Colin Griffiths (9 December 1930 – 14 September 2004) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex between 1951 and 1953.[1]
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| Born | 9 December 1930 Upminster, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 September 2004 (aged 73) Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1951–1953 | Essex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 July 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Griffiths was educated at Brentwood School, Essex, and played cricket briefly as an amateur batsman before going into his family's demolition business.[2][3] In 1952, going into the match with a first-class batting average of 12 and a highest score of 31,[3] he hit the fastest first-class hundred of the season, 105 in 90 minutes for Essex against Kent, when he batted at No. 9 and added 183 for the eighth wicket in 90 minutes with Trevor Bailey.[2] Essex won by an innings.[4] Against Middlesex a few days later he scored 89, again at No. 9, and 25 retired hurt, his second innings ending when he pulled a back muscle while hitting a six.[2]
Griffiths lost interest in cricket after leaving Essex. After some years in the family business, he pursued other interests and finished his working career as the head of a residential unit for disturbed adolescents.[3]
References edit
- ^ "Colin Griffiths". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ a b c Wisden 2005, p. 1641.
- ^ a b c Stephen Chalke, Runs in the Memory, Fairfield Books, Bath, 1998, pp. 25–37.
- ^ "Kent v Essex 1952". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links edit
- Colin Griffiths at ESPNcricinfo
- Colin Griffiths at CricketArchive (subscription required)
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