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Friday, October 10, 2014

UKRAINE READING ME

In the last week, there have been 33 views of my Mawbey Family Australia blog by people living in the Ukraine, at a time of conflict with its neighbour, Russia.
The highest number of views are from the USA with 6 from China, 4 from Romania and 2 from Hungary.
 

Friday, October 3, 2014

DESCENDANTS OF FRANK ALLAN, VICTORIAN CRICKETER

Anyone with information about turn of the 19th century champion Victorian bowler, FRANCIS "FRANK" ERSKINE ALLAN (1849-1917), is invited to contact me, particularly any of his descendants.
Allan was the husband of MARY EMMA MAWBEY (1857-1927), the 7th of 10 children of Henry Mawbey 1, a Victorian pioneer settler, and horse-racing fan.
According to Wikipedia, Allan made his first class debut for Victoria in an inter-colonial match against New South Wales in 1869. In 1878 he went on the Australians tour to England where he became regarded as a fine cricketer, both at home and abroad.
The following year he played in the third Test cricket match, having declined selection for the first two Tests because he wanted to attend the Warrnambool Show.
Allan was also a leading Aussie Rules footballer for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football Association.
For where he sits on the Victorian Mawbey family tree, see my associated blog, MAWBEY FAMILY AUSTRALIA - VICTORIA, page HENRY MAWBEY FAMILY TREE