Raymond Hanson (cricketer)
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Raymond Leslie Hanson is a former English
cricket
er who played first-class and List A cricket for Derbyshire
in 1973.
Hanson was born in Chesterfield
. He joined Derbyshire in 1971 and played for the Second XI. He made his only first-class appearance for Derbyshire in the 1973 season
against Sussex
in August. He was stand-in wicket-keeper for Bob Taylor
but saw little of the ball during the match. In the same season, Hanson played one List A match in the Benson and Hedges Cup and one in the John Player League .
Hanson was a wicket-keeper and right-handed who played at the tailend.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played first-class and List A cricket for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
in 1973.
Hanson was born in Chesterfield
Chesterfield
Chesterfield is a market town and a borough of Derbyshire, England. It lies north of Derby, on a confluence of the rivers Rother and Hipper. Its population is 70,260 , making it Derbyshire's largest town...
. He joined Derbyshire in 1971 and played for the Second XI. He made his only first-class appearance for Derbyshire in the 1973 season
Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1973
Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1973 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for one hundred and two years. In the County Championship, they won two matches to finish sixteenth in their seventy-ninth season in the Championship. They won five matches in the John...
against Sussex
Sussex County Cricket Club
Sussex County Cricket Club is the oldest of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Sussex. The club was founded as a successor to Brighton Cricket Club which was a representative of the county of Sussex as a...
in August. He was stand-in wicket-keeper for Bob Taylor
Bob Taylor (cricketer)
Robert William Taylor , known as Bob Taylor, is a former English cricketer who played as wicket-keeper for Derbyshire between 1961 and 1984 and for England between 1971 and 1984. He made 57 Test, and 639 first class cricket appearances in total, taking 1,473 catches. The 2,069 victims across his...
but saw little of the ball during the match. In the same season, Hanson played one List A match in the Benson and Hedges Cup and one in the John Player League .
Hanson was a wicket-keeper and right-handed who played at the tailend.