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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Alfred Torrens
| birth_date = 26 December 1831
| birth_place = [[Agra]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1903|1|22|1831|12|26|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Hayes, Bromley|Hayes]], [[Kent]], England
| nickname =
| family = [[William Torrens]] (son)<br>[[Attwood Torrens]] (brother)
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
| year1 = 1855
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 19
| bat avg1 = 6.33
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 16
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 11 August
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22086.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Alfred Torrens''' (26 December 1831 — 22 January 1903) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of the [[British Army]] General [[Robert Torrens (British Army officer)|Robert Torrens]], he was born in [[British Raj|British India]] at [[Agra]] in December 1831. He was educated in England at [[Harrow School]], where he played for the school cricket eleven.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911|last1=Dauglish|first1=M. G.|last2=Stephenson|first2=P. K.|publisher=[[Longman|Longmans, Green, and Co.]]|location=London|year=1911|edition=3|page=[https://archive.org/details/harrowschoolregi00harruoft/page/194 194]|url=https://archive.org/details/harrowschoolregi00harruoft|language=en}}</ref> He played four Public Schools matches and on the winning in all four matches.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/227830.html |title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1903 |date=30 November 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2021-08-12}}</ref> After completing his education, Torrens was commissioned in the British Army as an [[Ensign_(rank)#United_Kingdom|ensign]] in the [[66th (Berkshire) Regiment of Foot|66th Foot]] in March 1849,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=20955|date=9 March 1849|page=816}}</ref> later purchasing the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in October 1851.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=21254|date=17 October 1851|page=2586}}</ref> He was purchased the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in February 1855.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=21662|date=13 February 1855|page=550}}</ref> He played two [[first-class cricket]] matches for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] later in 1855 against the [[Gentlemen of England]] at [[Lord's]] and the [[Surrey Club]] at [[The Oval]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37815/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Alfred Torrens |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2021-08-12 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 19 runs in his two matches, with a high score of 16.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37815/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Alfred Torrens |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2021-08-12 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Torrens retired from active military service in August 1867,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23290|date=13 August 1867|page=4474}}</ref> although the following year he was appointed an [[Adjutant#UK_and_other_Commonwealth_countries|adjutant]] in the [[Surrey Rifle Volunteer Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23351|date=11 February 1868|page=654}}</ref> He later retired from this appointment in 1876.<ref name="BOOK"/> Torrens was a member of the [[East and West Kent cricket teams|West Kent Cricket Club]] and was an original member of the nomadic [[I Zingari]] club. He lived out his final years at Baston Manor in [[Hayes, Bromley|Hayes]], where he died suddenly on 22 January 1901.<ref name="OBIT"/> His sons [[Attwood Torrens|Attwood]] and [[William Torrens|William]] both played first-class cricket.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=22086}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torrens, Alfred}}
[[Category:1831 births]]
[[Category:1903 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Agra]]
[[Category:People educated at Harrow School]]
[[Category:Royal Berkshire Regiment officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers]]
[[Category:Military personnel of British India]]
[[Category:19th-century British Army personnel]]

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