Alban Dobson
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Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
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| Full name | Alban Tabor Austin Dobson | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 June 1885 Ealing, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 May 1962 (aged 76) Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 August 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Alban Tabor Austin Dobson CVO CBE CB (29 June 1885 – 19 May 1962) was an English first-class cricketer and civil servant. Dobson was an important figure in the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, later known as the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. He later served as the secretary of the International Whaling Commission from 1949 to 1959 and the president of the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea from 1952 to 1955. As a cricketer, he made one first-class appearance for the Gentlemen of England.
The son of the poet Henry Austin Dobson, he was born at Ealing in June 1885 and was raised with a strict upbringing in the Plymouth Brethren.[1] He was educated at Clifton College, before going up to Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England against Surrey at The Oval in 1905.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Gentlemen of England first-innings without scoring by Jack Crawford, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a single run by Ernest Nice.[4] After graduating from Cambridge, he entered into the civil service. He was appointed to the position of assistant to the head of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries in January 1908.[5] Dobson served in the First World War with the Royal Hampshire Regiment, with him holding the rank of second lieutenant in November 1916,[6] with promotion to the rank of lieutenant coming in April 1918.[7]
