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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = George Hugh Kenefick Rae
| birth_date = 27 April 1911
| birth_place = [[Chennai|Madras]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1989|10|31|1911|4|27|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Exeter]], [[Devon]], England
| nickname =
| family =
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1935/36–1937/38
| club2 = [[Madras cricket team|Madras]]
| year2 = 1936/37–1937/38
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|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 [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

Rae was born in [[British India]] at [[Chennai|Madras]] in April 1911. He later studied at [[King's College, Cambridge|King's College]] at the [[University of Cambridge]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Cambridge University List of Members|date=1991|page=203|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qp_kAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref> 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 [[Tamil Nadu cricket team|Madras]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14387/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Kiddle|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-06-07|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 122 runs in these matches,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14387/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by George Rae|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-06-07|url-access=subscription}}</ref> with his highest score of 98 coming for the Europeans against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] in 1936.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15682.html|title=Europeans v Indians, Madras Presidency Match 1935/36|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2022-06-07|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Rae was an emergency commission as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] into the [[Royal Armoured Corps]] in April 1940.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34828|date=9 April 1940|page=2140|supp=y}}</ref> Rae later died at [[Exeter]] in October 1989.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=33279}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rae, George}}
[[Category:1911 births]]
[[Category:1989 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Chennai]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Chennai]]
[[Category:Alumni of King's College, Cambridge]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Royal Armoured Corps officers]]

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