Famous Cricketers No 96 - Clarrie Grimmett

Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 58. South Australia v Victoria, Adelaide Oval, December 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 (South Australia won by two wickets) c and b D.D.Blackie 29 481 22 0 110 2 N.F.Mitchell c C.N.Parry 315 K.J.Millar st C.N.Parry not out 33 267-8 31.3 2 107 1 W.J.Rayson c A.J.Richardson 430 59. South Australia v New South Wales, Adelaide Oval, December 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 (New South Wales won by four wickets) c N.E.Phillips b A.A.Mailey 48 500 31.7 2 110 4 N.E.Phillips c and b 341 1 A.A.Mailey c V.Y.Richardson H.V.McGuirk b R.L.A.McNamee b c R.L.A.McNamee b H.V.McGuirk 36 286 33 2 123 1 N.E.Phillips b 446-6 60. South Australia v Queensland, Adelaide Oval, December 25, 27, 28 (South Australia won by ten wickets) c J.K.Farquhar b E.C.Bensted 11 579 16 2 72 2 L.P.D.O’Connor c J.W.Rymill 251 F.C.Thompson c W.C.Alexander did not bat - 54-0 24.5 2 107 5 L.E.Oxenham lbw 379 1 L.L.Gill b L.P.D.O’Connor b E.C.Bensted st G.B.Inkster F.M.Brew c and b 61. South Australia v Victoria, Melbourne, January 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 (Victoria won by 571 runs) b F.L.Morton 19 149 21.3 1 101 4 H.S.T.L.Hendry st G.B.Inkster 304 H.S.B.Love c V.Y.Richardson S.P.King st G.B.Inkster F.L.Morton st G.B.Inkster not out 21 233 53 6 180 5 W.M.Woodfull st G.B.Inkster 649 1 W.H.Ponsford lbw J.Ryder c G.B.Inkster A.E.Liddicut b F.L.Morton c G.B.Inkster 62. South Australia v New South Wales, Sydney, January 8, 10, 11, 12 (South Australia won by 340 runs) b R.L.A.McNamee 3 345 15.4 0 70 4 J.E.P.Hogg st G.B.Inkster 198 J.G.Morgan b R.H.Osborne b E.F.O’Brien b c R.H.Osborne b R.L.A.McNamee 4 399 10 0 50 2 N.E.Phillips b 206 1 C.G.Macartney c and b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Sheffield Shield 5 9 2 204 48 29.14 - 4 Career 62 85 10 1398 57 18.64 1 49 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Sheffield Shield (8b) 258.6 17 1030 30 5-107 34.33 2 - Career (8b) 1184.4 119 } 7113 293 8-86 24.27 23 5 (6b) 1017.4 275 1927/28 For the first time the playing time of Sheffield Shield fixtures was limited to four days of five and a half hour’s duration and two and a half hours pre-lunch session on the fifth. Grimmett appeared in all six Sheffield Shield games, the only available fixtures of the season. In only his second game he faced the prospect of appearing against Bradman who was playing in his first ever first-class match. Bradman obliging with two fours in his first over off Grimmett and went on to make 118, the 19