Famous Cricketers No 96 - Clarrie Grimmett

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other match (8b) 40 2 161 6 4-89 26.83 - - Career (8b) 45 2 } 984 29 4-48 33.93 - - (6b) 193.1 23 1922/23 Grimmett was chosen for the opening match of the season against MCC but although claiming a wicket in each innings, including A.C.Maclaren in the first, he was outshone by the leg-spinner bowler A.E.V.Hartkopf who claimed 13 wickets, including a career-best 8-105. Once again it was to be his only first-class game of the season. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 13. Victoria v MCC, Melbourne, November 17, 18, 20 (Victoria won by two wickets) not out 18 278 11 0 43 1 A.C.MacLaren c J.L.Ellis 210 c and b D.F.Brand 5 164-8 1 0 7 1 F.S.G.Calthorpe b 231 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Other match 1 2 1 23 18* 23.00 - - Career 13 24 4 328 33* 16.40 - 10 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other match (8b) 12 0 50 2 1-7 25.00 - - Career (8b) 57 2 } 1034 31 4-48 33.35 - - (6b) 193.1 23 1923/24 With both Ryder and Love unavailable for the fourth and final Sheffield Shield match of the season, Grimmett was brought into what was to be his final and only game for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield.Taking only one wicket in three overs in his first innings, he ran through South Australia in the second, when they followed on 263 runs behind. With figures of 8-86, only A.J.Richardson avoiding dismissal in both innings, Grimmett captured the best innings figures on debut in a Sheffield Shield match. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 14. Victoria v South Australia, Adelaide Oval, February, 15, 16, 18, (19), 20 (Victoria won by an innings and 7 runs) b E.G.C.Wainwright 3 454 3 0 12 1 N.A.Walsh b 191 19.1 1 86 8 E.L.Bowley st J.L.Ellis 256 2 J.T.Murray c C.B.Willis D.E.Pritchard c A.E.V.Hartkopf P.D.Rundell st J.L.Ellis E.G.C.Wainwright c J.L.Ellis R.J.B.Townsend st J.L.Ellis N.L.Williams c W.H.Ponsford A.M.Ambler c and b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Sheffield Shield 1 1 0 3 3 3.00 - 2 Career 14 25 4 331 33* 15.76 - 12 11