Maurice Allom, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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cricketer
Date of Birth: 23-Mar-1906
Date of Death: 08-Apr-1995
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Maurice Allom
- Maurice James Carrick Allom (23 March 1906 in Northwood, Middlesex – 8 April 1995 in Shipbourne, Kent) was an English cricketer who played in five Tests from 1930 to 1931. Allom attended Wellington College, Berkshire, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.
- He played cricket for Cambridge University from 1926 to 1928 and for Surrey from 1927 to 1937.
- He toured with the English Test team to New Zealand in 1929-30, where he played all four Tests, and to South Africa in 1930-31, where he played one Test.
- He and his former Cambridge team-mate Maurice Turnbull wrote a book about each tour: The Book of the Two Maurices: Being some account of the tour of an M.C.C.
- team through Australia and New Zealand in the closing months of 1929 and the beginning of 1930 (1930) and The Two Maurices Again: Being some account of the tour of the M.C.C.
- team through South Africa in the closing months of 1930 and the beginning of 1931 (1931).Almost 6 feet 6 inches tall, Allom was able to get the ball to rise sharply off the pitch.
- Along with Peter Petherick and Damien Fleming, Allom is one of only three players to have taken a hat-trick on Test debut.
- In the same Test against New Zealand, he also became the first player to take four wickets in five balls, a feat later matched by Chris Old and Wasim Akram.
- He finished with first innings figures of 5/38.He served as Surrey's President from 1970 to 1977, and as President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1969–70.
- He was also a skilful saxophonist, who played in Fred Elizalde's band in the 1920s.His son Anthony played first-class cricket for Surrey and was one of tallest people to have played the game, standing between 6 ft 9 ins and 6 ft 10 ins (around 2.07 m).
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