Roger Rayson
{{short description|Australian cricketer (born 1942)}}
{{Use Australian English|date=September 2012}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{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}}
References
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External links
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- [http://premier.cricketvictoria.com.au/showrvcontent.aspx?redirect=1&playerid=1420872&eid=212&=loc1/playercareerbatting.asp&loc=/cricket/reports/playercareerbatting.asp&loc1/playercareerbatting.asp Victorian Cricket Association: Batting Career Report: Roger W. Rayson (Melbourne Cricket Club)]
- [http://premier.cricketvictoria.com.au/showrvcontent.aspx?redirect=1&playerid=1420872&eid=212&=loc1/playercareerbowling.asp&loc=/cricket/reports/playercareerbowling.asp&loc1/playercareerbowling.asp Victorian Cricket Association: Bowling Career Report: Roger W. Rayson (Melbourne Cricket Club)]
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Category:People educated at Caulfield Grammar School
Category:Melbourne Cricket Club cricketers
Category:Australian cricketers
Category:Cricketers from Melbourne
Category:People from Windsor, Victoria
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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