Douglas Allday
Personal information
Full name
Douglas Charles Allday
Born24 January 1895
Knowle, Warwickshire, England
Died2 February 1945(1945-02-02) (aged 50)
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1920/21–1923/24Europeans
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 2
Runs scored 13
Batting average 4.33
100s/50s –/–
Top score 10
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 6 November 2021

Douglas Charles Allday (24 January 1895 – 2 February 1945) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Born at Knowle in Warwickshire in January 1895, Allday was educated at Malvern College.[1] The First World War began shortly after he finished his education at Malvern, with Allday being commissioned into the British Army as a temporary second lieutenant in September 1914.[2] Serving in the war with the Royal Army Service Corps, he was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant in March 1915.[3] He ended the war as a temporary captain, a rank he retained in full upon the completion of his service in August 1919.[4] After the war he went to British India, where he played in two first-class cricket matches for the Europeans cricket team against the Indians in the Madras Presidency Matches of 1920 and 1924.[5] He scored 13 runs across his two matches, with a highest score of 10.[6] Allday died in England at Wolverhampton in February 1945.

References

  1. ↑ Porch, R. P. (1915). The Malvern College Register 1865-1914. W. H. Lovell.
  2. ↑ "No. 28902". The London Gazette. 15 September 1914. p. 7298.
  3. ↑ "No. 29168". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 May 1915. p. 4879.
  4. ↑ "No. 32390". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 July 1921. p. 5628.
  5. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Douglas Allday". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  6. ↑ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Douglas Allday". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
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