| Mick Raymer | |
| Country: | Australia |
| Fullname: | Vincent Norman Raymer |
| Nickname: | Mick |
| Birth Date: | 4 May 1918 |
| Birth Place: | Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Death Place: | Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Slow left-arm orthodox, left-arm medium-pace |
| Club1: | Queensland |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 74 |
| Runs1: | 2262 |
| Bat Avg1: | 22.84 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/14 |
| Top Score1: | 85 |
| Deliveries1: | 17,827 |
| Wickets1: | 201 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 32.34 |
| Fivefor1: | 6 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/100 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 64/– |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/7310.html Cricinfo |
| Date: | 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]