Allan Steel
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| Allan Steel England (Eng) | ||
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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman (RHB) | |
| Bowling type | Slow-medium | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 13 | 162 |
| Runs scored | 600 | 7000 |
| Batting average | 35.29 | 29.41 |
| 100s/50s | 2/0 | 8/35 |
| Top score | 148 | 171 |
| Balls bowled | 1360 | 30580 |
| Wickets | 29 | 789 |
| Bowling average | 20.86 | 14.78 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 64 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 20 |
| Best bowling | 3/27 | 9/63 |
| Catches/stumpings | 5/0 | 137/0 |
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Test debut: 6 September, 1880 | ||
Allan Gibson Steel (registered at birth as Alan Gibson Steel) (24 September 1858-15 June 1914) was a Lancashire and England cricketer, who was reckoned by many in his day to be the equal of the legendary WG Grace. He captained England on four occasions, winning three times and losing once. His best Test score of 148 was the first Test match century scored at Lord's. He was president of the Marylebone Cricket Club for 1902.
Three of his brothers, Ernest, Douglas and Harold, also played first-class cricket for Lancashire, and his son Allan Ivo Steel played a handful first-class matches for MCC and Middlesex.
| Preceded by: Arthur Shrewsbury | English national cricket captain 1886 | Followed by: Arthur Shrewsbury |
Steel took part in the original Ashes match and is commemorated by the poem inscribed on the side of the urn:
- When Ivo goes back with the urn, the urn;
- Studds, Steel, Read and Tylecote return, return;
- The welkin will ring loud,
- The great crowd will feel proud,
- Seeing Barlow and Bates with the urn, the urn;
- And the rest coming home with the urn.
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Categories: 1858 births | 1914 deaths | English cricketers | Cambridge University cricketers | Lancashire cricketers | English batsmen | English bowlers | English all-rounders | English test cricketers | Presidents of the MCC | English cricket captains
