Sir Kenneth Lindsay Grant OBE (10 February 1899 – 23 January 1989) was a Trinidad and Tobago businessman, Test cricket umpire and cricket administrator.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kenneth Lindsay Grant |
| Born | 10 February 1899 Trinidad and Tobago |
| Died | 23 January 1989 (aged 89) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Relations | Jackie Grant (brother) Rolph Grant (brother) |
| Umpiring information | |
| Tests umpired | 1 (1930) |
Source: Cricinfo, 6 July 2013 | |
Life and career
editLindsay Grant went to school at Queen's Royal College in Port of Spain and later had his university education in Canada.[1] He played non-first-class cricket for South Trinidad in the Beaumont Cup from 1926 to 1939.[2] He umpired one Test match, West Indies vs. England, in 1930.[3] His younger brothers Jack and Rolph each captained the West Indies Test team in the 1930s.
Grant served in both the First and the Second World War.[4] He took over the running of the family trading firm, T. Geddes Grant, in 1946 after his brother Fred died.[5] He was a member of the West Indies Cricket Board of Control from 1959 to 1970.[4]
He was awarded the OBE in 1956 and was knighted in 1962.[4] Trinidad and Tobago awarded him the Chaconia Gold Medal in 1969 for his philanthropy and voluntary social work.[6] He wrote his memoirs, To Live Twice Over, to Live Forever: Memoirs of Sir Lindsay Grant, in 1988.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Jack Grant, Jack Grant's Story, Lutterworth, Guildford and London, 1980, pp. 1–10.
- ^ "Miscellaneous Matches played by Kenneth Grant". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ "Kenneth Grant". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2013.
- ^ a b c Wisden 1990, pp. 1202–3.
- ^ "T. Geddes Grant". Caribbean History Archives. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
- ^ 40 Years of National Awards, Government Information Services, Morvant, 2009, p. 7.
- ^ To live twice over, to live forever : memoirs of Sir Lindsay Grant. OCLC 21060655. Retrieved 2 April 2020 – via WorldCat.