Career
Ray Emery played one match for Auckland in 1936-1937, then nine matches from 1943-1944 to 1947-1948 without establishing himself in the side. Batting in the middle order, he scored 110 against Otago in 1945-1946, and 123 against Wellington in 1946-1947, but those were the only innings in which he reached 30. He transferred to Canterbury for 1950-1951, making 240 runs at 30.00 in the Plunket Shield, including 110 against Wellington when he opened the batting for the first time and played the decisive innings in a low-scoring match.
In 1951-1952 he made 433 runs at 72.16 in the Plunket Shield, with four 50s, and topped the national averages.
Although he was nearly 37, he was selected for both Tests against the touring West Indies team at the end of the 1951-1952 season. In the next two seasons he played four matches and scored only 80 runs.
That was the end of his first-class career. He served in Britain with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.