Born at Malpas, Monmouthshire, Raikes was a right-handed batsman and bowler of unknown style, who played most of his cricket at minor counties level for Monmouthshire.
Having played cricket for Shrewsbury School, Raikes made his debut in minor counties cricket for Monmouthshire against Carmarthenshire in the 1908 Minor Counties Championship, with him playing a further match in that season against Glamorgan.
[1] Following three matches in 1909, Raikes established himself as a regular in the Monmouthshire team from 1910 onwards, typically playing half a dozen matches per season in the Minor Counties Championship prior to the First World War.
[3] With the ball, he took 18 wickets at an average of 27.88,[4] with one bowling innings of significance against Ireland in 1925 when he took 7/28 from sixteen overs.
[5] He continued to play minor counties cricket for Monmouthshire until 1934, Monmouthshire's final season in the Minor Counties Championship.