Alan Skinner (cricketer)
Alan Frank Skinner (22 April 1913 - 28 February 1982) was an English cricketer who played for first class cricket for Derbyshire , Cambridge University and Northamptonshire between 1931 and 1949.
Skinner was born at Brighton, Sussex. He started playing cricket for Derbyshire in 1931 when he played one match in which he scored 4 as an opening batsman in a match that was abandoned after one day. He played regularly for the county from 1932 to 1938 and made a century in 1934 in a match against Gloucestershire. In 1934 he also played two matches for Cambridge University.
During the Second World War he was Deputy Air Raid Precautions Controller in Nottinghamshire and from 1940 to 1945 played several matches for Nottinghamshire while the County Championship was suspended. In 1946 was awarded the OBE for his war services.[1] He played a one-off match for Northamptonshire in 1949. He was a right-hand batsman who played 142 innings in 86 first class matches with an average of 26.20 and a top score of 102. As a bowler he took 6 first-class wickets with an average of 41.66 and a best performance of 2 for 12.[2]
Skinner played some minor counties games for Nottinghamshire second XI in 1950 and 1951 and for Suffolk in 1954. He died at Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk at the age of 69.
Skinner's brother David also played for Derbyshire and was captain of the side in 1949.