Allen Turrell made his first grade debut for Cumberland, now Parramatta at the age of 18 in 1973. Guess who was at first slip when he took up his position behind the stumps?
All up Allen took 633 dismissals across the Grades at Parramatta, 340 in First Grade including 280 catches and 60 stumping’s.
What was your favourite stumping?
More memorable to me, I always enjoy (now, not at the time) reflecting on my favourite missed stumping’s, those of two Test captains, Bob Simpson and Mike Gatting, both off RA as well. No wonder I got so many death stares! They both got big hundreds to make it worse. I reckon I was too busy focusing on their brilliant batting than doing the only thing I had to do, watch the bloody ball!
