Robert Raynbird
English cricketer
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Robert Raynbird (29 May 1851 — 26 December 1920) was an English first-class cricketer.
Laverstoke, Hampshire, England
Basingstoke, Hampshire, England
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| Born | 29 May 1851 Laverstoke, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 December 1920 (aged 69) Basingstoke, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Walter Raynbird (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1878 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The son of Hugh E. Raynbird, he was born in May 1851 at Laverstock, Hampshire. His father was a land manager for the Marquess of Winchester. He was a prominent club cricketer in Basingstoke,[1] playing for Basingstoke Cricket Club, for whom he would later hold the positions of treasurer and secretary.[2] Raynbird made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Kent in 1878.[3] He was dismissed for without scoring in both of Hampshire's innings by George Hearne and Dick Penn respectively, and bowled twelve balls in Kent's only innings, conceding fifteen runs.[4]
Outside of cricket, he was an auctioneer, surveyor and land agent with the family firm, Raynbird and Sons.[5] He was also the honorary secretary of the Basingstoke Sheep Fair, having succeeded his brother Walter (who was also a first-class cricketer) in that role in 1883.[6] He also volunteered in the Hampshire Regiment, being commissioned as a lieutenant in July 1886 and resigning his commission in November 1889.[7][8] Raynbird died at Basingstoke in December 1920.[1]