Albert Bartlett

Albert James Bartlett (23 April 1900 – 6 October 1968) was an Australian cricketer who played grade cricket for Sturt Cricket Club in the 1920s. He was a successful batsman for the team and played for South Australia's colts team for several seasons. He played one first-class match for South Australia in November 1925.

Early life and family Bartlett was the middle of three brothers, who all attended Unley High School. Bartlett showed promise as a cricket player very early, playing in the school's first eleven while only 12 years old. After leaving school, he played club cricket first for Malvern United and then for Kenilworth in the Adelaide and Suburban Association, where both of his brothers also played. His older brother, J. V. Bartlett, played at Kenilworth alongside Vic Richardson. then scoring a century in just his third first-eleven game, scoring 110 runs not out against East Torrens. He played every game at A grade 1922–23 season, when he topped the team's batting averages with 85.8, and he was then the third-highest run-scorer in all of A grade the following season with 601 runs. Bartlett was again Sturt's best batter of the season with 601 runs at an average of 85.85, scoring three centuries and winning the club's batting trophy.

Bartlett won Sturt's A grade batting trophy again in the 1926–27 season. By 1929, Bartlett had scored centuries against every A grade team in South Australia except for West Torrens.

State cricket Bartlett's strong form in grade cricket meant that he featured for South Australia's colts team for several seasons, and was the team's top scorer four times. His batting performances in the match were unimpressive, with 7 runs in South Australia's first innings and 4 runs not out in their second.

Playing style Bartlett used a range of batting shots to score his runs. He scored the majority of his runs with the square cut and cover drive shots, but could score runs all around the wicket.