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{{short description|English cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Alan Simpson
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Alan Richard Simpson
| birth_date = 21 June 1890
| birth_place = [[Shaftesbury]], [[Dorset]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|2|3|1890|6|21|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Hastings]], [[Sussex]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1922/23
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 24
| bat avg1 = 24.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 20[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 273
| wickets1 = 8
| bowl avg1 = 14.37
| fivefor1 = 1
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 6/73
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 29 December
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/alan-simpson-34425 Cricinfo
}}

'''Alan Richard Simpson''' (21 June 1890 – 3 February 1972) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and an officer in the [[British Indian Army]].

Simpson was born at [[Shaftesbury]] in June 1890. He served in the [[First World War]] with the [[British Indian Army|British Indian Army Reserve of Officers]], being commissioned as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in July 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29300|date=17 September 1915|page=9238}}</ref> A further promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] followed in July 1916.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30199|date=24 July 1917|page=7494}}</ref> Following the war, he was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in April 1920,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32074|date=5 October 1920|page=9696}}</ref> prior to retiring from the Indian Army in April 1923.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32848|date=27 July 1923|page=5139}}</ref> Shortly before his retirement, he made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground|Poona]] in the 1922–23 [[Bombay Tournament (cricket)|Bombay Quadrangular]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14560/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Alan Simpson|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Playing in the Europeans team as a [[bowling (cricket)|bowler]], he took figures of [[five wicket haul|6 for 73]] in the Parsees first innings and 2 for 42 in their second innings; despite this, the Europeans lost the match by 118 runs. Simpson batted twice in the match, being dismissed in the Europeans first innings for 4 runs by [[P. H. Daruwala]], while in their second innings he was [[not out|unbeaten]] on 20.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/10/10641.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Quadrangular Tournament 1922/23|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=29 December 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

By October 1929, Simpson had returned to service in the Indian Army as a captain;<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33558|date=6 December 1929|page=7944}}</ref> however, his return to service last for just under two years, with Simpson resigning his commission in June 1931.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33763|date=16 October 1931|page=6630}}</ref> He later died at [[Hastings]] in February 1972.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=34425}}

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[[Category:1890 births]]
[[Category:1972 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Shaftesbury]]
[[Category:British Indian Army officers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:British sportspeople in British India]]

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