Raymond Love
English cricketer
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Raymond Henry Arnold Davison Love (11 May 1888 — 12 October 1962) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Raymond Henry Arnold Davison Love | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 May 1888 Chatham, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 October 1962 (aged 74) Pyrford, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1923 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of the British Indian Army soldier Henry Davison Love, he was born at Chatham in May 1885. He was educated at Marlborough College,[1] before proceeding to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. From there, he graduated into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant in December 1908,[2] with promotion to lieutenant following in December 1911.[3] In the first month of the First World War, Love was seconded to command a company of gentlemen cadets at Woolwich.[4] In December 1914, he was promoted to captain and remained seconded into September 1915.[5][6] He was made an acting major in November 1916,[7] with promotion to the full rank following in June 1918.[8]
Following the war he served in Mesopotamia in 1919 and 1920.[1] Love later made two appearances in first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1923, against Sussex at Hove and Nottinghamshire at County Ground, Southampton.[9] He scored 15 runs in these two matches, with a highest score of 13 not out.[10] From 1932 to 1935, he served as a commandant in British Malaya with the Federated Malay States Volunteer Force.[1] There, he played polo for the Royal Selangor Club.[11] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in April 1936,[12] after which he was commander of the Royal Artillery at Gibraltar from July 1938 to 1940;[13] during his command, Love was promoted to colonel in October 1938.[14] He served during the Second World War, during which he commanded the Royal Artillery in British Mauritius from 1942 to 1944.[1] Love retired from active service during the conflict, and was granted the honorary rank of brigadier.[15] Love died in October 1962 at Pyrford, Surrey.