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Since his retirement, an annual lecture series, held on his birthday, has been established in
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Upon his retirement, Allen had scored 3,067 first-class runs at 34.07. He also took three wickets at 30.00 with his right arm medium pace and took 42 catches and a stumping. For
Montserrat, Allen scored four centuries.
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Outside of cricket Allen worked as a bulldozer driver Allen became the first professional
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