Thorpe Allen
Australian cricketer
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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]
Born7 March 1870
Oxley, Queensland
Oxley, Queensland
Died25 January 1950 (aged 79)
East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
East Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Matches1
Runs scored6
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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]
