Peter Allan (cricketer)
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Peter John Allan is a former Australia
n cricketer
who played in one Test
, the First Test at Brisbane in the 1965-66 Ashes series. He was dropped in favour of Alan Connolly
in the Second Test, but was recalled for the Fourth Test after taking 10/61 in the first innings for Queensland
vs Victoria
in January 1966, the third best figures recorded on Australian soil. He was injured before the Test and his replacement Garth McKenzie took 6/48 as Australia won by an innings.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
who played in one Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
, the First Test at Brisbane in the 1965-66 Ashes series. He was dropped in favour of Alan Connolly
Alan Connolly
Alan Norman Connolly is a former Australian cricketer who played in 29 Tests and one ODI from 1963 to 1971. Connolly had been a fast bowler in his youth, but slowed his pace to increase his accuracy and became a reliable support bowler in partnership with Garth McKenzie...
in the Second Test, but was recalled for the Fourth Test after taking 10/61 in the first innings for Queensland
Queensland Bulls
The Queensland cricket team, nicknamed the Bulls, are the Brisbane-based Queensland representative cricket team in Australia's domestic cricket tournaments:*Sheffield Shield, 4-day matches with first-class status, since the 1926/27 season...
vs Victoria
Victorian Bushrangers
The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition...
in January 1966, the third best figures recorded on Australian soil. He was injured before the Test and his replacement Garth McKenzie took 6/48 as Australia won by an innings.