author
A. G. (Allan Gibson) Steel
1858–1914
Best known in his own day as a leading English cricketer, he also left behind writing that reflects the late Victorian game with firsthand authority and enthusiasm. His best-known book, co-written with R. H. Lyttelton, helped document cricket for a broad reading audience.
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Cricket
by A. G. (Allan Gibson) Steel, R. H. (Robert Henry) Lyttelton
About the author
Born in 1858 and dead by 1914, Allan Gibson Steel wrote under the name A. G. Steel. He is chiefly remembered as an outstanding amateur cricketer for Lancashire and England, and that deep practical knowledge clearly shaped the sports writing associated with his name.
His best-known literary work is Cricket, a substantial collaborative volume with R. H. Lyttelton that appeared in the Badminton Library series. The book has remained findable through major public-domain and library projects, which suggests a lasting interest in his clear, experience-based view of the game.
For readers coming to him as an author, Steel is best approached as a knowledgeable Victorian sports writer rather than a full-time man of letters. What survives under his name offers a direct link to cricket as it was understood by someone who had played it at the highest level.