{{short description|Australian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2016}} {{use Australian English|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Albert Atkins | image = Albert Atkins.png | country = | fullname = | nickname = Rocco | birth_date = {{birth date|1867|3|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Sydney, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|1943|8|17|1867|3|26|df=yes}} | death_place = Sydney, Australia | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Batsman | club1 = Queensland | year1 = 1895-96 to 1905-06 | club2 = New South Wales | year2 = 1896-97

| columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 12 | runs1 = 398 | bat avg1 = 18.95 | 100s/50s1 = 0/3 | top score1 = 82 | deliveries1 = 0 | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 8/0 | date = 23 January 2020 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/3998.html ESPNcricinfo }}

'''Albert Atkins''' (26 March 1867 &ndash; 17 August 1943) was an Australian cricketer.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/3998.html |title=Albert Atkins |access-date=22 December 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He played twelve first-class matches for New South Wales and Queensland between 1895/96 and 1905/06.<ref name="CA">{{Cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5715/5715.html |title=Albert Atkins |access-date=22 December 2016 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref>

Atkins was a middle-order batsman and excellent fieldsman in the outfield, praised in 1896 for his "brilliancy and cat-like dash".<ref>{{cite journal |title=Cricket Chatter |journal=The Arrow |date=5 December 1896 |page=2 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/114453136}}</ref> He captained Queensland on several occasions, including the closely fought match against New South Wales in Sydney in 1902-03 when he made his two highest scores, 82 and 60.<ref>{{cite web |title=New South Wales v Queensland 1902-03 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6118.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=23 January 2020}}</ref> He and his wife Emily had three children.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Deaths |journal=Sydney Morning Herald |date=18 August 1943 |page=12 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17860746}}</ref>

==See also== * List of New South Wales representative cricketers

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==External links== * {{ESPNcricinfo|id=3998}}

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