Lives in Cricket No 46 - George Raikes

46 Raikes the International ‘Keeper’ Top Of the World – But Raikes Walks Away Previewing the match the Eastern Daily Press stated: “ George Raikes has all the requisites which go to make a great custodian. His find (sic) build and splendid reach enable him to fist out many a shot that a good many others would fail to get at in time . England v Scotland: 4 April 1896 “Defeat Of The Englishmen” ENGLAND G.B.Raikes (Oxford University) W.J.Oakley (Oxford University) L.V.Lodge (Corinthians) A.G.Henfrey (Corinthians) Crawshaw (Sheffield Wednesday) J.W.Crabtree (Aston Villa) Bassett (WBA) Goodall (Derby County) G.O.Smith (Oxford Univ) Wood (Wolves) C.J.Burnup (Camb Univ) W.A.Lambie (Queen’s Park) King (Hearts) Hyslop (Stoke) Blessington (Celtic) Bell (Everton) Hogg (Hearts) Cowan (Aston Villa) Gibson (Rangers) Drummond (Rangers) Brandon (Sheffield Wednesday) Doig (Sunderland) SCOTLAND The report in the Eastern Daily Press : “After a splendidly contested and highly exciting match the Scotch Association team at Celtic Park, Glasgow, succeeded in defeating England by two goals to one, this being the first occasion Scotland had been successful since 1889. The result was no doubt in a good measure due to George Raikes in an England jersey, wearing a Corinthians cap.