Richard Stephen Venes (12 March 1885 – 10 June 1959) was an English cricketer. Venes was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly. He was born at Battersea, London.
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| Full name | Richard Stephen Venes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1885 Battersea, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 June 1959 (aged 74) Northampton, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Leg break googly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1922 | Northamptonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 November 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Venes made four first-class appearances for Northamptonshire in the 1922 County Championship against Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and in a second match against Yorkshire.[1] In his four first-class matches, he scored 8 runs at an average of 1.33, with a high score of 4 not out.[2] With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 21.00, with best figures of 4/60.[3]
He died at Northampton, Northamptonshire on 10 June 1959.
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Richard Venes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Richard Venes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Richard Venes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
External links
edit- Richard Venes at ESPNcricinfo
- Richard Venes at CricketArchive
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