William Allen (cricketer)
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William Reginald Allen (14 April 1893 in Sharlston, near Wakefield
, Yorkshire
, England
— 14 October 1950, Normanton
, Yorkshire, England) was an English cricket
er who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
.
He was a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. He played thirty matches for Yorkshire scoring 475 runs at an average of 21.59 with the bat, with a highest score of 95. He also took 45 catches and made 21 stumpings. He played from 1921-1925. His highest score was 95 not out v Hampshire at Anlaby Road 1925. He played with Castleford for whom he first appeared in 1919. He was a Coal Board clerk at Whitwood.
Wakefield
Wakefield is the main settlement and administrative centre of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan district of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder on the eastern edge of the Pennines, the urban area is and had a population of 76,886 in 2001....
, Yorkshire
Yorkshire
Yorkshire is a historic county of northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its great size in comparison to other English counties, functions have been increasingly undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to periodic reform...
, England
England
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— 14 October 1950, Normanton
Normanton, West Yorkshire
Normanton is a town and civil parish within the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is northeast of Wakefield and southwest of Castleford, and at the time of the 2001 Census, the population was 19,949.-History:...
, Yorkshire, England) was an English cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Yorkshire as one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure....
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He was a right-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper. He played thirty matches for Yorkshire scoring 475 runs at an average of 21.59 with the bat, with a highest score of 95. He also took 45 catches and made 21 stumpings. He played from 1921-1925. His highest score was 95 not out v Hampshire at Anlaby Road 1925. He played with Castleford for whom he first appeared in 1919. He was a Coal Board clerk at Whitwood.