Raymond Bernard Strauss (4 November 1927 – 28 July 2013)[1] was an Australian sportsman who played both cricket and field hockey at high levels.
[10] Opening the bowling with Harry Price against the South Africans, he took 7/75 in the side's second innings, although Western Australia still lost the match by 175 runs.
[11] A regular in the side throughout the remainder of the 1950s, Strauss took 25 wickets in a season on three separate occasions (1956–57, 1958–59, and 1959–60),[12] often partnering with Des Hoare and Ron Gaunt.
[16][17] East Lancashire made the final of the Worsley Cup (the league's knockout competition) in both seasons, winning in 1961.
However, his performance in that match was largely overshadowed by that of Burnley's professional, Indian Test player Dattu Phadkar, who took 8/54 and scored 68 not out.