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.
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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 | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1874 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 14 December 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Raven died at Nutfield, Surrey on 3 April 1940, at the age of 89.
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Raven". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
- ^ "Surrey v Sussex, 1874". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
External links
edit- John Raven at ESPNcricinfo
- John Raven at CricketArchive