Raymond Flood (cricketer)

Raymond David Flood (21 November 1935 – 13 March 2014) was an English cricketer active in the late 1950s and beginning of the 1960s. A right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break, Flood made over twenty appearances in first-class cricket.[1]

Raymond Flood
Personal information
Full nameRaymond David Flood
Born21 November 1935
Northam, Hampshire, England
Died13 March 2014(2014-03-13) (aged 78)
Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1956–1960Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 24
Runs scored 885
Batting average 23.28
100s/50s 1/5
Top score 138*
Balls bowled 12
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 2 January 2009

Career and life

Flood made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Essex at the United Services Recreation Ground during the 1956 County Championship, one of two first-class matches he played that season.[2] He did not feature for Hampshire in 1957, while in 1958 he played just once against Derbyshire.[2] Flood found his first–team appearances limited with the established presence of Roy Marshall, Jimmy Gray and Henry Horton limited his appearances, in what was a strong Hampshire side for the time.[3]

He made his breakthrough into the Hampshire first-team in 1959, making twenty first-class appearances in a season characterised by good weather and an early experiment with covered wickets.[3] He scored 780 runs in 1959, averaging 25.16 and scoring his only first-class century,[4] scoring an unbeaten 138 against Sussex at Hove. With the emergence of Dennis Baldry, Danny Livingstone and Mike Barnard's move from The Football League to playing for Hampshire on a full-time basis, Flood's career did not survive much longer,[3] with one appearance in 1960 against Oxford University.[2] After a serious knee injury, he was released by Hampshire prior to the 1961 season.[5]

His batting strengths were described by John Arlott in 1959 Cricket Journal, with Arlott remarking "His strength lies in two strokes... a truly bucolic swing to, or over, mid-wicket and the archaic square-cut off the front foot”.[6] Following his retirement from first-class cricket, Flood lived in the New Forest, working as a window cleaner and playing club cricket for Lyndhurst, Hampshire. He was diagnosed with liver cancer in 2013 and died six months later on 13 March 2014 in Lyndhurst.[5] His brother John was a footballer who played 129 matches for Southampton.[5]

References
  1. "Hampshire cricket legend passes away (From Daily Echo)". Dailyecho.co.uk. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  2. "First-Class Matches played by Ray Flood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  3. "Hampshire Cricket History: Ray Flood". www.hampshirecrickethistory.wordpress.com. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Raymond Flood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  5. "Hampshire Cricket Legend Passes Away". Southern Daily Echo. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  6. Arlott, John (1959). John Arlott’s Cricket Journal 2 (2nd ed.). London: Heinemann.
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