Alan Payne, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 28-Jan-1903
Place of Birth: Witney, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 16-Aug-1977
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Alan Payne
- For the Australian naval architect, see Alan Payne (naval architect).Alan Undy Payne (28 January 1903 – 16 August 1977) was an English cricketer.
- Payne was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
- He was born in Witney, Oxfordshire and educated at St Edmund's School, Canterbury and Jesus College, Cambridge.Payne made his first-class debut for Cambridge University against Leicestershire in 1925.
- During the course of the 1925 season, he played a further six first-class matches, the last coming against Oxford University.
- His awarding of a Cambridge Blue at the end of that season proved controversial and was widely criticised.
- His batting average that season was just 10.75, with a high score of 27*, while his bowling had yielded just one wicket.
- He was preferred to two batsmen on the team, one a previous blue and both established county players.
- His captain, Tris Bennett, explained that Payne was "the equal of any fieldsman in England" and was worth his place in the team for his fielding alone.Payne was a Minor counties cricketer for Buckinghamshire, who he debuted for in the 1923 Minor Counties Championship against Bedfordshire.
- He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1923 to 1929, making 37 appearances.He later became a master at his old school, St Edmund's School, before undertaking the same role at Felsted School.
- Outside of cricket, he played field hockey to a high standard. His wife, Muriel Irene Payne, died on 19 September 1945, aged 43.
- Payne died in hospital in Braintree, Essex on 16 August 1977.
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