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About Ernest Rae
- 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.The remaining first-class cricket of Rae's career was played against English touring teams.
- Against Julien Cahn's team, he scored 121 for Jamaica in February 1929, his only first-class century.
- Later during the tour, he played for a West Indies team against Cahn's tourists and scored 64.
- The following year, he played for Jamaica against an MCC touring team and in 1932 he played against another team brought by Tennyson.
- Rae's final first-class games were in 1936 against Yorkshire County Cricket Club, which toured Jamaica in February and March.
- In one of these games, he scored 56, his last half-century in first-class cricket.
- He continued to be involved in the Kingston Cricket Club, and served as its president for many years, including at the time of his death.Rae was also a prominent businessman in Jamaica.
- After working briefly in theatre and cinema upon leaving school, by 1921 he was co-promoter at the Rae Brothers car dealership.
- In 1933, he became managing director of the firm for a year and held a similar position at Nash Motor Sales from 1939 to 1940.
- In addition, he was involved with the trade unions and local politics; he later joined several government committees.
- He was involved for several years on the government's water committee, acting as president in 1966.
- He was also a Justice of the Peace.
- Rae was married and had a daughter and a son, Allan, who later played Test cricket for West Indies in the 1950s.Rae was known as "Big Man" and had a reputation for being forceful, controversial and opinionated.
- Critics considered that he was not a naturally talented batsman, but improved through application and practice.
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