# Alan Imlay
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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Alan Imlay
| fullname = Alan Durant Imlay
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|02|14}}
| birth_place = [Cotham](/source/Cotham%2C_Bristol), Bristol, England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|07|03|1885|02|14}}
| death_place = [Brent Knoll](/source/Brent_Knoll), Somerset, England
| batting = Right-handed
| role = [Wicket-keeper](/source/Wicket-keeper)
| club1 = [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year1 = {{nowrap|1905–1911}}
| club2 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club)
| year2 = {{nowrap|1906–1907}}
| type1 = [FC](/source/First-class_cricket)
| debutdate1 = 25 May
| debutyear1 = 1905
| debutfor1 = Gloucs
| debutagainst1 = Cambridge Univ.
| lastdate1 = 19 June
| lastyear1 = 1911
| lastfor1 = Gloucs
| lastagainst1 = [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex_County_Cricket_Club)
| columns = 1
| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 12
| runs1 = 166
| bat avg1 = 7.90
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 26
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 16/1
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30529/30529.html CricketArchive
| date = 11 June
| year = 2025
}}
'''Alan Durant Imlay''' (14 February 1885 – 3 July 1959) was an English [cricket](/source/cricket)er. A [wicket keeper](/source/wicket_keeper) and right-handed batsman from [Cotham, Bristol](/source/Cotham%2C_Bristol),[{{cite web | url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15421.html | title=Player Profile: Alan Imlay | publisher=ESPNcricinfo | accessdate=7 May 2014}}][{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Gloucestershire/Players/30/30529/30529.html | title=Player Profile: Alan Imlay | publisher=Cricket Archive | accessdate=7 May 2014 | archive-date=8 May 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508062325/http://cricketarchive.com/Gloucestershire/Players/30/30529/30529.html | url-status=dead }}] Imlay was educated at [Clifton College](/source/Clifton_College)["Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p210: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948] and played cricket there first for the junior team in 1898, and then the senior XI between 1903 and 1904. His prowess led to his inclusion in a national Public Schools XI in 1904, and he proceeded to join [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1905.[{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Gloucestershire/Players/30/30529/all_teams.html | title=Teams Alan Imlay played for | publisher=Cricket Archive | accessdate=7 May 2014 | archive-date=8 May 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508061156/http://cricketarchive.com/Gloucestershire/Players/30/30529/all_teams.html | url-status=dead }}]
Imlay made his [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for Gloucestershire in a university match on 25 May 1905 against [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_cricket_team). He made 17 and 12 with the bat, but 45 [extras](/source/extra_(cricket)) were conceded in the form of [byes](/source/bye_(cricket)).[{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Gloucestershire/Scorecards/6/6698.html | title=Cambridge University v Gloucestershire University Match 1905 | publisher=Cricket Archive | accessdate=7 May 2014 | archive-date=8 May 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508062443/http://cricketarchive.com/Gloucestershire/Scorecards/6/6698.html | url-status=dead }}] Imlay went up to [Emmanuel College, Cambridge](/source/Emmanuel_College%2C_Cambridge) in 1904[{{cite book |last=Venn |first=John |authorlink=John Venn |title=The Book of Matriculations and Degrees |publisher=Cambridge University Press |date=1915 |page=142 |isbn=9781107511934 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V74sCQAAQBAJ&pg=142 |accessdate=8 December 2016}}] and played cricket for the University First XI until 1907,[{{cite web | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Gloucestershire/Players/30/30529/f_Batting_by_Team.html | title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Alan Imlay | publisher=Cricket Archive | accessdate=7 May 2014 | archive-date=20 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220115026/http://cricketarchive.com/Gloucestershire/Players/30/30529/f_Batting_by_Team.html | url-status=dead }}] He then returned to Gloucestershire and played sporadically until 1911, making a total of six more appearances for the county though never bettering his debut score of 17. He took four catches for the county in total, and performed one [stumping](/source/stumping).