Richard Henry Raphael (29 August 1872 – 23 January 1910) was an English first-class

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er. Raphael was born at Steyning in August 1872. He was educated at

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, before going up to

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. After graduating from Oxford, he entered the family merchant bank. He toured British India with the

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in 1902–03, making three first-class appearances on the tour against Bombay, the

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and the

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. He scored 642 runs on the tour, 202 of which came in first-class matches. His highest first-class score on the tour of 111 came against the Parsees. He played a single first-class match in 1904 for G. J. V. Weigall's XI against Cambridge University at Fenner's. He was elected as a manager at the London Stock Exchange in January 1910, one of the youngest people elected to the position. He died suddenly a week later at Westminster. His cousin, John Raphael, also played first-class cricket.

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