Basil Grieve

Basil Grieve
Cricket information
Batting style Right-handed batsman
Bowling style Right-arm medium fast
International information
National side
Career statistics
Competition Tests First-class
Matches 2 2
Runs scored 40 40
Batting average 40.00 40.00
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 14* 14*
Balls bowled 0 0
Wickets 0 0
Bowling average n/a n/a
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling n/a n/a
Catches/stumpings 0/0 0/0
Source:

Basil Arthur Firebrace Grieve (28 May 1864 – 19 November 1917) was a cricketer who played two cricket Test matches for England during the England tour of South Africa in 1888–89. The games represent the first two first-class cricket games played in South Africa.

Born in Kilburn, Middlesex, Grieve was educated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge.[1] As a cricketer, he was no better than a club cricketer, and was a fine medium-paced opening bowler for Harrow and the Marylebone Cricket Club. He did not bowl in the two Tests he played, and was only selected for the 1888-9 England tour after it was decided that a full-strength team would be far too strong for the Springboks. This was found to be true: though the England side was no better than that of a weak county side, it still won handsomely.

Grieve was a wine merchant by trade. He died in Eastbourne, Sussex.

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References

  1. ↑ "Grieve, Basil Arthur Firebrace (GRV883BA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.


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