Alan Imlay

Alan Durant Imlay (14 February 1885 – 3 July 1959) was an English cricketer. A wicket keeper and right-handed batsman from Cotham, Bristol,[1][2] Imlay was educated at Clifton College[3] and played cricket there first for the junior team in 1898, and then the senior XI between 1903 and 1904. His prowess led to his inclusion in a national Public Schools XI in 1904, and he proceeded to join Gloucestershire in 1905.[4]

Imlay made his first-class cricket debut for Gloucestershire in a University match on 25 May 1905 against Cambridge University. He made 17 and 12 with the bat, but 45 extras were conceded in the form of byes.[5] Imlay went up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1904[6] and played cricket for the University First XI until 1907,[4] playing three matches in total, taking four catches and scoring 20 runs.[7] He then returned to Gloucestershire and played sporadically until 1911, making a total of six more appearances for the county though never bettering his debut score of 17. He took four catches for the county in total, and performed one stumping.[4] He did however make one appearance for the Gentlemen, where he took four catches, and also played for Leveson-Gower's invitational team, for whom he made his career-best score of 26 with the bat.[4] He died in Brent Knoll, north of Burnham on Sea in Somerset.[1]