| Albert Wensley | |
| Fullname: | Albert Frederick Wensley |
| Birth Date: | 24 May 1898 |
| Birth Place: | Brighton, Sussex, England |
| Death Place: | Ware, Hertfordshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium-fast |
| Role: | All-rounder |
| Year1: | 1922 to 1936 |
| Club2: | Auckland |
| Year2: | 1929–30 to 1930–31 |
| Club3: | Nawanagar |
| Year3: | 1936–37 to 1939–40 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 400 |
| Runs1: | 10,875 |
| Bat Avg1: | 20.48 |
| 100S/50S1: | 9/42 |
| Top Score1: | 154 |
| Deliveries1: | 73,667 |
| Wickets1: | 1,142 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 26.48 |
| Fivefor1: | 56 |
| Tenfor1: | 10 |
| Best Bowling1: | 9/36 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 265/1 |
| Date: | 19 December 2023 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22599.html ESPNcricinfo |
Albert Frederick Wensley (24 May 1898 - 17 June 1970) was an English first-class cricketer. In 400 first-class matches, mainly for Sussex from 1922 to 1936, he took 1,135 wickets with his medium pace bowling and scored more than 10,000 runs.[1] He spent some years playing and coaching in New Zealand and India.
He did the double in 1929 and took over 100 wickets on four other occasions. His best bowling, 9 for 36, came in New Zealand against Otago in 1929–30, when he played the first of two seasons for Auckland.[2] He scored five centuries, with a best of 140 against Glamorgan in 1928.[3] His fastest hundred saw him hit 120 in 110 minutes against Derbyshire in 1930.[4]