Anthony Thomas Carrick Allom (21 October 1938 – 26 September 2017) was an English cricketer who played

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for

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(MCC) and Surrey between 1959 and 1961. His highest score of 34 not out came when playing for Free Foresters in the match against

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in 1959, his first-class debut. His best bowling of 5/79 came in the same match. He also played three

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matches and seven Minor Counties Championship games for Surrey Second XI. His solitary first-team county appearance occurred in a high-scoring draw against Warwickshire at

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in July 1960, failing to capture a wicket as

Norman Horner Norman Frederick Horner (10 May 1926 – 24 December 2003) was an English first-class cricketer, who played two games for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1950, before moving to Warwickshire County Cricket Club in 1951. A right-handed batsma ...

and

Khalid Ibadulla Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla (born 20 December 1935) is a Pakistani New Zealander cricket coach, commentator, former cricket umpire and cricketer. He has worked as TVNZ cricket commentator. He played in four Tests for Pakistan between 1964 and 196 ...

compiled an unbroken first-wicket partnership of 377. One of the tallest county cricketers of all time, his height was measured at 6 feet 9 inches or maybe an inch taller (thus equalling Paul Dunkels and

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). When he was a schoolboy cricketer at

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, where he played in the first XI from 1954 to 1957, ''

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'' gave his height as 6 feet 10 1/2 inches.''

'' 1958, p. 301. His father was the

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Maurice Allom Maurice James Carrick Allom (23 March 1906 – 8 April 1995) was an English amateur cricketer who played in five Tests from 1930 to 1931. Life and career Allom attended Wellington College, Berkshire, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridg ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Allom, Anthony 1938 births 2017 deaths English cricketers Surrey cricketers People educated at Charterhouse School Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Free Foresters cricketers People from Tandridge (district) Cricketers from Surrey