Vezey Raffety

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

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| country = England

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| fullname = Cairns Vezey Raffety

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|8|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Orpington, Kent, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|9|28|1906|8|9|df=yes}}

| death_place = Eastbourne, Sussex, England

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

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| club1 = Minor Counties

| year1 = 1931

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| club2 = Buckinghamshire

| year2 = 1924–1932

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| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 16

| bat avg1 = 16.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 16

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| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 3 June

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19559.html Cricinfo

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Cairns Vezey Raffety (9 August 1906 – 28 September 1991) was an English cricketer. Raffety was a left-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox. He was born in Orpington, Kent and educated at Cranleigh School, where he represented the school cricket team.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32228/all_teams.html|title=Teams Vezey Raffety played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 June 2011}}

Raffety made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1924 Minor Counties Championship against the Leicestershire Second XI. Raffety played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1924 to 1932, making 17 appearances.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32228/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Vezey Raffety|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 June 2011}}

He made his only first-class appearance for the Minor Counties cricket team against the touring New Zealanders in 1931.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32228/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Vezey Raffety|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 June 2011}} In his only innings in the match, he was dismissed for 16 by Tom Lowry.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13900.html|title=Minor Counties v New Zealanders, 1931|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 June 2011}}

He died in Eastbourne, Sussex on 28 September 1991.