Allan Rae was a specialist
batsman who scored just over 1,000 Test runs in his five-year career, including four centuries. He also had a famous opening partnership with Trinidadian batsman
Jeffrey Stollmeyer, with the duo averaging a lofty 71 in their 13 tests as a pair. His Test batting average of 46.18 was considerably higher than his
first-class average of 39.65, despite his 17 centuries at first-class level and a highest score of 179. He later became president of the
West Indies Cricket Board from 1981 to 1988. His father,
Ernest Rae, toured England with the
West Indies team in 1928. ==Domestic career==