Famous Cricketers No 96 - Clarrie Grimmett

did not bat - 103-1 34.2 5 115 7 I.M.Hamilton b 201 J.Jacobs c K.J.Schneider M.L.Page c W.M.Woodfull J.A.Newman b D.C.Nixon c V.Y.Richardson W.E.Merritt b N.Dorreen b 72. Australians v Auckland, Auckland, March 9, 10, 12 (Australians won by an innings and 40 runs) b G.L.Weir 22 431 27 3 79 2 I.W.Cooper b 171 R.W.Rowntree b 43 11 91 7 E.H.Bowley b 220 1 A.F.Weir lbw I.W.Cooper b J.Langridge c R.L.A.McNamee A.Anthony b A.S.Player c and b W.J.Hendy c R.L.A.McNamee 73. Australia v New Zealand, Auckland, March 24, 26, 27 (Match drawn) did not bat - 573-5d 35 5 85 3 C.S.Dempster b 288 J.E.Mills b F.T.Badcock b 8 2 15 0 53-1 74. Australia v New Zealand, Dunedin, March 31, April 2, 3 (Australia won by seven wickets) b R.C.Blunt 34 188 28.2 11 47 6 C.S.Dempster b 162 F.T.Badcock b T.C.Lowry c R.L.A.McNamee K.C.James hit wkt H.M.McGirr c A.F.Kippax R.J.Read b did not bat - 129-3 28 11 52 3 I.M.Hamilton c W.C.Alexander 154 T.C.Lowry c W.A.S.Oldfield H.M.McGirr st W.A.S.Oldfield SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Other matches 6 6 1 136 59 27.20 1 4 Career 74 101 14 1834 61* 21.08 5 55 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Other matches (6b) 319.4 65 794 47 7-91 16.89 5 1 Career (8b) 1476.6 145 } 9058 382 8-57 23.71 32 8 (6b) 1337.2 340 1928/29 The England side, visiting Australia in 1928/29 proved highly successful, winning the Test series by four matches to one and remaining undefeated in all other games. Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Hammond, Jardine, Hendren and Leyland provided extremely strong opposition, Hammond ending the series with a Test record aggregate in Australia of 905 runs at 113.12. In contrast Collins, Bardsley, Macartney, A.Richardson, Taylor and Mailey had all departed, leaving Australia with the prospect of having to discover several new players. No less than ten new players were selected during the Test series with Grimmett being the only bowler to appear in all five Test matches. Grimmett after claiming seven wickets in what was classed as a trial match, followed this with 6-109 against the MCC, virtually cementing his place in the first Test at Brisbane, in which Gregory, aged thirty-three, was Australia’s youngest bowler. England’s win by 675 runs, the biggest victory by a runs margin, was followed by a massive innings of 636 in the Second Test, which earned an eight-wicket victory. England gained narrower wins in the Third and Fourth Tests, both taking seven days to complete before Australia at last triumphed in the fifth, this taking eight days, the longest first class match in Australia. In the whole of the series, Grimmett managed five or more wickets on two occasions, 6-131 22