Albert Peacock Alloo (26 October 1893 – 21 July 1955) was a New Zealand

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er and lawyer. He was a left-handed batsman and left-arm slow bowler who played in a single first-class match for

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in the 1914–15 season. Alloo was born in

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in Australia and moved to Otago with his family when he was a boy. He attended Otago Boys' High School. Alloo made a single first-class appearance, during the 1914–15 season, against

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. Batting in the lower order in the first innings, he scored 4 runs, but, when Wellington forced the follow-on, Alloo moved further up the order, where he scored a

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. Alloo bowled 20 overs in the match, conceding 91 runs. His brothers Cecil and

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were also first-class cricketers. The brothers were the grandsons of John Alloo, a Chinese-born businessman on the

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goldfields, and his wife, née Margaret Peacock, who had come out from Scotland. John and Margaret moved to the Otago goldfields in 1868, where he was employed by the Otago Police Force as a constable-interpreter. Albert Alloo served overseas with the

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in the

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. He was admitted to the Bar in 1927 and practised law in Dunedin. The firm he founded continues to operate in Dunedin as Albert Alloo & Sons; as of 2023 two of his grandsons are the partners. He died in July 1955 aged 61, leaving a widow and two sons.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alloo, Albert 1893 births 1955 deaths Australian cricketers Otago cricketers People educated at Otago Boys' High School New Zealand military personnel of World War I Sportsmen from New South Wales Australian emigrants to New Zealand Cricketers from Sydney New Zealand sportspeople of Chinese descent 20th-century New Zealand lawyers 20th-century Australian sportsmen