John Raven

Background

He was born at Broughton Astley, Leicestershire.

Career

Raven was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. Raven made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Surrey at The Oval in 1874. In this match, he bowled 18 wicketless overs in Surrey"s first-innings as they compiled 348 all out, while in Sussex"s first-innings he batted at number eleven and was dismissed for 10 runs by James Southerton, with Sussex being dismissed for 147.

Sussex were forced to follow-on, with Raven scoring 4 runs before being dismissed by James Street, with Sussex being dismissed for 199.

This was his only major appearance for Sussex. He died at Nutfield, Surrey on 3 April 1940.

Achievements

• Surrey won the match by an innings and 2 runs.