Country: | England |
Fullname: | George Hugh Kenefick Rae |
Birth Date: | 27 April 1911 |
Birth Place: | Madras, Madras Presidency, British India |
Death Place: | Exeter, Devon, England |
Batting: | Unknown |
Bowling: | Unknown |
Club1: | Europeans |
Year1: | 1935/36 - 1937/38 |
Club2: | Madras |
Year2: | 1936/37 - 1937/38 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 4 |
Runs1: | 122 |
Bat Avg1: | 24.40 |
100S/50S1: | –/1 |
Top Score1: | 98 |
Deliveries1: | 36 |
Wickets1: | 1 |
Bowl Avg1: | 32.00 |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | 1/5 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
Date: | 7 June |
Year: | 2022 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/33279.html ESPNcricinfo |
George Hugh Kenefick Rae (27 April 1911 – 31 October 1989) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Rae was born in British India at Madras in April 1911. He later studied at King's College at the University of Cambridge.[1] Rae spent the 1930s in British India, where he made two appearances apiece in first-class cricket between 1936 and 1938 for the Europeans cricket team and Madras.[2] He scored 122 runs in these matches,[3] with his highest score of 98 coming for the Europeans against the Indians in 1936.[4] Rae was an emergency commission as a second lieutenant into the Royal Armoured Corps in April 1940. Rae later died at Exeter in October 1989.