lastagainst deliveries death_date lastdate debutyear columns catches/stumpings year birth_date bowling debutagainst country death_place club batting name fullname debutfor birth_place column debutdate source type lastyear runs date wickets lastfor s/s matches article_title
gloucestershire balls 756 17 august 1977 15 june 1909 1 1 / - 1909 & ndash ; 1921 11 january 1887 left arm slow medium bowler lancashire england walton , derbyshire , england derbyshire left-handed batsman george grainger george grainger derbyshire morton , derbyshire , england first-class 23 august http://cricketarchive.com/archive/players/29/29737/29737.html first-class 1921 36 1887 1 11 yes 7 derbyshire / 5 george grainger

george grainger

george grainger -lrb- 11 november 1887 -- 17 august 1977 -rrb- was an english cricketer 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 .
