Ray East

Personal information
Full name	Raymond Eric East
Born	(1947-06-20) 20 June 1947 Manningtree, Essex, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Slow left-arm orthodox
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1965–1984	Essex
1973	Marylebone Cricket Club
1991–1993	Suffolk
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 410 280 Runs scored 7,178 1,139 Batting average 17.72 10.95 100s/50s 1/22 –/1 Top score 113 54 Balls bowled 66,037 10,982 Wickets 1,019 269 Bowling average 25.72 24.59 5 wickets in innings 49 5 10 wickets in match 10 – Best bowling 8/30 6/18 Catches/stumpings 256/– 118/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 December 2021

Raymond Eric East (born 20 June 1947, in Manningtree) is an English former cricketer who played for Essex County Cricket Club.

East played county cricket and was noted for his slow left-arm spin bowling. He played alongside David Acfield for Essex as the team won trophies and competed in county and one-day cricket.

He played 405 matches for Essex from 1965 to 1984 and in 410 matches in all. He took 1019 wickets at 25.72, with five wickets in an innings 49 times, ten in a match ten times and a career best of 8 for 30. He scored 7178 runs at 17.72 in the lower order, with one hundred (113) and held 256 catches. He took 269 list A one-day wickets at 24.59 with a best of 6–18, although he once went for 79 in 8 overs in a Sunday league match.He often contributed important runs from batting at 9 or 10 and once shared a century partnership with John Lever at Westcliff

From 1984–88 he was captain/manager of Essex 2nd XI and he played for Suffolk in 1991 and 1992 and now coaches cricket at Ipswich School.

He was a member of the Derrick Robins XI that toured South Africa in 1973.

References

• Ray East at Cricinfo