Colin Griffiths (cricketer)

Colin Griffiths (9 December 1930 – 14 September 2004) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex between 1951 and 1953.[1]

Colin Griffiths

Personal information
Born	(1930-12-09)9 December 1930 Upminster, Essex, England
Died	14 September 2004(2004-09-14) (aged 73) Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Batsman
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1951–1953	Essex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 27 Runs scored 615 Batting average 16.18 100s/50s 1/1 Top score 105 Balls bowled 18 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 July 2013

Griffiths was educated at Brentwood School, Essex, and played cricket briefly as an amateur batsman before going into his family's demolition business.[2][3] In 1952, going into the match with a first-class batting average of 12 and a highest score of 31,[3] he hit the fastest first-class hundred of the season, 105 in 90 minutes for Essex against Kent, when he batted at No. 9 and added 183 for the eighth wicket in 90 minutes with Trevor Bailey.[2] Essex won by an innings.[4] Against Middlesex a few days later he scored 89, again at No. 9, and 25 retired hurt, his second innings ending when he pulled a back muscle while hitting a six.[2]

Griffiths lost interest in cricket after leaving Essex. After some years in the family business, he pursued other interests and finished his working career as the head of a residential unit for disturbed adolescents.[3]