Thomas William Allin (27 November 1987 – 4 January 2016) was an English cricketer who played for

Warwickshire County Cricket Club Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Warwickshire. Its T20 team is called the Birmingham Bears. Founde ...

. Tom Allin was a right-arm medium-fast pace bowler who also batted right-handed. He made his debut for the county in the

2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 The 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 tournament was the second season of the ECB 40 limited overs cricket competition for the English and Welsh first-class counties. In addition to the 18 counties, Scotland and the Netherlands took part, as well as the Un ...

against Surrey, and his first-class debut came against

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in neighbour ...

in May 2013. Allin suffered serious injuries in a road accident in October 2015. He gradually recovered physically, but suffered from mood swings. He committed suicide on 4 January 2016 aged 28 in Bideford, North Devon, by jumping from the A39 River Torridge Bridge.

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