List of Royal Air Force first-class cricketers

From their first match in 1922 to their final match in 1946, 63 players represented the Royal Air Force cricket team in first-class cricket. A first-class match is a domestic cricket match between two representative teams, each having first-class status, as determined by the governing body for cricket in the country where the match is being played. First-class matches consist of matches of three or more days' duration, between two teams of eleven players, played on turf pitches.

The Royal Air Force was formed during World War I in 1918, with the Royal Air Force cricket team being formed in 1919 and playing its first against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in the same year.

This list includes all players who have played at least one first-class match and is initially arranged in the order of debut appearance. Where more than one player won their first cap in the same match, those players are initially listed by batting order at the time of debut.

Key General – Captain – Wicket-keeper First – Year of debut for RAF Last – Year of latest match played for RAF Mat – Number of matches played for RAFBatting Inn – Number of innings batted NO – Number of innings not out Runs – Runs scored in career HS – Highest score 100 – Centuries scored 50 – Half-centuries scored Avg – Runs scored per dismissal * – Batsman remained not outBowling Balls – Balls bowled in career Wkt – Wickets taken in career BBI – Best bowling in an innings BBM – Best bowling in a match Ave – Average runs per wicketFielding Ca – Catches taken St – Stumpings effected

List of players

No. Name Nationality First Last Mat InnRunsHSAvgBallsWktBBIAveCaSt Batting Bowling Fielding 01 1922 1922 1 1 27 27 27.00 0 0 – – 1 0 02 1922 1922 1 2 107 97 107.00 0 0 – – 0 0 03 1922 1922 1 2 14 7 7.00 0 0 – – 1 0 04 1922 1922 1 2 16 10 8.00 150 10 5/31 6.60 1 0 05 ♠ 1922 1922 1 2 15 13 15.00 66 1 1/19 22.00 3 0 06 1922 1922 1 1 11 11 11.00 18 0 – – 2 0 07 1922 1922 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 – – 0 0 08 1922 1922 1 1 10 10 10.00 204 6 3/20 9.16 0 0 09 1922 1922 1 1 0 0 0.00 87 3 2/8 9.00 0 0 10 1922 1922 1 1 4 4 4.00 60 0 – – 0 0 11 † 1922 1922 1 1 1 1* – 0 0 – – 1 3 12 1927 1928 3 6 132 83 26.40 0 0 – – 1 0 13 1927 1932 4 8 246 68 35.14 0 0 – – 2 0 14 ♠ 1927 1930 6 10 383 110 38.30 530 12 3/16 24.58 9 0 15 † 1927 1932 2 4 98 43 32.66 0 0 – – 3 1 16 1927 1932 8 14 173 47 14.41 1,659 38 7/25 20.92 7 0 17 1927 1929 5 8 291 115 41.57 453 8 4/51 25.75 4 0 18 1927 1927 1 1 19 19 19.00 24 0 – – 0 0 19 ♠ 1927 1932 8 13 303 66 25.25 0 0 – – 5 0 20 1927 1927 1 1 1 1* – 0 0 – – 1 0 21 1927 1928 3 3 39 30 13.00 702 11 3/18 21.18 3 0 22 1927 1930 6 8 51 20 8.50 1,033 23 7/76 21.30 4 0 23 ♠ 1928 1931 5 8 172 54 24.57 0 0 – – 4 0 24 † 1928 1930 5 8 124 36 17.71 0 0 – – 6 4 25 1928 1928 1 1 1 1* – 72 0 – – 0 0 26 1928 1932 5 10 173 46* 19.22 646 11 3/62 33.90 4 0 27 1929 1931 4 7 97 38 13.85 0 0 – – 1 0 28 1929 1929 2 3 147 63 49.00 0 0 – – 0 0 29 1929 1931 2 4 11 9 2.75 164 2 2/59 31.50 0 0 30 1929 1930 2 3 55 45* 27.50 30 0 – – 1 0 31 1929 1930 2 3 17 12 5.66 90 0 – – 0 0 32 ♠ 1930 1932 3 6 166 59 27.66 336 84 – – 2 0 33 1930 1930 1 1 78 43* 78.00 0 0 – – 1 0 34 1931 1931 1 2 20 14 10.00 0 0 – – 2 0 35 1931 1932 2 4 36 26 9.00 210 2 2/51 69.00 0 0 36 1931 1931 1 2 66 65 33.00 0 0 – – 0 0 37 1931 1931 1 1 11 10* – 168 1 1/69 69.00 1 0 38 1932 1932 1 2 50 25 25.00 0 0 – – 0 0 39 1932 1932 1 2 31 31 15.50 0 0 – – 0 0 40 1932 1932 1 2 1 1 0.50 172 5 5/112 22.40 0 0 41 1932 1932 1 2 0 0* – 138 2 2/105 52.50 1 0 42 1945 1945 1 2 76 44 38.00 0 0 – – 0 0 43 1945 1945 1 2 7 6 3.50 24 0 – – 0 0 44 1945 1945 1 2 95 50* 95.00 96 2 1/31 32.00 0 0 45 ♠ 1945 1945 1 2 57 51 57.00 0 0 – – 1 0 46 1945 1945 1 2 36 31 18.00 0 0 – – 0 0 47 1945 1945 1 1 20 20 20.00 0 0 – – 0 2 48 1945 1945 1 1 0 0 0.00 138 2 2/60 40.00 0 0 49 † 1945 1945 1 1 9 9* – 258 0 – – 0 0 50 1945 1945 1 1 0 0* – 108 3 3/41 24.33 0 0 51 1945 1945 1 0 – – – 198 5 3/18 15.66 0 0 52 1945 1945 1 0 – – – 0 0 – – 0 0 53 1946 1946 1 2 46 26 23.00 0 0 – – 1 0 54 1946 1946 1 2 29 23 14.50 48 0 – – 0 0 55 1946 1946 1 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 – – 1 0 56 1946 1946 1 2 75 46 37.50 0 0 – – 0 0 57 † 1946 1946 1 2 33 30 16.50 0 0 – – 2 2 58 1946 1946 1 2 2 1 1.00 0 0 – – 0 0 59 ♠ 1946 1946 1 2 16 16 8.00 216 6 4/39 17.66 0 0 60 1946 1946 1 2 71 56* 71.00 186 5 5/131 26.20 2 0 61 1946 1946 1 2 23 23 11.50 18 0 – – 1 0 62 1946 1946 1 2 23 18 11.50 144 0 – – 1 0 63 1946 1946 1 2 52 29 52.00 204 3 3/76 34.00 1 0

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