Michael James de Grey Allingham (born 6 January 1965) is a former

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international

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er and a former Scotland 'B' international

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player. He was born at

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in 1965.

Cricket career

Allingham played as a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler. He was and educated at

Strathallan School Strathallan School is an independent boarding and day school in Scotland for boys and girls aged 7–18. The school has a campus at Forgandenny, a few miles south of Perth. School roll The school has 73 full-time staff, and 18 part-time staff ...

. He played 49 matches for Scotland, including first class, List A, international and ICC Trophy matches.

Rugby Union career

He played as a scrum-half in

for Heriot's. He played provincially for

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and later played for Edinburgh District. He was capped by the Scotland 'B' side on 28 December 1991 to play against Ireland 'B'. Allingham retired from rugby following a knee injury.

Professional career

In 2016, he was the head of sport at Edinburgh Academy.

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* 1965 births Living people Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Cricketers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Cricketers at the 1999 Cricket World Cup Cricketers from Inverness Heriot's RC players People educated at Strathallan School Rugby union players from Inverness Scotland 'B' international rugby union players Scotland One Day International cricketers Scottish cricketers Scottish rugby union players Rugby union scrum-halves {{Scotland-cricket-bio-stub