Rolph Grant, the Glossary
Rolph Stewart Grant (15 December 1909 – 18 October 1977) was a West Indian cricketer who captained West Indies on their 1939 tour of England.[1]
Table of Contents
21 relations: Barbados national cricket team, Cambridge University Cricket Club, Cricket, First-class cricket, Fred Grant (cricketer), George Headley, Hampshire County Cricket Club, Jackie Grant, Jeff Stollmeyer, Lindsay Grant (businessman), Michael Manley, Oakville, Ontario, Off spin, Order of the British Empire, Port of Spain, Test cricket, Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team, West Indian cricket team in England in 1939, West Indies cricket team, Windsor, Ontario, 1961 New Year Honours.
- Cricketers from Port of Spain
- Grant family (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Trinidad and Tobago people of Canadian descent
- West Indies Test cricket captains
Barbados national cricket team
The Barbados national cricket team is the national cricket team of Barbados, organised by the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA).
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Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club, established in 1820, is the representative cricket club for students of the University of Cambridge.
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.
First-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket.
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Fred Grant (cricketer)
Frederick Geddes Grant (4 October 1891 – 26 June 1946) was a Trinidadian cricketer, cricket administrator and businessman. Rolph Grant and Fred Grant (cricketer) are cricketers from Port of Spain, Grant family (Trinidad and Tobago) and Trinidad and Tobago cricketers.
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George Headley
George Alphonso Headley OD, MBE (30 May 1909 – 30 November 1983) was a West Indian cricketer who played 22 Test matches, mostly before World War II. Rolph Grant and George Headley are West Indies Test cricket captains and West Indies Test cricketers.
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Hampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.
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Jackie Grant
George Copeland "Jackie" Grant (9 May 1907 – 26 October 1978) was a West Indian cricketer who captained the West Indies in Test cricket between 1930 and 1935. Rolph Grant and Jackie Grant are cricketers from Port of Spain, Grant family (Trinidad and Tobago), Trinidad and Tobago cricketers, Trinidad and Tobago people of Canadian descent, West Indies Test cricket captains and West Indies Test cricketers.
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Jeff Stollmeyer
Jeffrey Baxter Stollmeyer (11 March 1921 – 10 September 1989) was a Trinidad and Tobago cricketer who played as an opening batsman. Rolph Grant and Jeff Stollmeyer are Trinidad and Tobago cricketers, West Indies Test cricket captains and West Indies Test cricketers.
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Lindsay Grant (businessman)
Sir Kenneth Lindsay Grant OBE (10 February 1899 – 23 January 1989) was a Trinidad and Tobago businessman, Test cricket umpire and cricket administrator. Rolph Grant and Lindsay Grant (businessman) are Grant family (Trinidad and Tobago).
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Michael Manley
Michael Norman Manley (10 December 1924 – 6 March 1997) was a Jamaican politician who served as the fourth prime minister of Jamaica from 1972 to 1980 and from 1989 to 1992.
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Oakville, Ontario
Oakville is a town and lower-tier municipality in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada.
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Off spin
Off spin is a type of finger spin bowling in cricket.
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.
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Port of Spain
Port of Spain, officially the City of Port of Spain (also stylized Port-of-Spain), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando.
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Test cricket
Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at the international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
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Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team
The Trinidad and Tobago national cricket team is the representative cricket team of the country of Trinidad and Tobago.
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West Indian cricket team in England in 1939
The West Indies cricket team toured England in the 1939 season to play a three-match Test series against England.
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West Indies cricket team
The West Indies men's cricket team, nicknamed The Windies, is a men's cricket team representing the West Indies—a group of mainly English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean region—and administered by Cricket West Indies.
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Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States.
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1961 New Year Honours
The New Year Honours 1961 were appointments by many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries.
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See also
Cricketers from Port of Spain
- Akeal Hosein
- Altaff Mungrue
- Clifford Roach
- Daron Cruickshank (cricketer)
- Deryck Murray
- Edwin St Hill
- Elias Constantine
- Ellis Achong
- Errol Hunte
- Fred Grant (cricketer)
- Gerry Gomez
- Imran Khan (Trinidad and Tobago cricketer)
- Jackie Grant
- Jaswick Taylor
- Joey Carew
- Kavesh Kantasingh
- Lendl Simmons
- Lennox Butler
- Peter Robinson (cricketer, born 1929)
- Rolph Grant
- Sammy Guillen
- Tony Gray (cricketer)
- Uthman Muhammad
- Willie Rodriguez
- Wilton St Hill
Grant family (Trinidad and Tobago)
Trinidad and Tobago people of Canadian descent
- Arin King
- Jackie Grant
- Rolph Grant
West Indies Test cricket captains
- Alvin Kallicharran
- Brian Lara
- Carl Hooper
- Chris Gayle
- Clive Lloyd
- Courtney Walsh
- Daren Ganga
- Daren Sammy
- Denesh Ramdin
- Denis Atkinson
- Deryck Murray
- Desmond Haynes
- Dwayne Bravo
- Floyd Reifer
- Frank Worrell
- Garfield Sobers
- George Headley
- Gerry Alexander
- Gerry Gomez
- Gordon Greenidge
- Jackie Grant
- Jason Holder
- Jeff Stollmeyer
- Jimmy Adams
- John Goddard (cricketer)
- Karl Nunes
- Maurice Fernandes
- Nelson Betancourt
- Ramnaresh Sarwan
- Richie Richardson
- Ridley Jacobs
- Rohan Kanhai
- Rolph Grant
- Shivnarine Chanderpaul
- Teddy Hoad
- Viv Richards