Lives in Cricket No 46 - George Raikes

130 Statistics Games Played For The Casuals Season Date Opponents Status Venue Tour? Result Crowd 1892/93 22 October Old St Marks Friendly Away 3-2 26 December Leicester Fosse Friendly Away Yes 1-4 27 December Lincoln City Friendly Away Yes 1-1 28 December Crewe Alexandra Friendly Away Yes 1-3 15 March Shrewsbury School Friendly Away 1-2 1893/94 9 December London Caledonian L Ch 1 Away 5-1 3,000 31 March Old Carthusians L Ch s-f Leyton 3-0 21 April Old Westminsters L Ch f Leyton 2-1 5,000 1894/95 13 October Chesham FA Q 1 Away 4-1 16 October Sunderland Friendly Leyton 4-3 6,000 16 February Reading FA Am 1 Away 1-3 2,000 1895/96 20 November Shrewsbury School Friendly Away 9-2 12 December Malvern College Friendly Away 2-1 13 December Shrewsbury School Friendly Away 5-1 Cavallini (2009) credits Raikes with 15 appearances but lists details of only 14. “L Ch 1”, “L Ch s-f” and “L Ch f” denote the first round, semi-final and final of the London Charity Cup respectively. “FA Q 1” denotes the first qualifying round of the FA Cup and “FA Am 1” the first round of the FA Amateur Cup. Games Played For The Corinthians Season Date Opponents Status Venue Tour? Result Crowd 1893/94 25 April Woolwich Arsenal Friendly Leyton 3-2 3,500 1894/95 4 December St Bernards Friendly Leyton 2-1 1,200 26 December Leicester Fosse Friendly Away Yes 2-1 8,000 27 December Sheffield United Friendly Away Yes 7-3 2,000 29 December Dundee Wanderers Friendly Away Yes 6-3 31 December Queen’s Park Friendly Away Yes 3-2 10,000 2 January St Bernards Friendly Away Yes 0-0 16 March Stoke Friendly Leyton 2-2 4,000 23 March Sheffield United Friendly Leyton 1-2 5,000 1895/96 19 October The Army Friendly Queen’s 11-1 2,000 2 November Notts Forest Friendly Queen’s 0-2 5,000 16 November St Bernards Friendly Queen’s 2-0 2,000 7 December Sunderland Friendly Queen’s 3-1 5,000 27 December Sheffield United Friendly Away Yes 0-1 1,000 28 December Sunderland Friendly Away Yes 1-1 2,000 30 December Middlesborough Friendly Away Yes 7-1 1 January Queen’s Park Friendly Away Yes 3-3 15,000 8 February WBA Friendly Queen’s 5-2 3,000 14 March Queen’s Park Friendly Queen’s 1-2 4,000 21 March Sheffield Umited Friendly Queen’s 0-4 6 April Derby County Friendly Away 4-2 6,000 Raikes’ first defeat as a Corinthian was not until the final game of the 1894/95 season, his ninth match in their colours. Played For England In Home Internationals Season Date Opponents Venue Result Crowd 1894/95 18 March Wales Queen’s Club 1-1 1895/96 7 March Ireland * Cliftonville, Belfast 2-0 10,000 16 March Wales Cardiff Arms Park 9-1 4 April Scotland Celtic Park, Glasgow 1-2 >60,000 *: according to The Irish Times and Irish Saturday Night , Raikes skippered the match in Dublin.