Allen Oxlade

Allen Martindale Oxlade (18 June 1882 – 10 April 1932) was an Australian rugby union player a state and national representative hooker who captained the Wallabies in 1907.

Oxlade's Queensland teammates that day included Doug McLean, Snr., Micky Dore and Frank Nicholson.

After rugby he was a commercial traveller in the north of Queensland, Northern Territory and Papua New Guinea, for the wholesaling firm Hoffnungs.

Oxlade's son Boyd made three Test appearances for Australia in 1938 and was selected for the ill-fated 1939 Wallaby tour to England captained by Vay Wilson.

After a couple of weeks spent filling sandbags to start the war effort, a pub crawl around the West Country, and a meeting with the royal family, the squad set sail for Australia having not played a game.