Background
He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.
He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.
Payne was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. Payne made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against the touring West Indians in 1906 at Aylestone Road, Leicester. He made four further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Lancashire at Whitegate Park, Blackpool.
In his five first-class matches, he scored a total of 15 runs at an average of 2.50, with a high score of 7 not out.
Behind the stumps he took six catches and made a single stumping. His died from tuberculosis at the town of his birth on 7 May 1908.
His obituary in the 1909 Wisden Cricketers" Almanack erroneously puts his name as Alfred Payne.