Another All Black rugby great. Following finishing his rugby career he faded in to obscurity. It is not known when or where he died, which is a bit of pity really. As you will read this man was a master when he had ball in hand.
Lewis Allen was a Taranaki midfield back of the late 1890s who appears to have had an appropriate nickname, "Snip". For Allen obviously was a gifted attacking back whose scoring record suggests pace and an awareness in capitalising on flimsy defences.
Allen played for Taranaki from the Star club between 1893 and 1903, playing what for those times was an impressive 40 matches in which he scored 11 tries and contributed a further 18 points with a useful boot.
Allen was amazingly durable and at the age of 34 was still playing first class rugby. In 1905, having moved to Palmerston North, he played in Manawatu's match that year against Wairarapa in Greytown.
As a centre Allen made his first appearance for New Zealand, playing against Queensland in Wellington. Allen scored one of New Zealand's tries in the 9-0 win.
He then toured Australia in 1897 and met with considerable success. He played in 10 of the 11 matches at centre or five eight, scoring seven tries and kicking a conversion.
He made the last of his 13 appearances for his country in 1901 when he was a 30-year old veteran. He scored two tries as a second five eighths in the wamup match against Wellington before meeting the touring New South Welshmen at Athletic Park, a match won by New Zealand 20-3.
Profile by Lindsay Knight
for the New Zealand Rugby Museum.
Lewis Allen was a Taranaki midfield back of the late 1890s who appears to have had an appropriate nickname, "Snip". For Allen obviously was a gifted attacking back whose scoring record suggests pace and an awareness in capitalising on flimsy defences.
Allen played for Taranaki from the Star club between 1893 and 1903, playing what for those times was an impressive 40 matches in which he scored 11 tries and contributed a further 18 points with a useful boot.
Allen was amazingly durable and at the age of 34 was still playing first class rugby. In 1905, having moved to Palmerston North, he played in Manawatu's match that year against Wairarapa in Greytown.
As a centre Allen made his first appearance for New Zealand, playing against Queensland in Wellington. Allen scored one of New Zealand's tries in the 9-0 win.
He then toured Australia in 1897 and met with considerable success. He played in 10 of the 11 matches at centre or five eight, scoring seven tries and kicking a conversion.
He made the last of his 13 appearances for his country in 1901 when he was a 30-year old veteran. He scored two tries as a second five eighths in the wamup match against Wellington before meeting the touring New South Welshmen at Athletic Park, a match won by New Zealand 20-3.
Profile by Lindsay Knight
for the New Zealand Rugby Museum.
Another All Black rugby great. Following finishing his rugby career he faded in to obscurity. It is not known when or where he died, which is a bit of pity really. As you will read this man was a master when he had ball in hand.
Lewis Allen was a Taranaki midfield back of the late 1890s who appears to have had an appropriate nickname, "Snip". For Allen obviously was a gifted attacking back whose scoring record suggests pace and an awareness in capitalising on flimsy defences.
Allen played for Taranaki from the Star club between 1893 and 1903, playing what for those times was an impressive 40 matches in which he scored 11 tries and contributed a further 18 points with a useful boot.
Allen was amazingly durable and at the age of 34 was still playing first class rugby. In 1905, having moved to Palmerston North, he played in Manawatu's match that year against Wairarapa in Greytown.
As a centre Allen made his first appearance for New Zealand, playing against Queensland in Wellington. Allen scored one of New Zealand's tries in the 9-0 win.
He then toured Australia in 1897 and met with considerable success. He played in 10 of the 11 matches at centre or five eight, scoring seven tries and kicking a conversion.
He made the last of his 13 appearances for his country in 1901 when he was a 30-year old veteran. He scored two tries as a second five eighths in the wamup match against Wellington before meeting the touring New South Welshmen at Athletic Park, a match won by New Zealand 20-3.
Profile by Lindsay Knight
for the New Zealand Rugby Museum.
Lewis Allen was a Taranaki midfield back of the late 1890s who appears to have had an appropriate nickname, "Snip". For Allen obviously was a gifted attacking back whose scoring record suggests pace and an awareness in capitalising on flimsy defences.
Allen played for Taranaki from the Star club between 1893 and 1903, playing what for those times was an impressive 40 matches in which he scored 11 tries and contributed a further 18 points with a useful boot.
Allen was amazingly durable and at the age of 34 was still playing first class rugby. In 1905, having moved to Palmerston North, he played in Manawatu's match that year against Wairarapa in Greytown.
As a centre Allen made his first appearance for New Zealand, playing against Queensland in Wellington. Allen scored one of New Zealand's tries in the 9-0 win.
He then toured Australia in 1897 and met with considerable success. He played in 10 of the 11 matches at centre or five eight, scoring seven tries and kicking a conversion.
He made the last of his 13 appearances for his country in 1901 when he was a 30-year old veteran. He scored two tries as a second five eighths in the wamup match against Wellington before meeting the touring New South Welshmen at Athletic Park, a match won by New Zealand 20-3.
Profile by Lindsay Knight
for the New Zealand Rugby Museum.
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