Wallace Allen (cricketer)

Wallace Allen
Personal information
Full name
John Wallace Allen
Born17 April 1921
Cullion, Ireland
Died10 September 1987(1987-09-10) (aged 66)
Derry, Northern Ireland
NicknameWaldo[1]
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm slow
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1948Ireland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 0
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 March 2021

John Wallace Allen (17 February 1921 – 10 September 1987) was an Irish first-class cricketer.

Allen was born at Cullion near Derry in February 1921, and was educated in the city at Foyle College.[1] A prominent all-rounder in club cricket in the north-west of Ireland,[2] he recorded the first century in the final of the Faughan Valley Cup Final, making an unbeaten 176 for City of Derry against Waterside in 1946.[1] In addition to powerful batting, Allen was also a slow bowler, often deployed when the principal bowlers were not taking wickets.[1] Following success in club cricket, he later made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Ireland against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club at Dublin in 1948;[3] however, he was not originally selected for the match, but was brought into the team as a replacement for George Wilson five days before the start.[4] Allen's only appearance for Ireland was not a successful one, with him batting once in Ireland's first innings, where he was dismissed without scoring by Michael Wrigley. The match, which was curtailed by rain,[1] resulted in a draw.[5] Allen later died at Derry in September 1987.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Player profile: John Wallace Allen". cricketeurope.com. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Wallace Allen to play for Ireland". Londonderry Sentinel. 17 August 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 17 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Allen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Change in Irish XI". Belfast News-Letter. 16 August 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 17 March 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Ireland v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1948". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 March 2021.