Anthony William Allin (born 20 April 1954) is a former English first-class and List A cricketer who played for Glamorgan and Devon.
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| Full name | Anthony William Allin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1954 Raleigh Park, Barnstaple, Devon, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Tom Allin (son) Matthew Allin (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1980–1981 | Minor Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1995 | Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 16 January 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Allin played all his first-class matches for Glamorgan in 1976.[1] He played List A cricket for Glamorgan, Devon and the Minor Counties.[2] His best innings figures were 8 for 63 in Glamorgan's victory over Sussex.[3] Two weeks later he took his best match figures, 6 for 133 and 5 for 59 against Middlesex, but this time Glamorgan lost.[4]
After one outstanding season for Glamorgan in 1976 he decided professional cricket was not for him, and returned to the family dairy farm in Devon.[5] He continued to play for Devon, playing 43 matches for them in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship.[6] He is the father of the Warwickshire cricketer Tom Allin.
After many years as a dairy farmer, Allin successfully converted his farm near Bideford to worm-farming.[7]
References
edit- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Tony Allin". Cricket archive. 6 August 2008.
- ^ "ListA Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Tony Allin". Cricket archive. 6 August 2008.
- ^ "Glamorgan v Sussex 1976". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Glamorgan v Middlesex 1976". Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
- ^ "Tony Allin". Museum of Welsh Cricket. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Tony Allin". Cricket archive. 6 August 2008.
- ^ "Devon farmer turns from cows...to worms". BBC. 28 October 2014. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
External links
edit- Cricket Archive Profile
- Tony Allin at the Museum of Welsh Cricket