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Richard Stephen Venes (12 March 1885 – 10 June 1959) was an English cricketer. Venes was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly. He was born at Battersea, London.

Venes made four first-class appearances for Northamptonshire in the 1922 County Championship against Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and in a second match against Yorkshire. In his four first-class matches, he scored 8 runs at an average of 1.33, with a high score of 4 not out. With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 21.00, with best figures of 4/60.

He died at Northampton, Northamptonshire on 10 June 1959.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Richard Venes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
2. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Richard Venes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
3. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Richard Venes". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 November 2011.

External links

• Richard Venes at ESPNcricinfo
• Richard Venes at CricketArchive

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