Raymond Munds (28 December 1882 – 29 July 1962) was an English professional cricketer who played seven first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club in the early 20th century. Munds was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow. He was born at Lydd in Kent.[1]
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| Full name | Raymond Munds | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 December 1882 Lydd, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 July 1962 (aged 79) Folkestone, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm slow | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Arthur Munds (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1902−1908 | Kent | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 8 April 2012 | |||||||||||||||
Munds was a product of Kent's Tonbridge Nursery, the county's development centre for young professionals at Tonbridge, and was considered a promising batsman – scoring 1,416 runs in 1907.[2][3] He played for the Kent First XI between 1902 and 1908. He played in three County Championship matches, three times against MCC and once against Cambridge University.[4] He made his debut for Kent in 1902 against MCC and played his final first-class match in 1908 against Cambridge University. He made a number of appearances for the Kent Second XI and MCC in non-first-class matches and for many years for Hythe Cricket Club.[5][6] His Wisden obituary states that he played as a wicket-keeper but there is no evidence that he did so in first-class matches.[4][5]
He later stood as an umpire in three first-class fixtures and in nearly 50 Minor Counties Championship matches.[7][8] He died at Folkestone on 29 July 1962 aged 79. Munds' father was groundsman at Hythe Cricket Club for 47 years and his brother, Arthur, played one first-class match for Kent in 1896.[9]
References edit
- ^ Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 397–398. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ Kent County Club, The Times, issue 38584, 1908-03-03, p.12.
- ^ MCC and ground v Kent, The Times, issue 38647, 1908-05-15, p.13.
- ^ a b First-class matches played by Raymond Munds, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- ^ a b Munds, Raymond - Obituaries in 1962, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1963. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- ^ Miscellaneous matches played by Raymond Munds, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- ^ Raymond Munds as Umpire in First-Class Matches, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- ^ Raymond Munds as umpire in Minor Counties Championship matches, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
- ^ Munds, Edward - Obituaries in 1929, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1930. Retrieved 2017-03-05.