Frank Allan

Francis Erskine Allan (1849 to 1917) was an Australian cricketer who represented Victoria in first-class intercolonial matches and played one Test for Australia. Known as The Bowler of a Century, he was a tall left-arm medium pacer who toured England in 1878 with the first representative Australian team to travel overseas. In the off-season he played Australian rules football, first for South Melbourne as a successful goalsneak and later for Albert Park in the fledgling Victorian Football Association. He also took to billiards, shooting and bowls, was a keen angler, and worked in the public service as Victoria's Chief Inspector of Vermin Destruction.