Max Raison
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| Full name | Maxwell Raison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
17 November 1901 Wanstead, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
26 July 1988 (aged 86) Theberton, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1928–1930 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 10 October 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maxwell Raison (7 November 1901 – 26 July 1988) was an English cricketer. Rasion was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Wanstead, Essex and educated at Forest School, Walthamstow.
Raison made his first-class debut for Essex against Oxford University in 1928. He made sixteen further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1930 County Championship.[1] In his seventeen first-class appearances for Essex, he scored 451 runs at an average of 18.04, with a high score of 57.[2] This score, which was his only first-class fifty, came against Hampshire in 1928.[3] With the ball, he took 14 wickets at a bowling average of 41.07, with best figures of 5/104.[4] These figures, which were his only first-class five wicket haul, came against Gloucestershire in 1928, including the wicket of Wally Hammond who had scored 244 runs.[5]
He was publisher and managing editor of Picture Post and New Scientist.
He died at Theberton, Suffolk on 26 July 1988 leaving five sons, one of whom was Timothy Raison.
References
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Max Raison". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Max Raison". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ↑ "Essex v Hampshire, 1928 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ↑ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Max Raison". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ↑ "Essex v Gloucestershire, 1928 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 October 2011.