Famous Cricketers No 96 - Clarrie Grimmett

c W.R.Hammond b W.E.Bowes 14 327 26.3 10 64 5 H.Sutcliffe c S.J.McCabe 145 R.E.S.Wyatt c W.H.Ponsford M.Leyland c W.A.Brown G.O.B.Allen st W.A.S.Oldfield H.Verity c S.J.McCabe 189. Australians v Kent, Canterbury, August 29, (30), 31 (Match drawn) did not bat - 197-1d 21-2d 1 74-7 190. Australians v An England XI, Folkestone, September (1), 3, 4 (Match drawn) did not bat - 365-4 1 0 1 0 279 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Test matches 5 8 1 87 39 12.42 - 1 Other matches 16 12 2 168 38 16.80 - 7 Tour 21 20 3 255 39 15.00 - 8 Career 190 249 41 3865 71* 18.58 11 108 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 396.3 148 668 25 5-64 26.72 2 - Other matches 589.1 160 1491 84 9-74 17.75 8 1 Tour (6b) 985.4 308 2159 109 9-74 19.80 10 1 Career (8b) 3599 438 } 23987 1060 10-37 22.62 97 21 (6b) 4426.5 1216 1934/35 The 1934/35 season proved to be something of a watershed with a number of players taking little or no part after the 1934 season had finished in England. Ponsford, Woodfull, Ironmonger and Blackie retired, Bradman played no part as a result of recuperation from illness and McCabe and O’Reilly also made few appearances. Grimmett however appeared in seven matches, including all Sheffield Shield fixtures, taking a total of 58 wickets at 20.94, only L.O.Fleetwood-Smith with 63 at 20.34 possessing more although Grimmett was still the only bowler with over 300 overs. After beginning with 5-64 in the benefit game between Richardson and Woodfull, he proved highly successful against Queensland, taking 11- 232 in their opening game, only to beat this in the return game at Adelaide with figures of 9-180 and 7-109. His total of 16-289 was the second-best return in Sheffield Shield matches after G.Giffen’s 16-168 in 1894/95 for South Australia against New South Wales. Grimmett was also able to take the wicket of all eleven batsmen in the match. His other successful match was against New South Wales, also at Adelaide, when he claimed 7-90 in the second innings, giving him match figures of 11-230. Unfortunately he was able to bowl only one over against Victoria, the consequence of gastritis. Altogether he took 49 wickets at only 21.28 in Sheffield Shield games, the second highest in the competition after Fleetwood-Smith who broke all records with 60 wickets at 18.95. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 191. W.M.Woodfull’s XI v V.Y.Richardson’s XI, Melbourne, November 16, 17, 19, 20 (W.M.Woodfull’s XI won by seven wickets) not out 10 316 21 2 64 5 C.L.Badcock c W.A.S.Oldfield 196 L.P.J.O’Brien c S.J.McCabe L.E.Nagel b C.J.Hill c S.J.McCabe L.O.Fleetwood-Smith c T.W.Wall did not bat - 280-3 20 1 108 4 V.Y.Richardson b 399 1 H.I.Ebeling lbw L.E.Nagel st W.A.S.Oldfield E.L.McCormick b 43