Mervyn George Grell (18 December 1899 – 11 January 1976) was a West Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1930.
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| Full name | Mervyn George Grell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 December 1899 Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 January 1976 (aged 76) Cocorite, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 24) | 1 February 1930 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 31 May 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mervyn Grell served with the Honourable Artillery Company in Italy during World War I,[1] and with the Local Trinidad Regiment in World War II.
A hard-hitting lower-order batsman and a medium-pace bowler, Grell played only a handful of first-class matches between 1930 and 1937. The first two were for Trinidad against the visiting MCC in 1929–30. On his debut, played at Port-of-Spain in January 1930, he scored 40 and 54 batting at number 9 and 8 respectively; he top-scored in Trinidad's first innings and was their second-highest scorer in the second. He also took the wickets of Nigel Haig and Les Townsend in the visitors' second innings, both players caught by wicketkeeper Errol Hunte.[2] In his second match a few days later, also against MCC in Port-of-Spain, Grell was asked to captain Trinidad, and followed a duck in the first innings with the top score of the match in the second, 34 not out, when he led a rearguard action that almost brought victory.[3]
On the basis of his three good scores against the English team, and because he lived in Port-of Spain, Grell was selected to play in the Second Test against England, played at Port-of-Spain in February 1930. He scored 21 and 13 in West Indies' defeat.[4]
In all first-class matches, Grell recorded his highest score, 74 not out, in his last, played at Bourda, Georgetown, against British Guiana in 1937.
References
edit- ^ "Alphabetical listing of the 17 Merchants & Planters Contingents". Caribbean Roll of Honour. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
- ^ "Trinidad v MCC 1929-30 (I)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "Trinidad v MCC 1929-30 (II)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2018.
- ^ "2nd Test, England tour of West Indies at Port of Spain, Feb 1-6 1930". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Trinidad Defeat Barbados, 3—1 In Inter-Colony Soccer". Trinidad and Tobago Football History. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
External links
edit- Mervyn Grell at ESPNcricinfo
- Mervyn Grell at CricketArchive