Ray Tolchard

Raymond "Ray" Charles Tolchard (13 October 1953 – 31 July 2004) was an English cricketer and umpire. Tolchard was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Torquay, Devon.

Tolchard made his debut for Devon in the 1975 Minor Counties Championship against Cornwall. From 1975 to 1984, he represented the county in 84 Championship matches, the last of which came against Buckinghamshire. Tolchard captained the county in a number of Minor Counties matches. In the 1978 Minor Counties Championship final, he helped Devon to their maiden Championship by scoring a century off of 356 balls. He also represented Devon in 3 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches between from 1983 to 1984. Tolchard played List A cricket for Devon, at a time when they were permitted to take part in the domestic one-day competition, making his debut against Staffordshire in the 1978 Gillette Cup 1st round. The following season he played 4 List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1979 Benson & Hedges Cup. In that same season he played a List A match for Devon against Leicestershire in the 1979 Gillette Cup. He played three further List A matches for Devon, the last of which came against Sussex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy. In total, he played 10 List A matches, scoring just 92 runs at a batting average of 13.14, with a high score of 42.