A. G. Steel

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A. G. Steel

Steel photographed in about 1895
Personal information
Full name	Allan Gibson Steel
Born	(1858-09-24)24 September 1858 West Derby, Liverpool
Died	15 June 1914(1914-06-15) (aged 55) Paddington, Middlesex
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium Right-arm slow-medium
Relations	Allan Ivo Steel (son)
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 28)	6 September 1880 v Australia
Last Test	17 July 1888 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1877–1893	Lancashire
1878–1881	Cambridge University
1880–1890	MCC
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 13 162 Runs scored 600 7,000 Batting average 35.29 29.41 100s/50s 2/0 8/36 Top score 148 171 Balls bowled 1,360 31,137 Wickets 29 789 Bowling average 20.86 14.78 5 wickets in innings 0 64 10 wickets in match 0 20 Best bowling 3/27 9/63 Catches/stumpings 5/– 141/–
Source: CricketArchive, 23 September 2008

Allan Gibson Steel (24 September 1858 – 15 June 1914)^[1] was an English amateur cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club from 1877 to 1893, and in Test cricket for England from 1880 to 1888. He was born in West Derby, Liverpool, and died in Paddington, Middlesex.

Steel was an all-rounder. As a right-handed batsman, he scored 7,000 career runs in 162 first-class matches at an average of 29.41 runs per completed innings with a highest score of 171 as one of eight centuries. He was a right-arm bowler with a varied action in that he could bowl both fast medium and slow medium; he also had the ability to spin the ball off the pitch as either an off break or a leg break. He took 789 first-class wickets with a best return of 9/63. He took five wickets in an innings 64 times and ten wickets in a match 20 times with a best return of 14/80. As a fielder, Steel completed 141 catches.