Albert Edward Peatfield (13 April 1874 – 12 December 1953) was an English first-class

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er. Peatfield was educated at

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and was an alumnus of the Victoria University. After graduating, he went into teaching and was an assistant master at a high school in

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. Prior to his appointment as an assistant master in Blackpool, Peatfield worked in Wales, where he played

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for

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, making three appearances in the 1903

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. Having moved to Blackpool, Peatfield played a single first-class cricket match for an England XI against the touring West Indians at

in 1906. Batting twice in the match, he ended the England XI first-innings not out on 2, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 16 runs by Sydney Smith. He died at Retford, the town of his birth, in December 1953.

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