Background
He was born in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire.
He was born in Stapleford, Nottinghamshire.
Payton was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Payton made a single first-class appearance for Nottinghamshire against Lancashire at Lod Trafford in the 1922 County Championship. He scored 15 runs in Nottinghamshire"s first-innings of 226 all out, before being dismissed by Dick Tyldesley, while in their second-innings of 62 all out, he was dismissed for a single run by Lawrence Cook.
He died at Sandiacre, Derbyshire on 27 September 1967.