Lives in Cricket No 46 - George Raikes

140 record for Hampshire 74 reduced commitment to ‘big’ cricket 67, 71, 90, 93, 103 refused to bat looking into low sun 93-94 relatives competed at tennis at Bungay 117-118 resident at Hedenham Hall 12, 40-41 resident at the Hermitage, Welbeck 92 resident at Langbaurgh Hall, Great Ayton 92 resident at Old Rectory, Lamyatt, Shepton Mallett 119 resident at the Rectory, Bergh Apton 108 resident in west country 119 resided with future wife, Maud Cochrane 12 retired from all competitive sport 118 retired from ‘big’ soccer when ‘at the top’ 15, 30, 47, 67-68 retired from first-class cricket 104 retired from Minor Counties cricket 105-106 retired from the Church due to ill health 119 returned to Norfolk from Welbeck 106 returned to first-class cricket after 10 year hiatus 104 scored century for Bergh Apton 111 scored two goals for Weybridge 50 scored 185 out of 211 for Portsea Clergy 69 , 69 selected for Oxford University Past & Present 69-70 shone as wicketkeeper for Norfolk 18 sight deteriorated in old age 119 snow prevented him playing for Norfolk County 40 sold off glebe land at Bergh Apton 109 stock bowler in 1911 101 stood down from Hampshire 73 stood down from captaincy of Norfolk 103 successful on debut for Hampshire 70 suffered from influenza 36 talented sportsman 5 tall for a leg-spinner 82 telegraphed Lord’s about sharp practice at Lincoln 93 successful tennis player 6, 67, 85, 117-118 too old to serve in World War One 106 took first-class career-best 6-62 against Webbe’s XI 58 took hat-trick against Suffolk 95 took MA at Oxford University 70 took Minor Counties best 9-24 against Suffolk 95 took new ball for Norfolk 20 took wickets with stumpings 72-73, 83 took 40 wickets in four consecutive matches 93 unavailable to play cricket for Norfolk 93 under-bowled at Hampshire 72-73 under-bowled at Oxford 53-54, 57-58, 62 under-bowled himself 72-73 utterly outplayed Norwich Union 2 nd XI 112 varied his bowling subtly 79, 81 ‘veteran’ at tennis 118 vulnerable to being hit on the full 82, 101 went up to Oxford 32 his wife a draconian 109 won London Charity Cup 37 won Minor Counties Championship (1905) 77, 89 , 89-90, 95, 102 won Minor Counties Championship (1910) 95, 98-99, 102 won soccer ‘cuppers’ for fourth time 42, 50 Raikes, Henry 8 Raikes, Rt Hon Henry Cecil 16 Raikes, Joan Margaret ( nee Purvis) 16, 119, 122 Raikes, Kenneth Cochrane (nephew) 10, 15, 119 Raikes, Lilias Kathleen Cochrane Raikes (“K”: Mrs O Bevir) 15, 117-119, 121- 122 Raikes, Mabel (sister) 10 Raikes, Margaret Beatrice (sister) 11 Raikes, Mary Georgiana (aunt) 8 Raikes, Rev’d Myles Kenneth 121 Raikes, Richard 8 Raikes, Robert (‘the Printer of Glouces- ter’) 8 Raikes jnr, Robert 8, 110 Raikes, Robert Laybourne 122 Raikes, Thomas 8 Raikes, Thomas Barkley (nephew) 11, 16 Raikes, Timothy 8 Raikes, Walter (uncle) 8, 9 Raikes, William 8 Raiks of Kelfield 8 Ranjitsinhji, Kumar Shri 20, 60, 78, 81, 83 Raphael, Richard H 52 Read, J 110 Reading FC 50 Red Company 76 Redgrave, T 110 Reed, RN 61 Regiment of Foot, 43 rd 107 Relf, Bert E 88 reverse sweep 83 Riley, Alfred 119 Index