George Grainger
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George Grainger was an English
cricket
er who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire
between 1909 and 1921.
Grainger was born in Morton, Derbyshire
. He began his cricket career for Derbyshire in the 1909 season, making his debut against Lancashire
. He was moved up the batting order for the first innings in his next game but did not capitalise on it. He played just one match during the 1910 season, but did not play another game for eleven years.
Grainger made his return in the first half of the 1921 season, at the age of 34 and took 4-91 bowling against Somerset. He played one more match in a season when Derbyshire finished in twelfth place in the County Championship.
He was a left-handed batsman who played 9 innings in 5 first-class games with a top score of 10 and an average of 6.0. He was a left-arm slow-medium bowler and took 7 wickets with an average of 49.71.
Grainger died in Walton, Derbyshire
aged 89.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire
Derbyshire County Cricket Club
Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...
between 1909 and 1921.
Grainger was born in Morton, Derbyshire
Morton, Derbyshire
Morton is a civil parish and village, three miles north of Alfreton in Derbyshire, England.-History:Morton is first mentioned in the will of Wulfric Spott in 1002 and again mentioned in the Domesday Book as one of the manors belonging to Walter D'Aincourt....
. He began his cricket career for Derbyshire in the 1909 season, making his debut against Lancashire
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Lancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
. He was moved up the batting order for the first innings in his next game but did not capitalise on it. He played just one match during the 1910 season, but did not play another game for eleven years.
Grainger made his return in the first half of the 1921 season, at the age of 34 and took 4-91 bowling against Somerset. He played one more match in a season when Derbyshire finished in twelfth place in the County Championship.
He was a left-handed batsman who played 9 innings in 5 first-class games with a top score of 10 and an average of 6.0. He was a left-arm slow-medium bowler and took 7 wickets with an average of 49.71.
Grainger died in Walton, Derbyshire
Walton, Derbyshire
Walton is a suburb of Chesterfield. Among its attractions are a few shops, a golf course, and a pub called The Blue Stoops on Matlock Road ....
aged 89.