Bertie Perkins


Arthur Lionel Bertie Perkins, known as Bertie Perkins, was a Welsh cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket for Glamorgan.

Biography

Born in Swansea, after a good record in club cricket there, Bertie Perkins played two first-class matches for Glamorgan in 1925 against HDG Leveson-Gower's XI and Warwickshire. He then emigrated to Malaya where he went into business.
Whilst in Malaya, he played for the Straits Settlements against the Federated Malay States in Kuala Lumpur in 1932. Returning to Wales on a brief holiday in May/June 1933, he played four further first-class matches for Glamorgan, his last coming against Lancashire. He died in Durban, South Africa in 1992.