Sir George Oswald Browning " Gubby " Allen[notes 1] CBE (31 July 1902 – 29 November 1989) was a cricketer who captained England in eleven Test matches. In first-class matches, he played for Middlesex and Cambridge University.

Allen led England in 11 of his 25 Tests, before retiring to even greater influence behind the scenes in the MCC committee-room. He was captain against India in 1936 When England took …

Apr 15, 1990 · When selected as captain on his second tour of Australia in 1936-37, Gubby, with little experience of captaincy in first-class cricket, became a good England captain who, having won the first...

The 1936 series against India saw him captain England to a 2-0 victory in the three Tests, his personal contribution being twenty wickets for an average of 16.50, and thus the greatest prize in...

In 1936 he returned to Australia as captain of the English team and did much to repair the damage caused by the bodyline controversy. In all Allen played 25 test matches, taking 81 wickets and scoring one century.

The first man to be called ‘Mr.Cricket’, Sir Gubby Allen was a genuine all-rounder whose contribution to cricket could have been more if had taken up the sport fulltime.

He captained England in three series, notably in the first post-bodyline tour in 1936/37. He was a superb fast-medium bowler, with a classic side-on action, and batsmen often found the ball hurrying on to them off the pitch.

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He was the second-oldest Test captain after W.G. Grace at 45 years 254 days when he led the M.C.C. tour to the West Indies in 1947/48. He played 265 first-class matches scoring 9,233 runs and he took 788 wickets before retiring in 1950.

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 matches, he played for Middlesex and Cambridge University.