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{{short description|English cricketer, tennis player and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Alfred Sangster
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Alfred Bruce Sangster
| birth_date = 22 October 1864
| birth_place = [[Notting Hill]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1913|8|18|1864|10|22|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Karachi]], [[Bombay Presidency]],<br>[[British India]]
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1897/98
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 23
| bat avg1 = 5.75
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 12
| deliveries1 = 10
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 2 November
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/alfred-sangster-34413 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Alfred Bruce Sangster''' (22 October 1864 — 18 August 1913) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er, [[tennis]] player, and an officer in both the [[British Army]] and the [[British Indian Army]].

The son of Alfred Henry Sangster, he was born at [[Notting Hill]] in October 1864. He was educated at [[Dover College]] until 1882,<ref name="DOV">{{cite book|title=Dover College Register|first=Ethelywn Compton|last=Duckworth|publisher=G. W. Grigg and Son|page=91|date=1910|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SppQAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> and [[Brighton College]] until 1883.<ref name="BRI">{{cite book|title=Brighton College Register|publisher=Farncombe and Co.|location=[[Lewes]]|page=135|date=1922|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3CtRAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> Sangster was commissioned into the [[Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)|Buffs (East Kent Regiment)]] as a [[lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in January 1885,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25430|date=6 January 1885|page=71}}</ref> before transferring to the [[King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry]] in November 1886.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25641|date=9 November 1886|page=5388}}</ref> In January 1888, he was seconded for service in [[British India]] as a lieutenant with the [[Bombay Staff Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25799|date=23 March 1888|page=1780}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25981|date=8 October 1889|page=5304}}</ref> In India, Sangster played both [[cricket]] and [[tennis]]. In tennis, he was singles and doubles champion in the [[Western India Championships]].<ref name="DOV"/> In cricket, he made two appearances in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] in the 1897–98 [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Matches]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14502/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Alfred Sangster|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In these, he scored 23 runs with a highest score of 12.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14502/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Alfred Sangster|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 November 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In November 1897, he was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26928|date=11 January 1898|page=167}}</ref> with promotion to [[Major (British Army and Royal Marines)|major]] following in November 1904;<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27765|date=17 February 1905|page=1207}}</ref> by his latter promotion, he was serving in the [[104th Wellesley's Rifles]].<ref>{{cite book|title=History of the 1st Battalion 6th Rajputana Rifles (Wellesley's)|first=F. H.|last=James|publisher=[[Gale & Polden]]|location=[[Brompton, Kent]]|page=263|date=1938|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2jJltqwk9TYC}}</ref> Sangster was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in November 1912,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28681|date=14 January 1913|page=329}}</ref> ten months prior to his sudden death at [[Karachi]] on 18 August 1913.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001394/19130830/075/0018|title=Army|work=Army and Navy Gazette|location=[[London]]|page=18|date=30 August 1913|access-date=2 November 2023|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=34413}}

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[[Category:1864 births]]
[[Category:1913 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Notting Hill]]
[[Category:People educated at Dover College]]
[[Category:People educated at Brighton College]]
[[Category:Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) officers]]
[[Category:King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry officers]]
[[Category:Bombay Staff Corps officers]]
[[Category:English male tennis players]]
[[Category:British male tennis players]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:19th-century English sportsmen]]

Alfred Sangster - Revision history

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