Allen scored 14 first-class hundreds, with his only double century, 220, coming against Hampshire in 1947.[2] His best season was 1938, when he scored 1785 runs at an average of 34.32.[3]
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^"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. pp420/1: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
basil, allen, basil, oliver, allen, october, 1911, 1981, english, first, class, cricketer, personal, informationfull, namebasil, oliver, allenborn, 1911, october, 1911clifton, bristol, englanddied1, 1981, 1981, aged, wells, somerset, englandbattingleft, handed. Basil Oliver Allen 13 October 1911 1 May 1981 was an English first class cricketer Basil AllenPersonal informationFull nameBasil Oliver AllenBorn 1911 10 13 13 October 1911Clifton Bristol EnglandDied1 May 1981 1981 05 01 aged 69 Wells Somerset EnglandBattingLeft handedRoleBatsmanDomestic team informationYearsTeam1932 1951Gloucestershire1932 1933Cambridge UniversityFC debut21 May 1932 Cambridge University v MiddlesexLast FC29 August 1951 Gloucestershire v YorkshireCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 308Runs scored 14 195Batting average 28 85100s 50s 14 83Top score 220Balls bowled 448Wickets 3Bowling average 143 005 wickets in innings 010 wickets in match 0Best bowling 2 80Catches stumpings 310 Source CricketArchive 21 August 2007 Allen was educated at Clifton College 1 and Caius College Cambridge A left handed batsman and fine close fieldsman he played for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1932 and 1933 2 He then enjoyed a long county career as an amateur for Gloucestershire from 1932 to 1951 captaining the county in 1937 and 1938 and from 1947 to 1950 He also played first class matches for Marylebone Cricket Club from 1936 to 1939 and the Gentlemen in 1938 Allen scored 14 first class hundreds with his only double century 220 coming against Hampshire in 1947 2 His best season was 1938 when he scored 1785 runs at an average of 34 32 3 References edit Clifton College Register Muirhead J A O pp420 1 Bristol J W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society April 1948 a b Obituaries Wisden 1982 p 1193 Obituaries The Cricketer July 1981 p 37 External links editBasil Allen at ESPNcricinfo nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an English cricket person born in the 1910s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Basil Allen amp oldid 1129044977, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
