Mike Griffith

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Mike Grenville Griffith England (ENG)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman
Bowling type	Right-arm medium
	First-class	List A
Matches	276	122
Runs scored	8889	1693
Batting average	24.35	20.64
100s/50s	5/42	0/1
Top score	158	61
Balls bowled	78
Wickets	1
Bowling average	28
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0	N/A
Best bowling	1-4
Catches/stumpings	269/20	56/1
Debut: [[]], 1962 Last appearance: [[]], 1974 Source: [1]

Mike^[1] 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^[2]. 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.

[edit] References

1. ^ He was named after a novel written by his godfather PG Wodehouse "Wodehouse at the wicket" Hedgcock, M(Ed) London, Hutchinson, 1997 ISBN 0091801915
2. ^ http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29807/f_Batting_by_Season.html CricketArchive.co.uk]