Famous Cricketers No 96 - Clarrie Grimmett

123. Australians v An England XI, Folkestone, September 3, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c J.Langridge b A.P.Freeman 1 432 10 1 35 0 403-8d - - - - 46-1 124. Australians v Mr.H.D.G.Leveson-Gower’s XI, Scarborough, September 10, 11, 12 (Match drawn) c R.E.S.Wyatt b W.Rhodes 3 238 1 0 1 0 218-9d - - - - 247 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Test matches 5 5 0 80 50 16.00 1 2 Other matches 21 18 3 157 38 10.46 - 10 Tour 26 23 3 237 50 11.85 1 12 Career 124 161 24 2695 71* 19.67 8 84 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 349.4 78 925 29 6-167 31.89 4 1 Other matches 663.3 184 1500 115 10-37 13.04 11 4 Tour (6b) 1013.1 262 2425 144 10-37 16.84 15 5 Career (8b) 2295.7 236 } 15858 679 10-37 23.35 61 16 (6b) 2748.5 698 1930/31 Grimmett returned late from England, missing the first two Sheffield Shield games, both lost by South Australia before appearing with the 1930 Australian XI against the Rest, for whom he took 5-89. It was the beginning of a fascinating performance against a West Indian team who had never before played against this type of bowler. For South Australia against the West Indians, they recovered from 4/53 with a stand of 97, Grimmett scoring fifty, before taking 5-43 in their second innings to win by ten wickets. He then took 11-183 in the first Test, including 7-87 in the first innings to register another ten wickets victory. A further five in the next two games against New South Wales (5-180) and Queensland (5-31) followed before two further wins in the Test series, Grimmett taking 5-49 to win the Third Test. In the course of the latter game, Grimmett reached his hundredth Test wicket when he claimed the wicket of G.N.Francis caught behind the wicket by W.A.S.Oldfield. A further five wickets were secured in the second game against the Tourists, including 54 in the first innings, South Australia scraping home by one wicket before the final two Tests with West Indies, which ended with a surprise defeat in the Fifth. In the twenty-one innings in which he bowled, he only failed to take a wicket on one occasion. Altogether he took 74 wickets at 19.14 during the season, once again the highest number in the country. His three Shield games produced 19 at 18.52, this including the two-hundredth wicket of his career in this competition when he clean bowled A.F.Kippax for New South Wales in their first innings against South Australia at Adelaide. At Test level Grimmett also ended with the highest number of wickets, his 33 costing 17.96 apiece with Ironmonger being the most successful with 22 at 14.68 apiece. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 125. Australian XI v The Rest, Melbourne, November 14, 15, (17), 18 (Match drawn) b A.A.Mailey 28 367 29.1 3 89 5 G.W.Harris lbw 293 H.S.T.L.Hendry c A.G.Fairfax J.Ryder b T.J.E.Andrews lbw H.Ironmonger c W.A.S.Oldfield did not bat - 96-5 10 0 32 0 191-3d 1 126. South Australia v West Indians, Adelaide Oval, December 5, 6, 8 (South Australia won by ten wickets) lbw b F.R.Martin 50 330 14 0 71 4 E.L.Bartlett b 171 1 G.C.Grant c T.A.Carlton E.A.C.Hunte c C.W.Walker J.E.D.Sealy c and b 31