Roger Rayson

{{short description|Australian cricketer (born 1942)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Roger Rayson

| country = Australia

| fullname = Roger Rayson

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|2|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Windsor, Victoria, Australia

| family = {{ubl|Maxwell Rayson (father)|William Rayson (grandfather)}}

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm wrist-spin

| role = Bowler

| club1 = Victoria

| year1 = {{nowrap|1964/65–1966/67}}

| type1 = FC

| debutdate1 = 6 November

| debutyear1 = 1964

| debutfor1 = Victoria

| debutagainst1 = Western Australia

| lastdate1 = 18 November

| lastyear1 = 1966

| lastfor1 = Victoria

| lastagainst1 = Western Australia

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 18

| runs1 = 78

| bat avg1 = 7.09

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 36

| deliveries1 = 3,178

| wickets1 = 45

| bowl avg1 = 39.24

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 1

| best bowling1 = 6/97

| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/16/16595/16595.html CricketArchive

| date = 27 May

| year = 2022

}}

Roger William Rayson (born 17 February 1942)[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8234639 Births: Rayson, The Argus, (Thursday, 26 February 1942), p.2.] is a former Australian cricketer who played 124 matches for the Melbourne Cricket Club from 1963–64 to 1974–75, and played 18 first-class matches for Victoria.

Cricket

His father, Maxwell Rayson, played three matches for Victoria in the 1937/38 season, and his grandfather, William Rayson, played six games for the state between the 1924/25 and 1928/29 seasons.

A left-arm wrist-spinner, Rayson took his best bowling figures against South Australia in 1965–66, with figures of 6 for 97 and 4 for 91 in the drawn match.{{cite web |title=Sheffield Shield at Adelaide, Nov 5-9 1965 |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8043/scorecard/357011/South-Australia-vs-Victoria--Sheffield-Shield |website=Cricinfo |accessdate=21 July 2018}}

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