Richard Stephen Venes (12 March 1885 – 10 June 1959) was an English cricketer.
Venes was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break googly.
He was born at Battersea, London.
Venes made four first-class appearances for Northamptonshire in the 1922 County Championship against Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire and in a second match against Yorkshire.
In his four first-class matches, he scored 8 runs at an average of 1.33, with a high score of 4 not out.
With the ball he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 21.00, with best figures of 4/60.He died at Northampton, Northamptonshire on 10 June 1959.