Raymond Bailey (sportsman)

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Raymond Bailey
Personal information
Full name
Raymond Reginald Bailey
Born (1944-05-16) 16 May 1944 (age 79)
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
RoleOccasional wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1978
Minor Counties West
1975–1979Buckinghamshire
1965Marylebone Cricket Club
1964–1973Northamptonshire
1963Bedfordshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 49 42
Runs scored 253 138
Batting average 9.37 7.26
100s/50s –/– –/–
Top score 25 13
Balls bowled 6,725 1,926
Wickets 108 41
Bowling average 26.90 26.07
5 wickets in innings 5 1
10 wickets in match – –
Best bowling 5/25 6/22
Catches/stumpings 27/– 10/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 June 2011
Association football career
Position(s) Central defender
Youth career
Bedford Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1966–1971 Gillingham 160 (7)
1971 → Northampton Town (loan) 1 (0)
1971–1973 Romford 69 (7)
Hitchin Town
Dunstable Town
Managerial career
Milton Keynes City
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Raymond Reginald 'Ray' Bailey (born 16 May 1944) is an English former cricketer and footballer. He was born in Bedford, Bedfordshire, where he was educated and proved himself a sporting all rounder by captaining his school rugby team and playing in goal for the Bedfordshire Schools football team.[1]

Cricket

As a cricketer, Bailey was a right-handed

five wicket hauls and taking best figures of 5/25.[5] Despite being a respectable performer with the ball, Bailey made infrequent appearances in first-class cricket for the county, making no more than 10 appearances in a season. His debut season was perhaps his most successful, with him taking 17 wickets in 6 matches at an average of 16.05, with 3 five wicket hauls.[6] This season saw his best bowling figures, 5/25 against Hampshire.[7] In his second season for Northamptonshire, Bailey was selected to play for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Yorkshire at Lord's, with him taking 3 wickets in the match.[8]

The beginning of his career saw the introduction and onset of List A cricket. He began making regular appearances in this format for Northamptonshire in the 3rd season of the John Player League. He made a total of 38 appearances in limited-overs cricket for the county, with his last match coming against Sussex in the 1973 John Player League.[4] He took 39 wickets for Northamptonshire in List A cricket, which came at an average of 24.43.[9] It was for Northamptonshire that he took his only five wicket haul in List A cricket, taking 6/22 against Hampshire in the 1972 John Player League,[10] a season in which he took 25 wickets at an average of 15.16, the only season in which he took more than 8 wickets.[11] His 6/22 is the fourth best innings bowling figures for Northamptonshire in List A cricket.[12] He left Northamptonshire at the end of the 1973 season.[13]

He joined

County Ground, Northampton for 10 years from 1986.[1] Then the ground was used for both cricket and football, before football was moved to the Sixfields Stadium
in 1994.

Football

A

FA Cup.[1]

He was loaned out to Northampton Town the following season, playing just the one game,[15][16] after which he left Gillingham at the end of that season. While at Gillingham, he had played 178 matches and scored 10 goals.[1]

A move to

Southern League side Romford followed in December 1971, before moves to Hitchin Town and Dunstable Town.[1] Following the end of his playing career, Bailey had a spell in charge of Milton Keynes City.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Past Masters – Ray Bailey". www.gillinghamfootballclub.com. 15 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Raymond Bailey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  3. ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Raymond Bailey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  4. ^ a b c d "List A Matches played by Raymond Bailey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  5. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Raymond Bailey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  6. ^ "First-class Bowling in Each Season by Raymond Bailey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Northamptonshire v Hampshire, 1964 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  8. ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Yorkshire, 1965". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  9. ^ "List A Bowling For Each Team by Raymond Bailey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  10. ^ "Hampshire v Northamptonshire, 1972 John Player League". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  11. ^ "List A Bowling in Each Season by Raymond Bailey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  12. ^ "Most Wickets in an Innings for Northamptonshire (List A)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  13. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  14. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X
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  15. ^ "Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database (Northampton)". www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  16. ^ "Raymond Bailey". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 30 January 2019.

External links

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