Richard St Leger Granville (24 April 1907 – 8 August 1972) was an English cricketer. Granville was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Kings Worthy, Hampshire.
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| Full name | Richard St Leger Granville | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 April 1907 Kings Worthy, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 August 1972 (aged 65) Banbury, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Francis Compton (great-uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1934 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 May 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Granville made a single first-class appearance for Warwickshire against Leicestershire at Edgbaston in the 1934 County Championship.[1] Warwickshire won the toss and elected to bat, making 163 all out in their first-innings, with Granville who batted at number seven scoring 2 runs before he was dismissed by Ewart Astill. Leicestershire responded in their first-innings with 125 all out, to which Warwickshire responded in their second-innings with 148 all out, with Granville making 7 runs before he was dismissed by Astill once more. Warwickshire went on to win the match by 78 runs.[2] This was his only major appearance for Warwickshire.
He died at Banbury, Oxfordshire, on 8 August 1972. His great-uncle, Francis Compton, was a first-class cricketer and a Member of Parliament.
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Richard Granville". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ "Leicestershire v Warwickshire, 1934 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
External links
edit- Richard Granville at ESPNcricinfo
- Richard Granville at CricketArchive