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| Full name | Vincent Norman Raymer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 May 1918 Toowoomba, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 October 2006 (aged 88) Toowoomba, Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Mick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox, left-arm medium-pace | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1940/41–1956/57 | Queensland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 September 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]