Walter Grimston
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Walter Edward Grimston was an English amateur cricket
er.
but did make 1 known appearance in first-class cricket
for Southgate v. Cambridge University
in 1868 . He played for I Zingari from 1864 to 1879.
He was a right-handed batsman (RHB) and an occasional wicketkeeper.
played first-class cricket, as did three of his uncles James
, Robert
and Francis Grimston
and his cousin Lord Hyde
.
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.
Career
He was mainly associated with I ZingariI Zingari
I Zingari are English and Australian amateur cricket clubs.-History:...
but did make 1 known appearance in first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Southgate v. Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
in 1868 . He played for I Zingari from 1864 to 1879.
He was a right-handed batsman (RHB) and an occasional wicketkeeper.
Family
His father EdwardEdward Grimston
The Honourable Edward Harbottle Grimston was an English amateur cricketer and a Conservative Party politician who held a seat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1841.- Cricket :...
played first-class cricket, as did three of his uncles James
James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam
James Walter Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam , known as Viscount Grimston from 1815 to 1845, was a British peer and Conservative politician. He was the eldest son of James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam, and Lady Charlotte Jenkinson...
, Robert
Robert Grimston (cricketer)
The Honourable Robert Grimston was an English amateur cricketer.-Career:...
and Francis Grimston
Francis Grimston
The Reverend Honourable Francis Sylvester Grimston was an English amateur cricketer.-Career:...
and his cousin Lord Hyde
Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon
Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon PC , styled Lord Hyde between 1846 and 1870, was a British Liberal Unionist politician...
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