Education
Born in Streatham, Surrey, England to an Indian father and English mother, Subba Row was educated at Whitgift School and Cambridge University.
Born in Streatham, Surrey, England to an Indian father and English mother, Subba Row was educated at Whitgift School and Cambridge University.
He was a left-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin and googly bowler. Subba Row played in thirteen Test matches for England, opening the batting regularly from 1959 to 1961. He scored centuries in his first Test against the Australians in 1961, and in his last match against them at the Oval.
He was one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1961.
At the end of the 1961 season, he retired rather abruptly and prematurely from first-class cricket to go into the public relations business. In later years, he was Chairman of Surrey (1974-1978) and an influential figure at Lord"son
He also served as Chairman of the TCCB, and as an Interstate Commerce Commission match referee. There is a conference room named after him in Whitgift School.
Subba Row was a member of the powerful Cambridge side of the early 1950s and played a few games for Surrey before joining Northamptonshire.