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Full name | John Aubrey Allen | ||||||||||||||
Born | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia | 19 July 1974||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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2003 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,5 August 2008 |
John Aubrey Allen (born 19 July 1974) is an Australian teacher,rugby player and cricketer. [1] [2]
Allen was born in Windsor,New South Wales. He attended Bede Polding College in South Windsor,before graduating with a BA in human movement studies at the University of Technology Sydney,where he also completed his Diploma of Education. [3] He played rugby for several clubs,most notably for the Brumbies who he represented in the Ricoh Championship. [4] He also played Grade cricket for Hawkesbury Cricket Club near Sydney. At 21,he moved to England to study for his master's degree at University College,Oxford. [1] While at Oxford,Allen was awarded his blue in rugby union and cricket. [5]
Allen played as a centre in rugby union and as a forward in rugby league. [6] He captained Oxford University RFC in 2003, [7] leading the team to a draw in The Varsity Match against Cambridge at Twickenham in December that year. [8] Earlier in the year,he scored a try late in the game to seal Oxford's victory in the Rugby League Varsity Match at the Athletic Ground,Richmond. [9]
For Oxford University Cricket Club,he played in two first-class matches,including the varsity match. [10] [11]
After completing his master's,Allen returned to teaching in Australia and in 2017 was working as Director of Sport and Co-Curricular at Trinity Grammar School in Sydney,New South Wales. [12]
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