Mike Griffith
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Mike Grenville Griffith, born at Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire on 25 November 1943, was a cricketer who played for and captained Sussex. A middle-order right-handed batsman, he also kept wicket occasionally.
The son of the Sussex and England wicketkeeper and cricket administrator Billy Griffith, Mike Griffith was educated at Marlborough College. He played first for Sussex in 1962, then for Cambridge University for three years from 1963, winning his blue all three years, and playing for Sussex in university holidays, In 1964, between Cambridge and Sussex, he scored 1,144 runs at an average of more than 30. In 1968 he was appointed county captain with Jim Parks junior, and was then sole captain for four years from 1969 to 1972. His captaincy years were his most successful in terms of batting, with his five first-class centuries all scored after 1968. But he stood down from the captaincy after 1972, and played less frequently over the next two seasons before retiring.
Griffith took part in several cricket "lesser" tours across his career, none of them involving representative cricket. He also played frequently for MCC sides.
An all-round sportsman, he played hockey for both Cambridge University and England and also won a Blue for rackets.
