{{short description|English cricketer (1903–1977)}} {{for|the Australian naval architect|Alan Payne (naval architect)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Alan Payne | image = Alan Payne Cambridge XI - 15 July 1925 (6).jpg | country = England | international = | fullname = Alan Undy Payne | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1903|1|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Witney, Oxfordshire, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1977|8|16|1903|1|28|df=y}} | death_place = Braintree, Essex, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium-fast | role = | family = | club2 = Cambridge University | year2 = 1925 | club1 = Buckinghamshire | year1 = 1923–1929 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 7 | runs1 = 86 | bat avg1 = 10.75 | 100s/50s1 = 0/0 | top score1 = 27* | deliveries1 = 96 | wickets1 = 1 | bowl avg1 = 36.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 1/36 | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | date = 14 May | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18814.html Cricinfo }}
'''Alan Undy Payne''' (28 January 1903 – 16 August 1977) was an English cricketer. Payne was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born in Witney, Oxfordshire and educated at St Edmund's School, Canterbury and Jesus College, Cambridge.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31936/31936.html|title=Player profile: Alan Payne|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 May 2011}}</ref>
Payne made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Leicestershire in 1925. During the course of the 1925 season, he played a further six first-class matches, the last coming against Oxford University.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31936/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Alan Payne|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 May 2011}}</ref> His awarding of a Cambridge Blue at the end of that season proved controversial and was widely criticised. His batting average that season was just 10.75, with a high score of 27*,<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31936/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Alan Payne|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 May 2011}}</ref> while his bowling had yielded just one wicket.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31936/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Alan Payne|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 May 2011}}</ref><ref name = "OBIT">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228565.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1977|date=5 December 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=15 May 2011}}</ref> He was preferred to two batsmen on the team, one a previous blue and both established county players.<ref name = "OBIT"/> His captain, Tris Bennett, explained that Payne was "the equal of any fieldsman in England" and was worth his place in the team for his fielding alone.<ref>''Wisden'' 1974, p. 132.</ref>
Payne was a Minor counties cricketer for Buckinghamshire, who he debuted for in the 1923 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1923 to 1929, making 37 appearances.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31936/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Alan Payne|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 May 2011}}</ref>
He later became a master at his old school, St Edmund's School, before undertaking the same role at Felsted School.<ref name = "OBIT"/> Outside of cricket, he played field hockey to a high standard.
His wife, Muriel Irene Payne, died on 19 September 1945, aged 43.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://coggesparish.com/inscrip/c/c015.htm|title=Cogges Memorial Inscriptions - CO15|date=10 February 2005|work=The Parish Church of St. Mary, Cogges, Oxfordshire|publisher=www.coggesparish.com|accessdate=15 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813200605/http://coggesparish.com/inscrip/c/c015.htm|archive-date=13 August 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Payne died in hospital in Braintree, Essex on 16 August 1977.
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==External links== {{Commons category-inline|Alan Payne}} *{{cricinfo|id=18814}}
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