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Arnald de Grey

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Arnald de Grey
Personal information
Full name
Arnald de Grey
Born(1856-09-11)11 September 1856
Westminster, London, England
Died15 November 1889(1889-11-15) (aged 33)
Hyères, France
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1872–1880I Zingari
Only First-class2 September 1880 I Zingari v Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 1
Batting average 1.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 1
Balls bowled 64
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 0/32
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: CricketArchive, 5 May 2011

Arnald de Grey (11 September 1856 – 15 November 1889) was an English first-class cricketer who played for the amateur side I Zingari in 1880.[1]

Life and career

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Arnald de Gray was the second son of Thomas de Grey, 5th Baron Walsingham and his second wife, Emily Elizabeth Julia (née Thellusson).[2]

His son, Nigel de Grey, was one of the codebreakers that worked on decrypting messages from the Enigma cipher machine.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Player Profile: Arnald de Grey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  2. ^ Charles Mosley, editor, Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003), volume 3, page 4065.
  3. ^ Nigel West, "Grey, Nigel Arthur de (1886-1951)" in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.