Thorpe Allen
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| Born | 7 March 1870 Oxley, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 January 1950 (aged 79) East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thorpe Allen (7 March 1870 – 25 January 1950) was an Australian cricketer who played one First-class match for Queensland in January 1899.[1][2][3]
Allen joined the Colonial Mutual Fire Insurance Company as an office boy in 1886, retiring almost fifty years later in 1935 as a manager.[4][5]
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.[6][7][8]
References
- ^ "Thorpe Allen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Thorpe Allen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "Thorpe Allen". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
- ^ "Office boy to manager". The Telegraph. Brisbane. 14 July 1919. p. 5. Retrieved 28 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Retirement of Mr. Thorpe Allen". The Telegraph. Brisbane. 17 May 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 29 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Bowls and bowlers". The Telegraph. Brisbane. 6 January 1940. p. 15. Retrieved 29 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Sportsman dies". The Courier-Mail. 1 February 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 28 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Another death on bowling green". The Courier-Mail. 26 January 1950. p. 1. Retrieved 28 April 2018 – via National Library of Australia.