Famous Cricketers No 96 - Clarrie Grimmett

b W.J.O’Reilly 6 133 29 2 111 5 S.J.McCabe c C.W.Walker 311 S.G.Barnes c D.G.Bradman A.G.Chipperfield st C.W.Walker A.G.Cheetham b J.G.Lush st C.W.Walker 241. South Australia v Western Australia, Perth, February 10, 12, 13 (Match drawn) c M.Inverarity b A.G.Zimbulis 14 248 33 8 94 3 C.W.T.MacGill c F.A.Ward 275 O.I.Lovelock b G.Eyres c F.A.Ward did not bat - 306-3d 4 0 26 0 121-3 242. South Australia v Western Australia, Perth, February 16, 17, 19 (Match drawn) not out 5 429 33.6 6 67 5 A.E.Read c F.L.Teisseire 275 A.D.Watt c C.W.Walker K.S.Jeffreys lbw O.I.Lovelock c C.W.Walker C.W.Puckett c C.W.Walker 19.2 6 57 6 A.E.Read b 206 A.D.Watt b A.E.O.Barras c F.L.Teisseire L.H.Bandy st C.W.Walker C.W.Puckett lbw G.Eyres b 243. The Rest v New South Wales, Sydney, March 8, 9, 11 (New South Wales won by two wickets) c S.J.McCabe b A.G.Cheetham 27 289 21 2 65 5 H.Mudge c and b 219 3 S.J.McCabe c D.Tallon S.G.Barnes c and b C.M.Solomon c I.S.Lee C.L.McCool c and b c C.L.McCool b M.B.Cohen 0 252 23.1 2 130 5 H.Mudge b 323-8 2 S.G.Barnes lbw R.A.Saggers c I.W.G.Johnson A.G.Cheetham c and b C.L.McCool c I.W.G.Johnson SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Sheffield Shield 6 7 2 62 17 12.40 - 3 Other matches 3 4 1 46 27 15.33 - 5 Season 9 11 3 108 27 13.50 - 8 Career 243 313 54 4564 71* 17.62 11 139 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Sheffield Shield 309.6 33 1215 49 6-118 24.79 5 2 Other matches 134.1 24 439 24 6-57 18.29 4 2 Season (8b) 443.7 57 1654 73 6-57 22.65 9 4 Career (8b) 5188 661 } 31069 1399 10-37 22.20 126 33 (6b) 5090 1445 1940/41 With the Sheffield Shield competition being suspended because of the war, Grimmett played in five friendly first-class games, his last five wicket haul, his one hundred and twenty-seventh, being 7-114 against Victoria at Melbourne. His final game against New South Wales in which he bowled Arthur Morris gave him 668 wickets for South Australia, a record for any State, as are the 905 first-class wickets in Australia. His final innings saw him score 67, the twelfth fifty of his career as he and M.W.Waite added 130 for the eighth wicket. 53