Famous Cricketers No 96 - Clarrie Grimmett

19.5 9 40 7 K.G.Viljoen st W.A.S.Oldfield 98 R.L.Harvey c L.S.Darling A.C.B.Langton lbw F.Nicholson b E.P.Nupen b X.C.Balaskas c L.P.J.O’Brien E.Q.Davies c W.A.S.Oldfield 208. Australians v Natal, Durban, February 22, 24, 25 (Match drawn) not out 5 256 46.3 11 111 4 A.D.Nourse st B.A.Barnett 272 M.E.Pennington b I.D.E.Anderson lbw D.A.Sparks st B.A.Barnett b I.D.E.Anderson 8 326-9d - - - - 30-1 209. AUSTRALIA v SOUTH AFRICA, Durban, February 28, 29, March 2, 3 (Australia won by an innings and 6 runs) c I.J.Siedle b B.Mitchell 14 455 45 18 100 7 I.J.Siedle c J.H.W.Fingleton 222 1 H.F.Wade c V.Y.Richardson B.Mitchell c and b A.D.Nourse lbw A.C.B.Langton st W.A.S.Oldfield X.C.Balaskas st W.A.S.Oldfield R.J.Crisp b 48 23 73 6 I.J.Siedle c W.A.Brown 227 K.G.Viljoen lbw R.L.Harvey c V.Y.Richardson A.C.B.Langton b X.C.Balaskas c V.Y.Richardson E.A.van der Merwe c V.Y.Richardson SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Test matches 5 5 1 70 30* 17.50 - 3 Other matches 7 6 1 55 27 11.00 - 3 Tour 12 11 2 125 30* 13.88 - 6 Career 209 270 46 4105 71* 18.32 11 119 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 346.1 140 642 44 7-40 14.59 5 3 Other matches 317 89 720 48 7-83 15.00 4 1 Tour (6b) 663.1 229 1362 92 7-40 14.80 9 4 Career (8b) 3916.6 476 } 26564 1210 10-37 21.95 112 28 (6b) 5090 1445 1936/37 For the first time since 1925 Grimmett failed to win a place in the national side, despite his highly successful tour to South Africa earlier in the year. In effect Grimmett in addition to competition from O’Reilly and Fleetwood-Smith also had to contend with the arrival of Ward, a South Australian spin bowler. In fact it took Grimmett until the fifth game to take five wickets, 6-64 against New South Wales at Adelaide, and this was against a side lacking a considerable number of Test players. It proved to be the only one of the season and his least effective performance since joining South Australia in 1924/25. Ward proved his worth with 12-227 in his opening fixture, following this with 10-177 against MCC and 6-107 against Victoria. He appeared in the first three Tests, whilst Fleetwood-Smith played in the last three alongside the ever-present O’Reilly, which ended with England losing out by three Tests to two. All three were to take more wickets than Grimmett whose 48 wickets cost 30.06. He gave a better performance in Sheffield Shield games, taking 30 at 25.16 each, but it was still his worst appearance since 1926-27. His one consolation came on February 19, 1937 when his dismissal of L.C.Hynes of New South Wales gave him his four hundredth wicket in 47