Alfred Postles

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Alfred Postles | image = File:Alf Postles Auckland Star 6 2 1936.gif | caption = Alf Postles in 1936 | imagesize = 170px | country = | fullname = Alfred John Postles | birth_date = {{birth date|1903|6|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand | death_date = {{death date and age|1976|8|11|1903|6|16|df=yes}} | death_place = Auckland, New Zealand | family = Bryce Postles (son) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm off-spin | role = | club1 = Auckland | year1 = {{nowrap|1924/25–1942/43}} | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 31 | runs1 = 1,588 | bat avg1 = 29.96 | 100s/50s1 = 3/7 | top score1 = 103 | deliveries1 = 794 | wickets1 = 8 | bowl avg1 = 45.37 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 4/20 | catches/stumpings1 = 18/– | date = 25 May | year = 2019 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38205.html ESPNcricinfo }}

'''Alfred Postles''' (16 June 1903 – 11 August 1976) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 31 first-class matches for Auckland between 1924 and 1943.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38205.html |title=Alfred Postles |access-date=19 June 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

Alf Postles was a batsman and occasional off-spin bowler who captained Auckland for three seasons, in each of which they won the Plunket Shield: 1933–34, 1937-38 and 1938–39. His best match was against Canterbury in the 1937-38 Plunket Shield, when he made his highest score, 103, and took his best figures, 4 for 20, and Auckland beat Canterbury by an innings and 193 runs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Auckland v Canterbury 1937-38 |url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16480.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=25 May 2019}}</ref> He later served as president of the Auckland Cricket Association and of the New Zealand Cricket Council.<ref>R. T. Brittenden, "A. J. Postles", ''The Cricketer'', October 1976, p. 30.</ref>

Postles was educated at Auckland Grammar School.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Reflections in sporting mirror |journal=Auckland Star |date=10 March 1945 |page=16 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19450310.2.116.50}}</ref> He married Marjorie Jeffries in Auckland on 27 January 1930.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Wedding |journal=New Zealand Herald |date=28 January 1930 |page=17 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19300128.2.166.5}}</ref> He served as a lieutenant in the New Zealand Army during World War II, stationed in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Army v. Navy |journal=Evening Post |date=18 January 1944 |page=6 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19440118.2.73}}</ref>

His son Bryce played for Auckland in the 1950s.

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