Allan Rae (cricketer)
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Allan Rae
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Allan Fitzroy Rae
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1922|09|30}}
| birth_place = Rollington Town, Kingston, Jamaica
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2005|02|27|1922|09|30}}
| death_place = Kingston, Jamaica
| family = Ernest Rae (father)
| batting = Left-handed
| bowling =
| columns = 2
| column1 = Test
| matches1 = 15
| runs1 = 1,016
| bat avg1 = 46.18
| 100s/50s1 = 4/4
| top score1 = 109
| deliveries1 = –
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1= 10/–
| column2 = First-class
| matches2 = 80
| runs2 = 4,798
| bat avg2 = 39.65
| 100s/50s2 = 17/15
| top score2 = 179
| deliveries2 = 24
| wickets2 = 0
| bowl avg2 = –
| fivefor2 = –
| tenfor2 = –
| best bowling2 = –
| catches/stumpings2= 42/–
| international = true
| country = West Indies
| testdebutagainst = India
| testdebutdate = 10 November
| testdebutyear = 1948
| lasttestdate = 19 February
| lasttestagainst = India
| lasttestyear = 1953
| testcap = 69
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52801.html Cricinfo
| date = 2 December
| year = 2019
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/allan-rae-526866.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130084720/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/allan-rae-526866.html |archive-date=2021-11-30 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Allan Rae|author=Hodgson, Derek|date=March 2, 2005|publisher=The Independent|website=independent.co.uk}}
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.{{cite web|title=Allan Rae|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/52801.html|publisher=ESPNCricinfo|accessdate=24 June 2012}}
Domestic career
Rae was also the first batsman to score a century in each innings of a West Indian first-class cricket tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.stabroeknews.com/2021/12/08/sports/allan-rae-the-first-batsman-to-score-a-century-in-each-innings-in-regional-first-class-cricket/|title=Allan Rae: The first batsman to score a century in each innings in regional first-class cricket|date=December 8, 2021|publisher=Stabroek News|website=stabroeknews.com}}
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Category:West Indies Test cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Kingston, Jamaica
Category:Wolmer's Schools alumni
Category:20th-century Jamaican sportsmen
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