Richard Granville

Richard St Leger Granville (24 April 1907 – 8 August 1972) was an English cricketer. Granville was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Kings Worthy, Hampshire.

Not to be confused with Richard Grenville (disambiguation).

Richard Granville
Personal information
Full name
Richard St Leger Granville
Born(1907-04-24)24 April 1907
Kings Worthy, Hampshire,
England
Died8 August 1972(1972-08-08) (aged 65)
Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
BattingRight-handed
RelationsFrancis Compton (great-uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1934Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 9
Batting average 4.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 7
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 May 2012

Granville made a single first-class appearance for Warwickshire against Leicestershire at Edgbaston in the 1934 County Championship.[1] Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat, making 163 all out in their first-innings, with Granville who batted at number seven scoring 2 runs before he was dismissed by Ewart Astill. Leicestershire responded in their first-innings with 125 all out, to which Warwickshire responded in their second-innings with 148 all out, with Granville making 7 runs before he was dismissed by Astill once more. Warwickshire went on to win the match by 78 runs.[2] This was his only major appearance for Warwickshire.

He died at Banbury, Oxfordshire, on 8 August 1972. His great-uncle, Francis Compton, was a first-class cricketer and a Member of Parliament.

References
  1. "First-Class Matches played by Richard Granville". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  2. "Leicestershire v Warwickshire, 1934 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
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