Sir George Oswald Browning Allen - External references

Cricketer, born in Sydney, New South Wales, SE Australia. He studied at Cambridge, and played for England in 25 Tests, including the 1932–3 Ashes series, when he refused to bowl ‘bodyline’. He led the 1936–7 Ashes party to Australia, and after retiring he became the most powerful figure at the MCC, effectively running Lord's for the best part of half a century. He is the only player to have taken all 10 wickets in an innings at Lord's (10–49 against Lancashire, 1929).

Allen
England (Eng)

Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Right-arm fast medium (RFM)
	Tests	First-class
Matches	25	265
Runs scored	750	9232
Batting average	24.19	28.67
100s/50s	1/3	11/47
Top score	122	180
Balls bowled	4386	36180
Wickets	81	788
Bowling average	29.37	22.23
5 wickets in innings	5	48
10 wickets in match	1	9
Best bowling	7/80	10/40
Catches/stumpings	20/0	131/0
Test debut: 27 June 1930 Last Test: 1 April 1948 Source:

Sir George Oswald Browning Allen (known as Gubby Allen) (born 31 July 1902, Bellevue Hill, Sydney, Australia;

Preceded by: Bob Wyatt Norman Yardley

English national cricket captain 1936-1936/7 1947/8

Followed by: Walter Robins Norman Yardley

External references

Cricinfo page on Gubby Allen Cricket Archive Online collection of Gubby Allen - State Library of NSW

Persondata
NAME	Allen, Gubby
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Allen, Sir George Oswald Browning
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	31 July 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bellevue Hill, Sydney, Australia
DATE OF DEATH	29 November 1989
PLACE OF DEATH	St John's Wood, London, England