John Raven (cricketer)
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| Full name | John Earle Reynolds Raven | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
23 February 1851 Broughton Astley, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
3 April 1940 (aged 89) Nutfield, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1874 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 December 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Earle Reynolds Raven (23 April 1851 – 3 April 1940) was an English cricketer. Raven was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Broughton Astley, Leicestershire.
Raven made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Surrey at The Oval in 1874.[1] In this match, he bowled 18 wicketless overs in Surrey's first-innings as they compiled 348 all out, while in Sussex's first-innings he batted at number eleven and was dismissed for 10 runs by James Southerton, with Sussex being dismissed for 147. Sussex were forced to follow-on, with Raven scoring 4 runs before being dismissed by James Street, with Sussex being dismissed for 199. Surrey won the match by an innings and 2 runs.[2] This was his only major appearance for Sussex.
He died at Nutfield, Surrey on 3 April 1940.
References
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by John Raven". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ↑ "Surrey v Sussex, 1874". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2011.