{{short description|Australian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}} {{use Australian English|date=December 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Albert Cheetham | image = Albert Cheetham 1941-10-02.jpg | caption = Cheetham in Egypt in 1941 | fullname = Albert George Cheetham | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|12|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = Sydney, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|1997|5|23|1915|12|7|df=yes}} | death_place = Melbourne, Australia | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role =
| club1 = New South Wales | year1 = {{nowrap|1936/37–1945/46}} | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 24 | runs1 = 899 | bat avg1 = 20.90 | 100s/50s1 = 0/5 | top score1 = 85 | deliveries1 = 1,517 | wickets1 = 42 | bowl avg1 = 36.11 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 4/75 | catches/stumpings1 = 7/– | date = 24 December 2016 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4565.html ESPNcricinfo }}
'''Albert George Cheetham''' (7 December 1915 – 23 May 1997) was an Australian cricketer.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/4565.html |title=Albert Cheetham |accessdate=24 December 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> He played 24 first-class matches for New South Wales and the Australian Services XI between 1936 and 1946.<ref name="CA">{{Cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/5/5775/5775.html |title=Albert Cheetham |accessdate=24 December 2016 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref>
Cheetham was an all-rounder, a middle-order batsman and opening bowler. He made his highest first-class score and took his best bowling figures in the same match: 85 and 4 for 75, when New South Wales defeated Queensland in the opening match of the 1939–40 Sheffield Shield.<ref>{{cite web |title=Queensland v New South Wales 1939–40|url=https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1939-40/AUS_LOCAL/SS/QLD_NSW_SS_17-21NOV1939.html |publisher=Cricinfo |access-date=4 May 2025}}</ref>
In World War Two, Cheetham served in the Australian Army's anti-tank forces from 1940 to 1945, finishing with the rank of captain.<ref>{{cite web |title=Albert George CHEETHAM |url=https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/797708 |website=Virtual War Memorial Australia |access-date=4 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Prospects At 'Evens' In Tests |journal=The Sun |date=8 September 1945 |page=6 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229027309}}</ref> He moved to Adelaide in late 1945 to work as the manager of an insurance company. He married Marion McLeish in Adelaide in July 1946.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Miss Marion McLeish is bride today |journal=News |date=15 July 1946 |page=6 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/130853175}}</ref>
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