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Full name David Arthur Allen
Born October 29, 1935, Horfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire
Current age 72 years 350 days
Major teams England,Gloucestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
39
51
15
918
88
25.50
0
5
0
10
0
First-class
456
641
147
9291
121*
18.80
1
29
252
0
List A
28
21
10
164
28
14.90
0
0
5
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
39
65
11297
3779
122
5/30
9/162
30.97
2.00
92.5
8
4
0
First-class
456
77619
28586
1209
8/34
23.64
2.20
64.2
56
8
List A
28
479
261
9
4/28
4/28
29.00
3.26
53.2
1
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
West Indies v England at Bridgetown, Jan 6-12, 1960 scorecard
Last Test
England v West Indies at Manchester, Jun 2-4, 1966 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1953 - 1972
List A span
1969 - 1972
Profile
An accurate offspinner, David Allen had trouble maintaining a
steady place in the England teams of the 1960s, with competition
from Titmus, Mortimore, and Illingworth. He bowled off no more
than four or five paces, with a deceptively casual action. He could be
unplayable on helpful wickets, but he mastered the art of bowling
tightly on good wickets as well. He was first picked for England in
1959, but was unable to play through injury. When he did play, his 39 Tests included tours to all the current Test-playing nations. A useful bat, with
a first class hundred to his credit, he thrived on adversity,
memorably so when playing out Hall's final over of the 1963
Lord's test. He took 882 wickets for Gloucestershire in a career
that spanned 19 years. Dave Liverman October 2004
