Geoffrey Grasett

Geoffrey William Grasett OBE (28 July 1890 – 31 October 1934) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Geoffrey Grasett

Personal information
Full name	Geoffrey William Grasett
Born	28 July 1890 Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Died	31 October 1934 (aged 44) Cranham, Gloucestershire, England
Batting	Unknown
Bowling	Unknown
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1912	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 2 Batting average 2.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 2* Balls bowled 72 Wickets 2 Bowling average 17.50 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 2/19 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 March 2020

Grasett was born at Hereford in July 1890. He later studied at Brasenose College, Oxford where he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against H. K. Foster's XI at Oxford in 1912.[1][2] He took 2 wickets in the match by dismissing Christopher Collier and Cecil Ponsonby in the H. K. Foster's XI first-innings.[3] Grasett was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Oxford University Contingent of the Officers' Training Corps in March 1912.[4]

He served in the First World War with the Royal Army Service Corps.[5] He was made a temporary lieutenant in May 1915,[6] before being made a temporary captain in November of the same year.[7] He gained the full rank of captain in September 1917.[8] Grasett was made an OBE in the 1919 New Year Honours for services rendered during the war in France and Flanders.[9] By August 1920, he was a temporary major but had relinquished the rank.[10] He was seconded for service with the Territorial Army in November 1930.[11] His health began to deteriorate in 1933, with Grasett being placed on the half–pay list on account of ill health in February.[12] By November of the same year, his health had deteriorated enough for him to be retired on account of his ill health.[13] He died at Cranham, Gloucestershire in October 1934.

References

1. "Player profile: Geoffrey Grasett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Geoffrey Grasett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
3. "Oxford University v HK Foster's XI, 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
4. "No. 28592". The London Gazette. 22 March 1912. p. 2095.
5. "No. 28912". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 1914. p. 7574.
6. "No. 29156". The London Gazette. 7 May 1915. p. 4412.
7. "No. 29368". The London Gazette. 16 November 1915. p. 11329.
8. "No. 30628". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 September 1917. p. 9218.
9. "No. 31092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1918. p. 8.
10. "No. 32029". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 August 1920. p. 8765.
11. "No. 33666". The London Gazette. 2 December 1930. p. 7690.
12. "No. 33910". The London Gazette. 10 February 1933. p. 917.
13. "No. 33997". The London Gazette. 21 November 1933. p. 7540.

External links

• Geoffrey Grasett at ESPNcricinfo