was considered to be in consideration for a place in the Otago provincial team during the 1895–96 season.[11] In the event he made only a single first-class appearance for side. In a match at Carisbrook in January 1897 against a touring Queensland side he scored a duck in the first innings and a single run in the second; he did not bowl during the match.[1]
Two of Turnbull's brothers, Alfred and Percival, played alongside him for Grange Cricket Club,[4] [12] with Percival Turnbull having played a single first-class match for Otago during the 1884–85 season.[3] Albie Turnbull died at Dunedin Hospital whilst undergoing radium treatment in November 1929.[13] He was aged 63.[2]