Allinson Chapman

{{short description|English cricketer and civil servant}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Allinson Chapman

| image =

| fullname = Allinson George Chapman

| birth_date = 7 March 1892

| birth_place = Langton Green, Kent, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1982|10|21|1892|3|7}}

| death_place = Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

| nickname =

| family =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast

| role =

| club1 =

| year1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 22

| bat avg1 = 11.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 22

| deliveries1 = 126

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 24.33

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/73

| catches/stumpings1 = 0/–

| date = 17 February

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/11085.html Cricinfo

}}

Allinson George Chapman (7 March 1892 – 21 October 1982) was an English first-class cricketer and civil servant.

Chapman was born at Langton Green in Kent. He joined the Post Office in 1908.{{London Gazette |issue=28133|date=1 May 1908|startpage=3222}} Chapman represented the Civil Service cricket team in its only appearance in first-class cricket against the touring New Zealanders at Chiswick in 1927.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28494/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Allinson Chapman |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-17 |url-access=subscription}} Batting twice during the match, he scored 22 runs in the Civil Service first-innings before being dismissed by Roger Blunt, while in their second-innings he was dismissed without scoring by Matt Henderson.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12399.html |title=Civil Service v New Zealanders, 1927 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-17 |url-access=subscription}} He took 3 wickets in the New Zealanders only innings, finishing with figures of 3 for 73.

He died at Tunbridge Wells in October 1982.