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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Douglas Charles Allday
| birth_date = 24 January 1895
| birth_place = [[Knowle, West Midlands|Knowle]], [[Warwickshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1945|2|2|1895|1|24|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Wolverhampton]], [[Staffordshire]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1920/21–1923/24
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 13
| bat avg1 = 4.33
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 10
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 6 November
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/26404.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Douglas Charles Allday''' (24 January 1895 – 2 February 1945) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

Born at [[Knowle, West Midlands|Knowle]] in [[Warwickshire]] in January 1895, Allday was educated at [[Malvern College]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|title=The Malvern College Register 1865-1914|first=R. P.|last=Porch|year=1915|publisher=W. H. Lovell|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lYpQAAAAYAAJ|language=en}}</ref> 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#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in September 1914.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28902|date=15 September 1914|page=7298}}</ref> Serving in the war with the [[Royal Army Service Corps]], he was promoted to the temporary rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in March 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29168|date=18 May 1915|page=4879|supp=y}}</ref> He ended the war as a temporary [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]], a rank he retained in full upon the completion of his service in August 1919.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32390|date=14 July 1921|page=5628|supp=y}}</ref> 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 cricket team|Indians]] in the [[Madras Presidency Matches]] of 1920 and 1924.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12618/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Douglas Allday|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-06|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 13 runs across his two matches, with a highest score of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12618/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Douglas Allday|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-11-06|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Allday died in England at [[Wolverhampton]] in February 1945.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=26404}}

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[[Category:1895 births]]
[[Category:1945 deaths]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Solihull]]
[[Category:People educated at Malvern College]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Royal Army Service Corps officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Warwickshire]]

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