| Robert Raynbird | |
| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Robert Raynbird |
| Birth Date: | 29 May 1851 |
| Birth Place: | Laverstoke, Hampshire, England |
| Death Place: | Basingstoke, Hampshire, England |
| Batting: | Unknown |
| Bowling: | Unknown |
| Family: | Walter Raynbird (brother) |
| Club1: | Hampshire |
| Year1: | 1878 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 0 |
| Bat Avg1: | 0.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 0 |
| Deliveries1: | 12 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
| Date: | 30 December |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Source: | http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19342.html Cricinfo |
Robert Raynbird (29 May 1851 — 26 December 1920) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Hugh E. Raynbird, he was born in May 1851 at Laverstock, Hampshire. His father was a land manager for the Marquess of Winchester. He was a prominent club cricketer in Basingstoke,[1] playing for Basingstoke Cricket Club, for whom he would later hold the positions of treasurer and secretary.[2] Raynbird made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Kent in 1878.[3] He was dismissed for without scoring in both of Hampshire's innings by George Hearne and 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 (who was also a first-class cricketer) in that role in 1883.[6] He also volunteered in the Hampshire Regiment, being commissioned as a lieutenant in July 1886 and resigning his commission in November 1889. Raynbird died at Basingstoke in December 1920.[1]