All Ten: The Ultimate Bowling Feat

180 Ken Graveney Gloucestershire v Derbyshire, 1949 County Championship Queen’s Park, Chesterfield on 3, 4, 5 August 1949 (3-day match) Toss won by Gloucestershire Gloucestershire won by 184 runs Umpires: E Cooke, HW Parks Gloucestershire 198 (C Gladwin 5-53) and 302 (DB Carr 6-111); Derbyshire 149 (C Cook 5-40) and 167 (JKR Graveney 10-66) Derbyshire second innings R Sale b JKR Graveney 7 CS Elliott c Crapp b JKR Graveney 1 AC Revill b JKR Graveney 0 JD Eggar c Allen b JKR Graveney 14 DB Carr c and b JKR Graveney 0 AEG Rhodes c TW Graveney b JKR Graveney 65 +GO Dawkes c Lambert b JKR Graveney 9 *DA Skinner c Goddard b JKR Graveney 39 C Gladwin b JKR Graveney 8 WH Copson c Emmett b JKR Graveney 2 HL Jackson not out 5 Extras (b 10, lb 1, nb 2, w 4) 17 Total (all out, 41.4 overs) 167 Fall of wickets 1-8, 2-10, 3-13, 4-13, 5-88, 6-108, 7-118, 8-137, 9-158, 10- 167 Gloucestershire bowling: GEE Lambert 16-2-51-0, JKR Graveney 18.4-2- 66-10, TWJ Goddard 5-0-21-0, C Cook 2-0-12-0 Gloucestershire: GM Emmett, TW Graveney, BO Allen (capt), JF Crapp, CA Milton, AE Wilson (wk), CI Monks, JKR Graveney, GEE Lambert, TWJ Goddard, C Cook Gloucestershire’s Ken Graveney only took 172 first-class wickets, but he took ten of those all in one go. A wholehearted bowler who swung the ball away at a lively fast-medium, remarkably he had two separate county careers 12 years apart. Graveney was born in Hexham, Northumberland in 1924, two and a half years before famous brother Tom. His father died when they were young and the family followed their stepfather to Bristol. At the Grammar School Ken was a left-handed batting star (brother Tom fancied himself as a quick bowler!). After serving as a Royal Marine Commando during the War, and taking part in the Normandy landings, local cricket led to a successful trial with Gloucestershire and a first county career that lasted from 1947 to 1951. As a bonus Ken introduced Tom to the county. Gloucestershire finished seventh in the Championship in 1949, the performances of the two Graveneys and Arthur Milton promising well