Max Raison
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| Full name | Maxwell Raison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Wanstead, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". Theberton, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1928–1930 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maxwell Raison (7 November 1901 – 26 July 1988) was an English cricketer and publisher. Raison was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He also co-founded the New Scientist. He was born at Wanstead, Essex, and educated at Forest School, Walthamstow.
Raison made his first-class debut for Essex against Oxford University in 1928. He made sixteen further first-class appearances, the last of which came against Yorkshire in the 1930 County Championship.[1] In his seventeen first-class appearances for Essex, he scored 451 runs at an average of 18.04, with a high score of 57.[2] This score, which was his only first-class fifty, came against Hampshire in 1928.[3] With the ball, he took 14 wickets at a bowling average of 41.07, with best figures of 5/104.[4] These figures, which were his only first-class five wicket haul, came against Gloucestershire in 1928, including the wicket of Wally Hammond who had scored 244 runs.[5]
He was publisher and managing editor of Picture Post. He was also co-founder of New Scientist magazine.[6]
Raison died at Theberton, Suffolk, on 26 July 1988, leaving five sons, one of whom was Timothy Raison. His grandchildren include the actress Miranda Raison and the art historian Paul Raison.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."First-Class Matches played by Max Raison". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Max Raison". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Essex v Hampshire, 1928 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."First-class Bowling For Each Team by Max Raison". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Essex v Gloucestershire, 1928". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."The story so far …". The New Scientist. 16 November 1996. Retrieved 17 November 2025.
External links
- Max Raison at ESPNcricinfo
- Max Raison at CricketArchive
