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Allahakbarries

Amateur cricket team from 1887–1913

Allahakbarries was an amateur cricket team founded by author J. M. Barrie, and was active from 1887 to 1913. The team's name was a portmanteau of Barrie's

Allahakbarries

J. M. Barrie

Scottish novelist and playwright (1860–1937)

for friends of similarly limited playing ability, and named it the Allahakbarries under the mistaken belief that "Allah akbar" meant "Heaven help us"

J. M. Barrie

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Arthur Conan Doyle

British writer and physician (1859–1930)

Cricket Club (MCC). He also played for the amateur cricket teams the Allahakbarries and the Authors XI, which consisted of some of the best-known British

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A. A. Milne

English writer (1882–1956)

two amateur teams that were largely composed of British writers: the Allahakbarries and the Authors XI. His teammates included fellow writers J. M. Barrie

A. A. Milne

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Authors Cricket Club

Cricket team

The original Authors Cricket Club was an offshoot of J.M. Barrie's Allahakbarries team. It also drew some of its membership from the Authors' Club, which

Authors Cricket Club

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George Cecil Ives

English gay rights advocate (1867–1950)

played cricket with teams of fellow-writers, including J. M. Barrie's Allahakbarries team and the Authors Cricket Club. In the 1890s, he captained a team

George Cecil Ives

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E. V. Lucas

English writer (1868–1938)

billiards as well as cricket. He was a member of J. M. Barrie's team the "Allahakbarries", along with Henry Herbert La Thangue and Arthur Conan Doyle. Rupert

E. V. Lucas

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Paul Du Chaillu

French-American anthropologist, zoologist and traveler

literary figures in author J. M. Barrie's amateur cricket team, the "Allahakbarries". He died following a stroke of paralysis at St. Petersburg, while on

Paul Du Chaillu

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Cricket in fiction

Selincourt and Arthur Conan Doyle, playing for either the "Punch XI" or the Allahakbarries, whose name, said Barrie, derived from the Arabic invocation meaning

Cricket in fiction

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Reginald Blomfield

British architect and landscape designer

was an occasional cricketer and played in matches with J. M. Barrie's Allahakbarries XI. At the beginning of 1884, having completed his training, he left

Reginald Blomfield

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Augustine Birrell

British politician (1850–1933)

and Anthony. Birrell was a member of J.M. Barrie's cricket team, the Allahakbarries, along with other notable writers, such as Jerome K. Jerome and Arthur

Augustine Birrell