Cricketscorelive.com gives information on Clarrie Grimmett and other Great Cricket Players
 
ICC Rankings

Top Performers

Cricket Records

Cricket Information and terminology

Cricket News
  Match Schedule

 
Types of Cricket

Cricket Grounds

Cricket Commentators

Cricket by Matches
  One Day Matches
  Test Matches

Players Profile

  Mahendra Dhoni
  Yuvraj Singh
  Sanath Jayasuriya
  Muttiah Muralitharan
  Andrew Symonds
  Ricky Ponting
  ...more

Cricket Teams
  India
  Australia
  Sri Lanka

  Bangladesh
  England
  New Zealand
  Pakistan
  South Africa
  West Indies
  Zimbabwe
  Kenya
  Bermuda
  Canada
  Ireland
  Netherlands
  Scotland

World Cup Tickets

Cricket World Cup

 

Home » Cricket Players Profile » Australia» Clarrie Grimmett

Clarrie Grimmett

Full name Clarence Victor Grimmett
Born December 25, 1891, Caversham, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Died May 2, 1980, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia (aged 88 years 129 days)
Major teams Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1931

Australian Cricket Hall of Fame 1996

Though born in New Zealand, Clarrie Grimmet played most of his cricket in Australia. He was one of the early exponents of spin and the invention of flipper is attributed to him. Clarrie Grimmet played test cricket for Australia between 1925-36. Clarrie Grimmet embarked on test cricket at the age of 33. Inspite of playing in only 37 test matches, Clarrie Grimmet finished with 216 wickets. He is the only bowler who has captured 200 wickets in less than 40 test matches. Clarrie Grimmet has an amazing average of six wickets per match.

Clarrie Grimmet's first-class record is even more impressive. In 248 matches, Clarrie Grimmet has taken 1424 wickets at an average of 22.48. As a fitting recognition of his genius, Clarrie Grimmet became one of the first ten players to be inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1996. Cricketscorelive.com gives information on Clarrie Grimmett and other Great Cricket Players.


Custom Search