Ernest Raikes

Ernest Barkley Raikes OBE QC (18 November 1863 – 7 December 1931) was an English first-class cricketer and a legal advocate based in Bombay in British India from 1889–1914. While in India he played first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team and Bombay.

Ernest Raikes

Personal information
Full name	Ernest Barkley Raikes
Born	18 November 1863 Carleton Forehoe, Norfolk, England
Died	7 December 1931(1931-12-07) (aged 68) Ham Common, Surrey, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown-arm slow
Relations	Thomas Raikes (son) George Raikes (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1892/93–1900/01	Europeans
1892/93	Bombay
1897–1909	Norfolk
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 9 Runs scored 51 Batting average 6.37 100s/50s –/– Top score 18* Balls bowled 1,464 Wickets 49 Bowling average 10.28 5 wickets in innings 3 10 wickets in match 2 Best bowling 8/22 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 July 2019

Life and career

Raikes was born at Carleton Forehoe in November 1863 to the Reverend Francis Raikes and his wife, Martha Barkley.[1] He was educated at Haileybury,[2] before going up to Keble College, Oxford.[1] He studied classics at Oxford, graduating in 1887, before being called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1888.[1] He practiced law in Bombay, where he worked as an advocate at the Bombay High Court from 1889–1914.[3] Raikes served on the staff of Lord Harris during his tenure as Governor of Bombay.[4]

While in British India, he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Europeans cricket team against the Parsees at Bombay in the 1892–93 Bombay Presidency. He made seven further first-class appearances for the Europeans, all against the Parsees, with his last appearance coming in the 1900–01 Bombay Presidency. In addition to playing for the Europeans, he also featured once for Mumbai against Lord Hawke's XI touring team in 1892–93.[5] A slow bowler, Raikes took 46 wickets for the Europeans at an average of 9.08, with best figures of 8 for 22.[6] These figures, one of three five wicket hauls he took in first-class cricket, came against the Parsees at Poona in September 1894.[7] He was present in England in the summer of 1897, when he played minor counties cricket for Norfolk, making eight appearances in the Minor Counties Championship, later making two appearances in 1901 and a further appearance in 1909.[8]

He married Hilda Barkley in October 1899, with the couple havng four children: two sons and two daughters.[9] Their eldest son, Thomas, was a first-class cricketer. In later life, he served as the county secretary to the Norfolk branch of the British Red Cross, for services to which he was made an OBE in the 1919 New Year Honours.[10] He died in December 1931 at Ham Common, Surrey.[4] His brother, George, was a first-class cricketer and international footballer.

References

1. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Raikes, Ernest Barkley" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
2. Haileybury Register, 1862-1891 (2 ed.). Stephen Austin and Sons. 1891. pp. 38.
3. Raikes, Duncan (1980). Pedigree of Raikes. Phillimore. p. 50.
4. "Wisden - Supplementary obituaries in 1930-31". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
5. "First-Class Matches played by Ernest Raikes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
6. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Ernest Raikes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
7. "Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1894/95". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
8. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Ernest Raikes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
9. The Marquis of Ruvigny and Ranieval (2013). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal. Heritage Books. p. 154. ISBN 0788418726.
10. "No. 31114". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 January 1919. p. 458.

External links

• Ernest Raikes at ESPNcricinfo