Allan Cowburn
Personal information
Full name
Allan Cowburn
Born16 January 1820
St Pancras, Middlesex, England
Died8 October 1875(1875-10-08) (aged 55)
Meopham, Kent, England
RelationsWilliam Smith-Masters (son)
Fleetwood Edwards (son-in-law)
Spencer Gore (son-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1841Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 3
Runs scored 17
Batting average 4.25
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 9
Balls bowled ?
Wickets 12
Bowling average ?
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 5/?
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 15 January 2020

The Reverend Allan Cowburn (later known as Allan Cowburn-Masters-Smith; 16 January 1820 – 8 October 1875) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

The son of William Cowburn, he was born in January 1820 at St Pancras. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to Exeter College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, Cowburn played three first-class cricket matches for Oxford University in 1841, playing twice against the Marylebone Cricket Club and once against Cambridge University in The University Match.[3] Playing as a bowler, he took 12 wickets and took a five wicket haul on a single occasion.[4] After graduating from Oxford, he took holy orders in the Anglican Church. He was the vicar of Tidenham in Gloucestershire from 1854 to 1862.[2] He later changed his surname to Cowburn-Masters-Smith. He died in October 1875 at Meopham, Kent. His son, William, was also a first-class cricketer.

References

  1. ↑ Holgate, Clifford Wyndham (1891). Winchester Commoners. 1836-1890. Brown & Company. p. 290.
  2. 1 2 Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Cowburn, Allan" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  3. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Allan Cowburn". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Allan Cowburn". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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