He was the captain of the Oxford side that toured France in 1929. Of his captaincy, it was noted by The American Oxonian, that he was criticised by those who lamented that not more English public school boys were on the side and that Gubb was "more attracted to a man who can play rugger than one who had played at Rugby or Uppingham".The American Oxonian, Volumes 51-52 By Association of American Rhodes Scholars page 4
