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{{short description|Indian-born English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Thomas Raikes
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Thomas Barkley Raikes
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|12|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Malabar Hill]], [[Bombay]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|3|2|1902|12|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Rickinghall Superior]], [[Suffolk]], England
| family = [[Ernest Raikes]] (father)<br>[[George Raikes]] (uncle)
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| heightm =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm medium
| role =
| club1 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1922–1925}}
| type1 = First-class
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 38
| runs1 = 554
| bat avg1 = 12.88
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 44
| deliveries1 = 6,704
| wickets1 = 132
| bowl avg1 = 25.03
| fivefor1 = 7
| tenfor1 = 2
| best bowling1 = 9/38
| catches/stumpings1 = 23/– 
| date = 16 March
| year = 2009
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Players/32/32231/32231.html CricketArchive
}}

'''Thomas Barkley Raikes''' (16 December 1902 – 2 March 1984) was an Indian-born English [[cricket]]er who played 38 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] games for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] in the 1920s. He also played [[minor counties]] cricket for [[Norfolk County Cricket Club]].

He was educated at [[Winchester College]], and in 1921 had a particularly fine year: he captained the side, topped the [[bowling average]]s and was second in the [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]]s. In July against [[Charterhouse School|Charterhouse]], he scored 94 and then took 8/14, no runs at all being conceded by him until he had taken all eight wickets.<ref name="cricinfo-profile">
{{cite web |url=http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/19562.html |title=Players and Officials - Tom Raikes |accessdate=16 March 2009 |publisher=[[Cricinfo]]}}</ref>
After going up to [[Trinity College, Oxford]], and taking 5/5 in the (non-first-class) Freshmen's match, Raikes was brought into the full university side.

''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' considered that "[a]t this point it seemed that he might well take his place among the leading bowlers of the day", but although he had a good 1923 season, he never lived up to this early promise as he put on weight, having found "the pleasure of life at Oxford too alluring".<ref name="cricinfo-profile" />
He did, however, turn in an excellent performance against the [[British Army cricket team|Army]] in 1924, taking 13 wickets in the match.<ref>
{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/11/11133.html |title=Oxford University v Army in 1924 |accessdate=16 March 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>
Neither his match figures of 13/80 nor his second-innings return of 9/38 have been beaten since (as of 2009) by an Oxford bowler.<ref>
{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/OxfordUniversity/Bowling_Records/Best_Match_Bowling_For.html |title=Most Wickets in a Match for Oxford University |accessdate=16 March 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><ref>
{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/OxfordUniversity/Bowling_Records/Best_Innings_Bowling_For.html |title=Most Wickets in an Innings for Oxford University |accessdate=16 March 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

In June 1922, during Oxford's match against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] at [[The Oval]], Raikes was involved in a bizarre [[run out|run-out]] incident: he and his batting partner [[R. C. Robertson-Glasgow]] became hopelessly confused over a second, then third, run, and ended up at the same end on both occasions. Meanwhile, the Surrey fielders repeatedly fumbled the ball before eventually wicket-keeper [[Herbert Strudwick]] managed to remove the bails. Even then, it was unclear which of the batsmen was out: Robertson-Glasgow said that Raikes walked off of his own accord, while another tale says that the matter was settled by the toss of a coin.<ref>
{{cite web |url=http://content.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/388460.html |title=Cricket's craziest confusion |last=Williamson |first=Martin |date=31 January 2009 |accessdate=16 March 2009 |publisher=[[Cricinfo]]}}</ref>

Two of Raikes' relatives played first-class cricket: his father [[Ernest Raikes]] played in India for [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] and [[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]], while his uncle [[George Raikes]] played for Oxford and [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] and made four appearances for the [[England football team]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cricinfo|id=19562}}

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