John Raven (cricketer)

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.

John Raven

Personal information
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
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1874	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 14 Batting average 7.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 10 Balls bowled 72 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
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.

He died at Nutfield, Surrey on 3 April 1940.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by John Raven". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
2. "Surrey v Sussex, 1874". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 December 2011.

External links

• John Raven at ESPNcricinfo
• John Raven at CricketArchive