{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Richard Stephen Venes | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1885|3|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = Battersea, London, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|1959|6|10|1885|3|12|df=yes}} | death_place = Northampton, Northamptonshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Leg break googly | role = | family = | club1 = Northamptonshire | year1 = 1922 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 4 | runs1 = 8 | bat avg1 = 1.33 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 4* | deliveries1 = 193 | wickets1 = 5 | bowl avg1 = 21.00 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 4/60 | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | date = 18 November | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22210.html Cricinfo }}
'''Richard Stephen Venes''' (12 March 1885 – 10 June 1959) was an English cricketer. Venes was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly. He was born at Battersea, London.
Venes made four first-class appearances for Northamptonshire in the 1922 County Championship against Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and in a second match against Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33506/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Richard Venes|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 November 2011}}</ref> In his four first-class matches, he scored 8 runs at an average of 1.33, with a high score of 4 not out.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33506/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Richard Venes|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 November 2011}}</ref> With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 21.00, with best figures of 4/60.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33506/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Richard Venes|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 November 2011}}</ref>
He died at Northampton, Northamptonshire on 10 June 1959.
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/22210.html Richard Venes] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/33/33506/33506.html Richard Venes] at CricketArchive
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