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ALLEN
Titel
Gubby Allen Scrapbooks
Datum
1917 - 1985
Verzeichnungsstufe
Bestand
Umfang
0.14 cubic metres
Form und Inhalt
Scrapbooks including newspaper cuttings, correspondence, telegrams, scorecards, photographs, dinner menu cards.
Sir George Oswald Browning Allen
scrapbooks
Marylebone Cricket Club
Records under 30 years old are closed to the public, records between 30 and 40 years require permission from the Club Secretary before access. All older records are open.
Sprache
English
French
German
Bestandsgeschichte
First-class span 1921-1950 Major teams England, Cambridge University, Middlesex Knighted for services to cricket 1986 Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm fast Education Eton College; Cambridge University Relation Uncle - RC Allen Sir George Gubby Oswald Browning (known as Gubby) was born on 31 July, 1902, at Bellevue Hill, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, to parents Walter Allen and Margeurite (Pearl) Lamb. Allen was educated at Summerfields preparatory school in Oxford from the age of 9 until he moved to Eton College at age 13, mainly because of his cricketing ability. While at Eton he played in the Eton vs. Harrow match at Lord's, a ground which Allen was to be associated with throughout his life. In 1921 he moved to Cambridge University and in that same year was first invited to play first-class cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club, as an all-rounder. Allen combined most of his cricketing career with working in the City of London, and was elected as a member of the London Stock Exchange in 1933. In 1930 Allen made his Test debut for England vs. Australia. He was selected for the infamous 'Bodyline' MCC tour of Australia in 1932-1933, where he refused to bowl Bodyline as directed by the captain Douglas Jardine. Allen was captain for the next MCC tour of Australia in 1936-1937, and played his last Test for England vs. the West Indies in Kingston in March 1948. Allen played first-class cricket for 21 years, between 1921 and 1950. He served in the City of London Yeomanry during the Second World War and took up a position with the Royal Air Force where he experienced a bombing raid over Germany at his own request. When he retired from cricket he became a successful cricket administrator, having already joined the MCC and Middlesex Committees during his career. From 1954 to 1961 he was Chairman of Selectors for MCC, then was President of MCC in 1963-1964, and served as Treasurer from 1964-1976, presenting his last budget speech to the Annual General Meeting in 1976. Allen was knighted for his services to cricket in 1986, and died close to Lord's on November 29, 1989. Allen used scrapbooks regularly to document his life and career, and these scrapbooks presumably were passed on to MCC following his death. The scrapbooks are mainly made up of photographs and newspaper cuttings that mention Allen, and include handwritten notes by Allen. As well as cricket, coronations and changes in Kings and Queens during Allen's life are noted, the events of the Second World War, and Allen's trips to America, particularly MGM Studios. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/8515.html

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