David Rayvern Allen
Cricket writer and broadcaster

David Rayvern Allen

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Cricket writer and broadcaster
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Birth:
1 January 1938
Death:
9 October 2014
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David Rayvern Allen (5 February 1938 – 9 October 2014) was a cricket writer and historian, as well as a radio producer and presenter, and a speaker. He had also been a musician. His radio productions have won awards including the 1991 Prix Italia for Who Pays the Piper, a collaboration with Richard Stilgoe. He died aged 76 in 2014.

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Radio

With Richard Stilgoe

  • Used Notes
  • Music on the Brain
  • The Singing Wheelchair
  • Hamburger Weekend (1984)
  • Who Pays the Piper (1991)

Cricket-related (partial list)

  • A Song for Cricket (1981) ISBN 978-0720712872
  • The "Punch" Book of Cricket (1985) ISBN 978-0246123848
  • Cricket on the Air: A Selection from Fifty Years of Radio Broadcasts (1985) BBC Books ISBN 978-0563203438
  • Arlott on Wine (1987) ISBN 978-0006370611 (with John Arlott)
  • Sir Aubrey: A Biography of C. Aubrey Smith - England Cricketer, West End Actor, Hollywood Film Star (1st 1982), J. W. McKenzie , (2nd 1987), ISBN 978-0947821197; augmented edition: limited to 150 (2005), 2010: ISBN 0947821198
  • The Guinness Book of Cricket Extras (1988) (with Honor Head), Guinness Publishing ISBN 978-0851124858
  • Arlott: The Authorised Biography (2004) ISBN 978-1845130022
  • Jim: The Life of E. W. Swanton (2004) ISBN 978-1854109002
  • The Second Lord's Cricket Ground: Home of MCC, 1811-1813 (2006) MCC
  • Songs of Cricket (2011) mentor for this Signum CD by cantabile - the London Quartet with guests Rory Bremner, Tim Rice, Richard Stilgoe, Alex L'Estrange, Eliza Lumley and Chris Hatt

Other

  • Punches on the Page: A Boxing Anthology (1998) ISBN 978-1851589876
  • Living with London (2012) Methuen ISBN 978-0413777393 (with Nick Botting)