DAVID Allen was one of the finest cricketers in Gloucestershire County Cricket Club’s history. The off-spinner played 39 Test Matches for England in the 1960s and claimed more than 1,000 wickets in his long first-class career.
He maintained an avid interest in cricket until the end – being president of Thornbury Cricket Club in South Gloucestershire, where he an active and well-loved presence.
His death, on Saturday, at the age of 78, comes only three months after John Mortimore, that other great Gloucestershire off-spinner of the 1950s and 1960s went to the great pavilion in the sky.
Gloucestershire announced his death today. In a statement, the county said: “Our sincere sympathy goes out to his family and friends.†Allen was born in the Horfield area of Bristol in 1935 – little more than a well-thrown cricket ball away from the Gloucestershire ground at Nevil Road.
He maintained an avid interest in cricket until the end – being president of Thornbury Cricket Club in South Gloucestershire, where he an active and well-loved presence.
His death, on Saturday, at the age of 78, comes only three months after John Mortimore, that other great Gloucestershire off-spinner of the 1950s and 1960s went to the great pavilion in the sky.
Gloucestershire announced his death today. In a statement, the county said: “Our sincere sympathy goes out to his family and friends.†Allen was born in the Horfield area of Bristol in 1935 – little more than a well-thrown cricket ball away from the Gloucestershire ground at Nevil Road.