Rolph Grant

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Rolph Grant

Personal information

Batting style

Right-hand bat

Bowling style

Right arm off break

International information

National side

West Indian

Career statistics

Competition	Tests	First-class
Matches	7	48
Runs scored	220	1883
Batting average	22.00	28.53
100s/50s	0/1	1/10
Top score	77	152
Balls bowled	353	1989
Wickets	11	79
Bowling average	32.09	25.17
5 wickets in innings	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	3/68	4/41
Catches/stumpings	13/0	66/0

Source:

Rolph Stewart Grant (15 December 1909 – 18 October 1977) was a West Indian cricketer who captained them in their 1939 tour of England.^[1]

Career

Grant was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

Rolph took over the captaincy from his brother Jackie Grant. Rolph and "Jackie" had two other brothers who played cricket but without the same level of success. Rolph had not always been picked for his university team, but he was a gifted sportsman being a national amateur footballer and being heavyweight boxing champion for his country. Later pundits put Rolph's selection as captain down clearly to his race. The selectors wanted a white captain and Rolph fitted that requirement.^[2]

References

↑ Player profile: Rolph Grant from ESPNcricinfo
↑ "The forgotten story of ... white West Indian cricketers". Talking Sport. The Guardian. Retrieved 8 August 2013.

Preceded by Jackie Grant	West Indies Test cricket captains 1939	Succeeded by George Headley

v t e West Indies Test cricket captains

1928; 1929/30: Nunes 1929/30: Hoad 1929/30: Betancourt 1929/30: Fernandes 1930/31–1934/35: J. Grant 1939: R. Grant 1947/48: Headley 1947/48: Gomez 1947/48–1957: Goddard 1951/52; 1952/53–1953/54; 1954/55: Stollmeyer 1954/55–1955/56: Atkinson 1957/58–1959/60: Alexander 1960/61–1963: Worrell 1964/65–1971/72: Sobers 1972/73–1973/74: Kanhai 1974/75–1976/77; 1977/78; 1979/80–1984/85: Lloyd 1977/78–1978/79: Kallicharran 1979/80: Murray 1980; 1983/84–1991: Richards 1987/88: Greenidge 1989/90; 1990/91: Haynes 1991/92–1995: Richardson 1993/94; 1994/95–1997/98: Walsh 1996/97; 1997/98–2006/07: Lara 1999/00–2000/01: Adams 2000/01–2002/03: Hooper 2002/03: Jacobs 2004/05–2005/06: Chanderpaul 2007–2008: Sarwan 2007: Ganga 2007/08; 2008; 2008/09–2010: Gayle 2007/08: Bravo 2009: Reifer 2010/11–: Sammy

Italics denote deputised captaincy

Persondata
Name	Grant, Rolph
Alternative names
Short description	West Indian cricketer
Date of birth	1909
Place of birth	Port of Spain
Date of death	1977
Place of death

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