| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Anthony William Allin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1954 Raleigh Park, Barnstaple, Devon, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Tom Allin (son) Matthew Allin (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980–1981 | Minor Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1995 | Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1976 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1975 | Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:CricketArchive,16 January 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anthony William Allin (born 20 April 1954) is a former English first-class and List A cricketer who played for Glamorgan and Devon.
Allin played all his first-class matches for Glamorgan in 1976. [1] He played List A cricket for Glamorgan,Devon and the Minor Counties. [2] His best innings figures were 8 for 63 in Glamorgan's victory over Sussex. [3] Two weeks later he took his best match figures,6 for 133 and 5 for 59 against Middlesex,but this time Glamorgan lost. [4]
After one outstanding season for Glamorgan in 1976,Allin decided professional cricket was not for him,and returned to the family dairy farm in Devon. [5] He continued to play for Devon,playing 43 matches for them in the Minor Counties Cricket Championship. [6] He is the father of the Warwickshire cricketer Tom Allin.
After many years as a dairy farmer,Allin successfully converted his farm near Bideford to worm-farming. [7]