Lives in Cricket No 46 - George Raikes

138 appointed assistant hon sec of Oxford Uni. FC 42 appointed vicar at Bergh Apton 6, 106, 108 , 109 appointed as a curate at St Mary’s Church, Portsea 63, 77 avoided playing soccer in Norfolk 39, 43, 45 awarded a cricket ‘Blue’ in 1894 20, 54, 77, 131 awarded a cricket ‘Blue’ in 1895, at the last minute 23, 55 , 56 , 58, 62, 131 awarded a soccer ‘Blue’ in 1893 33 awarded a soccer ‘Blue’ in 1894 36 , 36-37 awarded a soccer ‘Blue’ in 1895 41 awarded a soccer ‘Blue’ in 1896 44 awarded a place at Magdalen College, Oxford 12 batted well against Cambridge University 54 batted well against Warwickshire (scoring 60) 71 bequeathed £1,000 to Joan Raikes’ family 119 birth 8, 11, 26 a ‘bits-and-pieces’ player at first-class level 60, 70 bowled expensively in 1911 82, 101-102 bowled fast medium 72, 77, 78 , 79, 131 bowled googlies (well concealed) 77, 79 bowled leg-breaks for St Mary’s 74-75, 74 , 77 bowled leg-breaks for Norfolk 77, 79, 91, 95-99, 101-102 bowled quicker ball 79, 101 bowled slow, ‘flighty’ leg-breaks 77, 82 bowled top-spinners 79 bowled with ‘difficult’ & ‘experimental’ style 16, 54, 62, 77, 83 bowled well against Kent 57 bowled well against MCC 53 bowled well against Somerset 59 breakthrough in Minor Counties cricket 19, 20 capped at soccer 5, 41, 44-47 captaincy praised 5, 14, 16, 90, 95, 98-100 captained Gentlemen of Norfolk 115 captained Norfolk (1895) 23, 105 captained Norfolk (1904/06) 77, 85, 87-91, 105 captained Norfolk (1909/11) 93-96, 97 , 98-100, 98 , 102, 103 , 105 captained Shrewsbury School Cricket XI 13-14, 14 captained Shrewsbury School Football XI 12 career as wicket keeper ended in disaster 18, 101 carried Bergh Apton CC 111-112, 114 change bowler at first-class level 54, 59-60, 62 chaplain to the Duke of Portland 67, 85-88, 103, 106, 120 claimed to have been offered a game by Notts CCC 120-121, 131 comfortably off in retirement 119 conceded 8 goals on debut for Norfolk County 7, 31-32 conceded 10 goals whilst in brilliant form 39 amongst Corinthian goalkeepers 48 cricket at Bergh Apton ended by ‘developments’ 114 curate at Portsea 63-64, 68, 120 debut for England XI (soccer) 41 debut in first-class cricket against Somerset 51 debut for Hampshire CCC 70 deliberately bowled high full tosses 83 described as best goalkeeper in the England 41, 45 description of his batting 84-85, 89, 96, 99 died aged 93 119-120, 131 dropped from Norfolk CCC 18 dropped from England XI (football) 41-42 elected to the committee of the Casuals FC 76 enrolled at Shrewsbury School 12 enrolled at Wells Theological College 63, 76, 120 not a dynamic evangelist 6 failed to obtain cricket ‘Blue’ in 1893 20, 51-52, 52 failed to obtain cricket ‘Blue’ in 1896 59, 61, 61 , 120 failed against Oxford Emeriti 115-116 farming, not interested in 109 fielding much lauded 16, 77, 85, 90, 94 final game for Hampshire 74 finished second in Barratt Cup at age of 57 117 first-class career-best 77 against Yorkshire 71 first seen definitely purveying leg-breaks 75 followed up well to his own bowling 77, 79, 85, 102 as a goalkeeper (mostly rave reviews) 29, 31-37, 39-49, 40 , 44 , 46 , 131 as a golfer 6, 67, 116-117 good reviews as custodian against Scotland 47 graduated with a 3 rd class degree in history 62 Index