Gubby Under Pressure

But now it was time to turn his thoughts to one more first-class game in England before the serious business of resuming his career on the London stockmarket and so reluctantly Allen set off for home first by train to the Grand Canyon before an overnight thirteen-hour flight to Washington D.C., followed by a second flight to New York. He eventually sailed into Southampton in the Empress of Britain on 22 May, 1937, and went straight to Lord’s to confirm his availability for the second of MCC’s 150th Anniversary matches starting in four days time. He was anxious to lead a team selected from the MCC 1936/37 touring party against the Rest of England, having written before leaving Australia, ‘I am so fond of all this side but I should think it will be my only match of the season.’ The cricket 62