Thorpe Allen

Thorpe Allen
Personal information
Born7 March 1870
Oxley, Queensland
Died25 January 1950(1950-01-25) (aged 79)
East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Queensland
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 1
Runs scored 6
Batting average 3.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 6
Balls bowled –
Wickets 0
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 0/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 December 2017

Thorpe Allen (7 March 1870 – 25 January 1950) was an Australian cricketer who played one First-class match for Queensland in January 1899.

Allen joined the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company as an office boy in 1886, retiring almost fifty years later in 1935 as a manager.

From the 1920s, Allen was a keen bowls player, serving as a secretary of the East Brisbane club. He collapsed and died on 25 January 1950 while bowling in East Brisbane.

References

  1. ↑ "Thorpe Allen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Thorpe Allen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Thorpe Allen". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  4. ↑ "Office boy to manager". The Telegraph. Brisbane. 14 July 1919. p. 5. Retrieved 28 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Retirement of Mr. Thorpe Allen". The Telegraph. Brisbane. 17 May 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 29 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "Bowls and bowlers". The Telegraph. Brisbane. 6 January 1940. p. 15. Retrieved 29 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Sportsman dies". The Courier-Mail. 1 February 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 28 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Another death on bowling green". The Courier-Mail. 26 January 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 28 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.