Richard Raphael

Richard Henry Raphael (29 August 1872 – 23 January 1910) was an English first-class cricketer.

Richard Raphael

Personal information
Full name	Richard Henry Raphael
Born	29 August 1872 Steyning, Sussex, England
Died	3 January 1910(1910-01-03) (aged 37) Westminster, London, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Unknown
Relations	John Raphael (cousin)
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 4 Runs scored 246 Batting average 35.14 100s/50s 1/– Top score 111 Balls bowled 12 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 26 July 2019

Raphael was born at Steyning in August 1872. He was educated at Wellington College, before going up to Magdalen College, Oxford.^[1] After graduating from Oxford, he entered the family merchant bank.^[1] He toured British India with the Oxford University Authentics in 1902–03, making three first-class appearances on the tour against Bombay, the Parsees and the Gentlemen of India.^[2] He scored 642 runs on the tour,^[3] 202 of which came in first-class matches.^[4] His highest first-class score on the tour of 111 came against the Parsees.^[5] He played a single first-class match in 1904 for G. J. V. Weigall's XI against Cambridge University at Fenner's.^[2] He was elected as a manager at the London Stock Exchange in January 1910, one of the youngest people elected to the position. He died suddenly a week later at Westminster.^[1] His cousin, John Raphael, also played first-class cricket.^[3]