David Rayvern Allen (5 February 1938 – 9 October 2014) was a cricket writer and historian, as well as a radio producer and presenter, and a speaker. He had also been a musician. His radio productions have won awards including the 1991 Prix Italia for Who Pays the Piper, a collaboration with Richard Stilgoe. He died aged 76 in 2014.
King Vidor profile BBC Radio 1978 (presenter)Billy Wilder profile BBC Radio 1978 (interviewer)Used NotesMusic on the BrainThe Singing WheelchairHamburger Weekend (1984)Who Pays the Piper (1991)A Song for Cricket (1981) ISBN 978-0720712872The "Punch" Book of Cricket (1985) ISBN 978-0246123848Cricket on the Air: A Selection from Fifty Years of Radio Broadcasts (1985) BBC Books ISBN 978-0563203438Arlott on Wine (1987) ISBN 978-0006370611 (with John Arlott)Sir Aubrey: A Biography of C. Aubrey Smith - England Cricketer, West End Actor, Hollywood Film Star (1st 1982), J. W. McKenzie , (2nd 1987), ISBN 978-0947821197; augmented edition: limited to 150 (2005), 2010: ISBN 0947821198The Guinness Book of Cricket Extras (1988) (with Honor Head), Guinness Publishing ISBN 978-0851124858Arlott: The Authorised Biography (2004) ISBN 978-1845130022Jim: The Life of E. W. Swanton (2004) ISBN 978-1854109002The Second Lord's Cricket Ground: Home of MCC, 1811-1813 (2006) MCCSongs of Cricket (2011) mentor for this Signum CD by cantabile - the London Quartet with guests Rory Bremner, Tim Rice, Richard Stilgoe, Alex L'Estrange, Eliza Lumley and Chris HattPunches on the Page: A Boxing Anthology (1998) ISBN 978-1851589876Living with London (2012) Methuen ISBN 978-0413777393 (with Nick Botting) 
