Charles Grieve

For the British trade union leader, see Doug Grieve.

Charles Grieve

Birth name	Charles Frederick Grieve
Date of birth	(1913-10-01)1 October 1913
Place of birth	Manila, Rizal, Philippines
Date of death	1 June 2000(2000-06-01) (aged 86)
Place of death	Ludlow, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full Back Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Oxford University Duke of Wellington Regiment () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1938 Scotland Probables () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1935–38 1938 Scotland British and Irish Lions 2 2 (0) (4)
Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1936	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 8 Batting average 4.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 6 Balls bowled 30 Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 February 2011

Charles Frederick Grieve (1 October 1913 in Manila, Philippines – 1 June 2000 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He was also a notable cricketer for Guernsey and Oxford University. He was born in Manila in the Philippines and was educated at Ampleforth College in England.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

He played club rugby with Oxford University.

In the first trial match his team was listed as the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.

Provincial career

He was supposed to play for the Scotland Probables in the first trial match of season 1937-38. The match due on 18 December 1937 was called off due to frost despite the contingency of straw being placed on The Greenyards pitch at Melrose. He did however turn out for the Scotland Probables side for the second and final trial match of that season, on 15 January 1938.

International career

Grieve was capped for Scotland against Wales in 1935.

Grieve was also on the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa.

Cricket career

Grieve was a right-handed batsman. He represented Ampleforth on the 1st XI.

Later progressing to Oxford University, he represented the University cricket club in a single first-class match against Derbyshire in 1936. In this match he scored 6 runs in the University's first-innings before being dismissed by George Pope and in their second-innings he 2 runs before being dismissed by Tommy Mitchell. In 1934, he had played his only match for Guernsey against the Marylebone Cricket Club in what was a non first-class fixture. Opening the batting in Guernsey's first-innings, he scored a century and in their second he scored 6 runs.

External links

• Charles Grieve at ESPNscrum
• Charles Grieve at ESPNcricinfo
• Charles Grieve at CricketArchive