Sir George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen CBE (31 July 1902 – 29 November 1989) was a cricketer who captained England in eleven Test matches. In first-class...
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Gubby is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Brian Gubby (born 1934), British former racing driver Gubby Allen (1902–1989)...
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achievement and only eleven players have managed this. These are England's Gubby Allen, Ray Illingworth, Ian Botham, Andrew Flintoff, Stuart Broad, Ben Stokes...
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and is one of the few fast bowlers (after Maurice Tate in 1935 and Gubby Allen in 1948) to play at Test match level into his forties. Anderson made...
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team captain & batsman Bob Wyatt, Warwickshire, vice-captain & batsman Gubby Allen, Middlesex, all-rounder Les Ames, Kent, wicket-keeper Bill Bowes, Yorkshire...
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1959) Karl Popper, Austrian-born British philosopher (d. 1994) July 31 – Gubby Allen, Australian-born English cricketer, cricket administrator (d. 1989) August...
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Les Ames (1/2) England NR 2 New Zealand 27 June 1931 Drawn 33 122 Gubby Allen England NR 2 New Zealand 27 June 1931 Drawn 34 120 Stewie Dempster...
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1901 – Jean Dubuffet, French painter and sculptor (died 1985) 1902 – Gubby Allen, Australian-English cricketer and soldier (died 1989) 1904 – Brett Halliday...
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journalism. Did not play first-class cricket. Sir George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen CBE (born in Australia; 1902–1989), knighted for services to cricket...
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Canadian ice hockey player Gubby Allen (Sir George Oswald Browning Allen, 1902–1989), Australian-born English cricketer George Allen (cricketer) (1949–1990)...
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match figures of ten wickets for 124 runs. One of the English bowlers, Gubby Allen, refused to bowl with fielders on the leg side, clashing with Jardine...
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cheered up by former England cricketer and later president of the MCC, Gubby Allen, having previously been introduced to the game by Mick Jagger of the...
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answering the MCC question, was hand-delivered to the MCC secretary George "Gubby" Allen in March 1968 by the former South African Test captain Jack Cheetham...
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Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2018. Allen, Scott (February 5, 2012). "A Brief History of the Super Bowl Coin Toss"...
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Indies, Worrell made his debut in 1947–48 versus the England team of Gubby Allen. Following this series he settled in England to play for Radcliffe, Lancashire...
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both Australian innings in the match. Allen and Amar Singh took their five-wicket hauls during the same match. Allen also took five-wicket hauls during both...
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1 Total 15 9 1 5 36 Cyril Walters 1934† Australia England 1 0 1 0 37 Gubby Allen 1936 India England 3 2 0 1 1936–37 Australia Australia 5 2 3 0 1947–48...
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of four years before, Gubby Allen who had refused to bowl to the leg-theory field during that tour, and Bill Voce who joined Allen in bowling to a more...
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Townsend". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2015. "Player profile: Sir Gubby Allen". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2015. "Player profile: Tom Goddard"...
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during the latter year, and became party to the 1936/1937 tour under Gubby Allen. Bowling this time to an off-side field, Voce, after a disappointing...
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mammalogist Gracie Allen (1895–1964), American comedian Grant Allen (1848–1899), Canadian science writer Gubby Allen, aka G. O. Allen (1902–1989), English...
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and Syed Mushtaq Ali (both Ind) made their first centuries in Tests. Gubby Allen and Walter Robins (both Eng) claimed their 50th wicket in Tests. England...
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last Test match in the tour. In that match, despite a painful blow from Gubby Allen, he scored 81 runs—his highest score in Test cricket. He scored 1,102...
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for New South Wales against the bumper barrage of Harold Larwood and Gubby Allen, ensuring his selection for the First Test. Despite his unbending resistance...
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Venture". Planning and preparation were poor and the team was badly led by Gubby Allen. Playfair said Laker was the only player who "really justified his selection"...
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Public School and private schools The Scots College and Cranbrook School. Gubby Allen, former England test cricketer. Born in Bellevue Hill. Charles Blackburn...
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a dry summer in 1947, Wardle was chosen for a largely experimental, Gubby Allen-led, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) tour of the West Indies. He was disappointing...
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as Tests) in New Zealand had been successful. With Larwood, Bowes and Gubby Allen the first-choice pace bowlers by this time, Nichols had little opportunity...
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Twining 1950–1957 Gerry Crutchley 1958–1962 George Newman 1963–1976 Gubby Allen 1977–1979 Tagge Webster 1980–1982 George Mann 1983–1990 Denis Compton...
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Bodyline approach. Jardine removed Larwood from the attack and brought on Gubby Allen. Under the professional-amateur divide of the time, England's captain...
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