Cecil Alloo

Howard Cecil Alloo (28 April 1895 – 23 October 1989) played first-class cricket for Otago in New Zealand from 1919 to 1929. His highest score was 62 against Wellington in 1922–23.[1]

Cecil Alloo
Personal information
Full nameHoward Cecil Alloo
Born(1895-04-28)28 April 1895
Sydney, Australia
Died23 October 1989(1989-10-23) (aged 94)
Timaru, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
RelationsAlbert Alloo (brother)
Arthur Alloo (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1913-14 to 1930-31Otago
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 22
Runs scored 744
Batting average 19.07
100s/50s 0/2
Top score 62
Balls bowled 286
Wickets 3
Bowling average 58.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/59
Catches/stumpings 14/0
Source: Cricket Archive, 30 April 2014

His brothers Arthur and Albert also played for Otago. The brothers were the grandsons of John Alloo, a Chinese-born businessman on the Ballarat goldfields, and his wife, née Margaret Peacock, who had come out from Scotland. John and Margaret moved to the Otago goldfields in 1868, where he was employed by the Otago Police Force as a constable-interpreter.[2]

In World War I Cecil Alloo served overseas in the Otago Infantry Battalion.[3] Initially a sergeant, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in mid-1918 and posted to C Company of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. He was wounded in the Second Battle of Bapaume in August and invalided to England.[4]

He joined his brother Albert's law firm after the war, and later practised in Owaka and then in Timaru. He also served in the army during World War II, this time in New Zealand.[4]

See also

References
  1. Otago v Wellington 1922-23
  2. Alloo, Jenny. "Dispersing Obscurity: The Alloo Family from Australia to New Zealand from 1868". Archived from the original on 7 June 2004. Retrieved 12 July 2019.
  3. Cenotaph record, Howard Cecil Alloo Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  4. Palenski, Ron. "The story of a unique WW1 soldier". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 28 May 2019.


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