Basil Allen

{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Basil Allen | image = | country = England | fullname = Basil Oliver Allen | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|10|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Clifton, Bristol, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1981|5|1|1911|10|13|df=yes}} | death_place = Wells, Somerset, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = | role = Batsman | club1 = Gloucestershire | year1 = {{nowrap|1932–1951}} | club2 = Cambridge University | year2 = 1932–1933 | type1 = FC | debutdate1 = 21 May | debutyear1 = 1932 | debutfor1 = Cambridge University | debutagainst1 = Middlesex | lastdate1 = 29 August | lastyear1 = 1951 | lastfor1 = Gloucestershire | lastagainst1 = Yorkshire | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 308 | runs1 = 14,195 | bat avg1 = 28.85 | 100s/50s1 = 14/83 | top score1 = 220 | deliveries1 = 448 | wickets1 = 3 | bowl avg1 = 143.00 | fivefor1 = 0 | tenfor1 = 0 | best bowling1 = 2/80 | catches/stumpings1 = 310/– | date = 21 August | year = 2007 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27453/27453.html CricketArchive }}

'''Basil Oliver Allen''' (13 October 1911 – 1 May 1981) was an English first-class cricketer.

Allen was educated at Clifton College<ref>"Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. pp420/1: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948</ref> and Caius College, Cambridge. A left-handed batsman and fine close fieldsman, he played for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1932 and 1933.<ref name=WCA>"Obituaries", ''Wisden'' 1982, p. 1193.</ref> 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.<ref name=WCA/> His best season was 1938, when he scored 1785 runs at an average of 34.32.<ref>"Obituaries", ''The Cricketer'', July 1981, p. 37.</ref>

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