# Robert Raynbird

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**Robert Raynbird** (29 May 1851 — 26 December 1920) was an English first-class [cricketer](/source/Cricket).

The son of Hugh E. Raynbird, he was born in May 1851 at [Laverstock, Hampshire](/source/Laverstock). His father was a land manager for the [Marquess of Winchester](/source/Marquess_of_Winchester). He was a prominent [club cricketer](/source/Club_cricket) in [Basingstoke](/source/Basingstoke),[1] playing for [Basingstoke Cricket Club](/source/Basingstoke_and_North_Hants_Cricket_Club), for whom he would later hold the positions of treasurer and secretary.[2] Raynbird made a single appearance in [first-class cricket](/source/First-class_cricket) for [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club) against [Kent](/source/Kent_County_Cricket_Club) in 1878.[3] He was dismissed for [without scoring](/source/Duck_(cricket)) in both of Hampshire's innings by [George Hearne](/source/George_Gibbons_Hearne) and [Dick Penn](/source/Dick_Penn) respectively, and bowled twelve balls in Kent's only innings, conceding fifteen runs.[4]

Outside of cricket, he was an auctioneer, surveyor and land agent with the family firm, Raynbird and Sons.[5] He was also the honorary secretary of the Basingstoke Sheep Fair, having succeeded his brother [Walter](/source/Walter_Raynbird) (who was also a first-class cricketer) in that role in 1883.[6] He also volunteered in the [Hampshire Regiment](/source/Royal_Hampshire_Regiment), being commissioned as a [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) in July 1886 and resigning his commission in November 1889.[7][8] Raynbird died at Basingstoke in December 1920.[1]

## References

1. ["Robert Raynbird"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002941/19210107/192/0008). *Hampshire Independent*. 7 January 1921. p. 5. Retrieved 21 January 2024. – via [British Newspaper Archive](/source/British_Newspaper_Archive)

1. ["Basingstoke Cricket Club"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004552/18840321/100/0008). *Andover Chronicle*. 21 March 1884. p. 8. Retrieved 21 January 2024. – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. ["First-Class Matches played by Robert Raynbird"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6817/First-Class_Matches.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

1. ["Kent v Hampshire, County Match 1878"](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2214.html). CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 January 2024.

1. ["Robert Raynbird"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005052/18940822/228/0026). *Commercial Gazette*. 22 August 1894. p. 26. Retrieved 21 January 2024. – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. ["Basingstoke Sheep Fair"](https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000369/18830714/029/0004). *[Reading Mercury](/source/Reading_Mercury)*. 14 July 1883. p. 4. Retrieved 21 January 2024. – via British Newspaper Archive.

1. No. 25604. 2 July 1886. p. 3191.

1. No. 25995. 22 November 1889. p. 6242.

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