Trevor Grant (cricketer)
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| Full name | Trevor John Duncan Grant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 May 1926 Charlwood, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 October 1957 (aged 31) Shotley Gate, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1946 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 27 November 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trevor John Duncan Grant (24 May 1926 – 10 October 1957) was an English cricketer. Grant was a right-handed opening batsman. He was born at Charlwood, Surrey.
Grant made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Hampshire at Dean Park, Bournemouth in the 1946 County Championship.[1] In Sussex's first-innings, he was dismissed for a duck by Lofty Herman. In their second-innings, he was dismissed for 6 runs by the same bowler.[2] This was his only major appearance for Sussex.
Outside of cricket, Grant served in the Royal Navy, having attended the Britannia Royal Naval College in 1942.[3] He died at Shotley Gate, Suffolk on 10 October 1957. Serving as a physical training officer for RNTE Shotley, Grant killed himself with a shotgun in his quarters.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Trevor Grant". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ "Hampshire v Sussex, 1946 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ "Teams Trevor Grant played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
- ^ "'Dummy' on bed was dead training officer". The Guardian Journal. 15 October 1957. p. 2. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
External links
[edit]- Trevor Grant at ESPNcricinfo
- Trevor Grant at CricketArchive