Allan Rae (cricketer)

Allan Fitzroy Rae (30 September 1922 – 27 February 2005) was a Jamaican cricketer who played as a batsman. He featured in 15 Test matches between 1948 and 1953 for the West Indies cricket team.^[1][2]

Allan Rae

Personal information
Full name	Allan Fitzroy Rae
Born	(1922-09-30)30 September 1922 Rollington Town, Kingston, Jamaica
Died	27 February 2005(2005-02-27) (aged 82) Kingston, Jamaica
Batting	Left-handed
Relations	Ernest Rae (father)
International information
National side	West Indies
Test debut (cap 69)	10 November 1948 v India
Last Test	19 February 1953 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 15 80 Runs scored 1,016 4,798 Batting average 46.18 39.65 100s/50s 4/4 17/15 Top score 109 179 Balls bowled – 24 Wickets – 0 Bowling average – – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling – – Catches/stumpings 10/– 42/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 December 2019

Early Days

Rae attended Wolmer's Schools. In June 1988, he was celebrated on the $4 Jamaican stamp alongside the Barbados Cricket Buckle.

Test career

Allan Rae was a specialist batsman who scored just over 1,000 Test runs in his five-year career, including four centuries. He also had a famous opening partnership with Trinidadian batsman Jeffrey Stollmeyer, with the duo averaging a lofty 71 in their 13 tests as a pair. His Test batting average of 46.18 was considerably higher than his first-class average of 39.65, despite his 17 centuries at first-class level and a highest score of 179. He later became president of the West Indies Cricket Board from 1981 to 1988. His father, Ernest Rae, toured England with the West Indies team in 1928.^[1][2]

Domestic career

Rae was also the first batsman to score a century in each innings of a West Indian first-class cricket tournament.^[3]