Charles Grieve

Personal information
Full name	Charles Frederick Grieve
Born	1 October 1913(1913-10-01) Manila, Rizal, Philippines
Died	1 June 2000(2000-06-01) (aged 86) Ludlow, Shropshire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1936	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition	First-class
Matches	1
Runs scored	8
Batting average	4.00
100s/50s	–/–
Top score	6
Balls bowled	30
Wickets	–
Bowling average	–
5 wickets in innings	–
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	–
Catches/stumpings	1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 February 2011

Charles Frederick Grieve (1 October 1913, Manila, Phillipines – 1 June 2000, Ludlow, Shropshire, England) was a rugby union player, who played for Scotland. He was also a notable cricketer for Guernsey and Oxford University. He was born in Manila in the Philippines and was educated at Ampleforth College in England,

Rugby union

Grieve was capped for Scotland against Wales in 1935.

Grieve was also on the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa.

He played club rugby with Oxford University RFC

Cricket

Grieve was a right-handed batsman. He represented Ampleforth on the 1st XI.^[1]

Later progressing to Oxford University, he represented the University cricket club in a single first-class match against Derbyshire in 1936.^[2] In this match he scored 6 runs in the University's first-innings before being dismissed by George Pope and in their second-innings he 2 runs before being dismissed by Tommy Mitchell.^[3] In 1934, he had played his only match for Guernsey against the Marylebone Cricket Club in what was a non first-class fixture. Opening the batting in Guernsey's first-innings, he scored a century and in their second he scored 6 runs.^[4]

References

1. ^ "Other matches played by Charles Grieve". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11823/Other_matches.html. Retrieved 28 February 2011. 
2. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Charles Grieve". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11823/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 28 February 2011. 
3. ^ "Oxford University v Derbyshire". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/15/15736.html. Retrieved 28 February 2011. 
4. ^ "Guernsey v Marylebone Cricket Club". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/209/209599.html. Retrieved 28 February 2011. 

External links

• Charles Grieve at scrum dot com
• Charles Grieve at ESPNcricinfo
• Charles Grieve at CricketArchive

Persondata
Name	Grieve, Charles
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1 October 1913
Place of birth	Manila, Philippines
Date of death	1 June 2000
Place of death	Ludlow, Shropshire