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Full name | Anthony William Allin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Raleigh Park, Barnstaple, Devon, England | 20 April 1954|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Tom Allin (son) Matthew Allin (son) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1980–1981 | Minor Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1977–1995 | Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1976 | Glamorgan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1975 | Devon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]