Frank Allan
Australian cricketer (1849-1917) · Australia · On the map · Athletes · Died at 67
Francis Erskine Allan was an Australian cricketer who represented Victoria in first-class intercolonial matches and made one Test appearance for Australia.
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A tall, wiry left-arm medium pacer known by the sobriquet "The Bowler of a Century", Allan possessed great spin and a peculiar swerve which he claimed to have developed through his use of boomerangs and waddies growing up amongst Aboriginal people in the Victorian bush. He was also given the nickname "Kangaroo" because he would jump like a kangaroo to celebrate taking a wicket.