Albert Freethy (27 April 1885 – 17 July 1966) was a Welsh rugby union referee and first-class cricketer. He was born in Swansea and died in Cimla.

Albert Freethy
Personal information
Full name
Albert Edwin Freethy
Born(1885-04-27)27 April 1885
Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales
Died17 July 1966(1966-07-17) (aged 81)
Cimla, Glamorgan, Wales
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1908–1921Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 79
Batting average 26.33
100s/50s –/–
Top score 31
Balls bowled
Wickets
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 27 July 2012

Freethy played his debut Minor Counties match in 1908, though he would only occasionally play in the period immediately before the war, notching up seven Minor Counties appearances before 1914. Freethy returned to the Minor Counties arena during 1920, and in Glamorgan's debut first-class season of 1921, which turned out to be his last in the County game, picked up three first-class appearances.

Following Freethy's retirement from cricket, he would further pursue his love of rugby, becoming one of the great rugby union referees of the period, taking charge of eighteen tests between 1923 and 1931. During the 1924-25 tour by the New Zealand Invincibles, he sent off Cyril Brownlie during the England-New Zealand test, the first time a player had been sent off from a test. Freethy later served on Glamorgan's committee in the 1930s.

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