 One of the tallest county cricketers of all time, his height was measured at 6 feet 9 inches or maybe an inch taller (thus equalling Paul Dunkels and Will Jefferson).When he was a schoolboy cricketer at Charterhouse, where he played in the first XI from 1954 to 1957, "Wisden" gave his height as 6 feet 10 1/2 inches.His father was the England Test player Maurice Allom.