Allen Turner (24 October 1891 – 7 January 1961) was an English

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

er who played first-class cricket for

Derbyshire Derbyshire ( ) is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It borders Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire to the north, Nottinghamshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south-east, Staffordshire to the south a ...

in 1920. Turner was born in Heath, Derbyshire. Turner made just two appearances for Derbyshire in the 1920 season, both in August. In his first match against Leicestershire, he took a wicket and a catch and scored two runs in both innings. In the second game against Nottinghamshire he took a total of 5 wickets with a first innings tally of 3 for 66 but did not score a run. Turner was a right-arm medium-fast bowler and took 6 wickets in his two matches with an average of 23 and a best performance of 3 for 66. He was a right-handed batsman and scored a total of 4 runs in 4 innings.Allen Turner at Cricket Archive
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, at the age of 69.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Allen 1891 births 1961 deaths English cricketers Derbyshire cricketers 20th-century English sportsmen