Charles Grieve
Charles Frederick Grieve (1 October 1913 in Manila, Philippines – 1 June 2000 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1] He was also a notable cricketer for Guernsey and Oxford University. He was born in Manila in the Philippines and was educated at Ampleforth College in England.
Birth name | Charles Frederick Grieve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 1 October 1913 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Manila, Rizal, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 1 June 2000 86) | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Ludlow, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1936 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 February 2011 |
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
He played club rugby with Oxford University.
In the first trial match his team was listed as the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.[2]
Provincial career
He was supposed to play for the Scotland Probables in the first trial match of season 1937-38. The match due on 18 December 1937 was called off due to frost despite the contingency of straw being placed on The Greenyards pitch at Melrose. He did however turn out for the Scotland Probables side for the second and final trial match of that season, on 15 January 1938.[3]
International career
Grieve was capped for Scotland against Wales in 1935.
Grieve was also on the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa.
Cricket career
Grieve was a right-handed batsman. He represented Ampleforth on the 1st XI.[4]
Later progressing to Oxford University, he represented the university cricket club in a single first-class match against Derbyshire in 1936.[5] In this match he scored 6 runs in the university's first-innings before being dismissed by George Pope and in their second-innings he 2 runs before being dismissed by Tommy Mitchell.[6] In 1934, he had played his only match for Guernsey against the Marylebone Cricket Club in what was a non first-class fixture. Opening the batting in Guernsey's first-innings, he scored a century and in their second he scored 6 runs.[7]
References
- "Charles Frederick Grieve".
- https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000577/19371218/035/0004.
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(help) - "Other matches played by Charles Grieve". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 28 June 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- "First-Class Matches played by Charles Grieve". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- "Oxford University v Derbyshire". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- "Guernsey v Marylebone Cricket Club". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
External links
- Charles Grieve at ESPNscrum
- Charles Grieve at ESPNcricinfo
- Charles Grieve at CricketArchive