Douglas Allday

{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Douglas Charles Allday

| birth_date = 24 January 1895

| birth_place = Knowle, Warwickshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1945|2|2|1895|1|24|df=yes}}

| death_place = Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England

| nickname =

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| batting = Unknown

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| role =

| club1 = Europeans

| year1 = 1920/21–1923/24

| columns = 1

| column1 = 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 cricketer and British Army officer.

Born at Knowle in Warwickshire in January 1895, Allday was educated at Malvern College.{{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}} 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 in September 1914.{{London Gazette|issue=28902|date=15 September 1914|page=7298}} Serving in the war with the Royal Army Service Corps, he was promoted to the temporary rank of lieutenant in March 1915.{{London Gazette|issue=29168|date=18 May 1915|page=4879|supp=y}} He ended the war as a temporary captain, a rank he retained in full upon the completion of his service in August 1919.{{London Gazette|issue=32390|date=14 July 1921|page=5628|supp=y}} 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 in the Madras Presidency Matches of 1920 and 1924.{{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}} He scored 13 runs across his two matches, with a highest score of 10.{{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}} Allday died in England at Wolverhampton in February 1945.