John Greive

John Greive (26 June 1886 – 7 June 1971) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and cricket administrator.

Greive was born at Howden Farm in Selkirkshire in June 1886 to James Greive, a farmer, and his wife Margaret. He was educated at Selkirk High School. Greive was well known in club cricket in the Scottish Borders region, playing for Selkirk Cricket Club. He set a record in Border cricket in 1920, by scoring 1,011 runs in the season. In fifty years of club cricket he made thirty centuries.[1] Following success at club level, Greive was selected to play first-class cricket for Scotland in 1911, making two appearances against Ireland and the touring Indians at Glasgow and Galashiels respectively.[2] Greive fought in the First World War and survived the conflict. His brothers, William and Walter, who had also played first-class cricket for Scotland, were both killed in the war.[3] Following the war, he made three further first-class appearances for Scotland between 1920 and 1926, playing twice against Ireland and once against Surrey.[2] In five first-class matches, Greive scored 208 runs with a highest score of 58.[4] A farmer by profession,[4] For Selkirk, he had made more centuries in Scottish cricket than any other Borders cricketer by 1937.[5] Grieve was president of the Scottish Cricket Union in 1935.[6][3] Outside of cricket, he played curling for Selkirk.[7] A farmer by profession, he died at Selkirk in June 1971.[1]