deliveries death_date columns catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling tenfor country death_place club fivefor batting fullname birth_place column nickname source date runs wickets s/s matches article_title
36 18 october 2012 1 1 / -- 1976 -- 1983 2012 7 may 1944 slow left-arm orthodox -- england england dorset -- right-handed christopher wynyard allen southampton , hampshire , england list a cal http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8846.html cricinfo 1944 5 7 yes 7 -- -- / -- 1 christopher allen

christopher allen

christopher wynyard allen -lrb- 7 may 1944 -- 18 october 2012 -rrb- was an english cricketer .
allen was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox .
he was born at southampton , hampshire .
allen moved to lymington , hampshire in 1964 , when his parents took over the mayflower pub in the town .
shortly after moving there , he began playing for lymington cricket club , where he was initially encouraged to be a seam bowler .
while bowling slow left-arm orthodox in the nets at the county ground , southampton , he was spotted by arthur holt who encouraged him to stick with that bowling style .
having impressed in club cricket for lymington , allen briefly played for the hampshire second xi , before being selected to play minor counties cricket for dorset , making his debut for the county in the 1976 minor counties championship against cornwall .
from 1976 to 1983 , allen played a total of 66 minor counties championship matches , the last of which came against shropshire .
he also made a single appearance for the county in the 1983 mcca knockout trophy against oxfordshire .
he took a total of 252 wickets for dorset .
allen also made a sole list a appearance for dorset in the 1983 natwest trophy against first-class opponents essex at dean park , bournemouth .
in dorset 's innings 111 all out , allen was dismissed for 7 runs by neil foster , while in essex 's innings he bowled 6 wicketless overs and caught keith fletcher , with essex winning by 7 wickets .
in club cricket , he took a total of 253 wickets in the southern league for lymington and the southampton based deanery cricket club , as well as hundreds more in friendly matches across hampshire .
he went on to become the eighth leading wicket taker in the southern league .
he played a key role in lymington 's victory in the southern league , taking 32 wickets .
he also fulfilled the roles of lymington captain , chairman and fixture secretary .
he died on 18 october 2012 , following a battle with bowel cancer .
