Vincent Norman "Mick" Raymer (4 May 1918 – 31 October 2006) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Queensland from 1940 to 1956.

In the Second World War, Raymer served from 1940 to 1946, chiefly in New Guinea, as a private in the 61st Australian Infantry Battalion. An accident during his service left him partially deaf.[1][2]

Solidly built, Raymer was a hard-hitting lower-order batsman and a left-arm orthodox bowler who sometimes bowled medium-pace.[3] His best batting season was 1947–48, when he made 403 runs at an average of 44.77 and also made his highest score, 85 against Western Australia.[4] He took his best match bowling figures, 10 for 160, in the same match, but Western Australia nevertheless won, thus securing the Sheffield Shield in their inaugural season.[5]

Johnnie Moyes described Raymer as "a slowish left-hander with remarkable control of length and flight [who] did grand things for Queensland year after year".[6] Raymer's most successful season with the ball was 1949–50, when he took 34 wickets at an average of 27.14.[7] His best innings figures were 7 for 100 against South Australia in 1953–54, when he also made 84 in Queensland’s first innings.[8]

Raymer played as Accrington’s professional in the Lancashire League in 1951 and 1952.[3] In Queensland he played most of his cricket in his home town of Toowoomba, where he worked as a plasterer.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Mick Raymer". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Raymer, Vincent Norman". World War Two Nominal Roll. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  3. ^ a b The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket, Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 441–42.
  4. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Mick Raymer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  5. ^ Wisden 1949, pp. 797–98.
  6. ^ A. G. Moyes, Australian Cricket: A History, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1959, p. 498.
  7. ^ "First-class Bowling in Each Season by Mick Raymer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  8. ^ "South Australia v Queensland 1953–54". Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  9. ^ Wisden 2007, p. 1568.
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