Ernest Rae
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| Full name | Ernest Allan Rae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 November 1897 Cross Roads, Kingston, Jamaica |
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| Died | 28 June 1969 (aged 71) Mona, Kingston, Jamaica |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Allan Rae (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1925–1936 | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 22 June 2012
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Ernest Allan Rae (8 November 1897 – 28 June 1969) was a Jamaican cricketer who represented West Indies in matches before they attained Test match status. He was the son of Percival Rae and Ethalynd Maud Nix, and went to the Mico Practising School in Kingston.
Rae's first cricket was played as a teenager in the Senior Cup for Kensington; he later played for Kingston. He played for Jamaica in 1925 in three matches against Barbados. In five innings, his highest score was 19 runs, but in the second game, he took four for 50 (four wickets for 50 runs) with the ball. The following year, Rae played three games for Jamaica against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) team of English cricketers. He bowled less frequently than in 1925 but was more successful in batting, scoring 75 in the first match. In early 1927, he scored 98 and 84 in a series of games against an English touring team led by L. H. Tennyson, but barely bowled. His success in these games against English teams placed him in contention for a place on the West Indies tour of England taking place in 1928.
Rae played in a series of trial matches in December 1927 and January 1928; in the final match, he scored 80. This performance, coupled with his previous form, secured his selection for the tour of England. Previews of the tour noted that Rae was an occasional wicket-keeper, a dependable fielder and capable of bowling leg theory. He was also described as someone who played big shots when batting. However, when Rae played in England, he bowled only five overs on the entire tour and played just seven first-class games. His highest score was 42 runs, and in total he made 74 runs at an average of 8.22. He did not play in any of the Test matches.Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, reporting on the West Indies tour, said that Rae never "achieved anything of note". According to his obituary in the Daily Gleaner, his form in 1928 was affected by bronchitis.
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