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Full name | Geoffrey William Grasett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 28 July 1890 Hereford, Herefordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 31 October 1934(1934-10-31) (aged 44) Cranham, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1912 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 March 2020 |
Geoffrey William Grasett OBE (28 July 1890 – 31 October 1934) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Grasett was born at Hereford in July 1890. He later studied at Brasenose College, Oxford where he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against H. K. Foster's XI at Oxford in 1912. He took 2 wickets in the match by dismissing Christopher Collier and Cecil Ponsonby in the H. K. Foster's XI first-innings. Grasett was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Oxford University Contingent of the Officers' Training Corps in March 1912.
He served in the First World War with the Royal Army Service Corps. He was made a temporary lieutenant in May 1915, before being made a temporary captain in November of the same year. He gained the full rank of captain in September 1917. Grasett was made an OBE in the 1919 New Year Honours for services rendered during the war in France and Flanders. By August 1920, he was a temporary major but had relinquished the rank. He was seconded for service with the Territorial Army in November 1930. His health began to deteriorate in 1933, with Grasett being placed on the half–pay list on account of ill health in February. By November of the same year, his health had deteriorated enough for him to be retired on account of his ill health. He died at Cranham, Gloucestershire in October 1934.
References
- "Player profile: Geoffrey Grasett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- "First-Class Matches played by Geoffrey Grasett". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- "Oxford University v HK Foster's XI, 1912". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
- "No. 28592". The London Gazette. 22 March 1912. p. 2095.
- "No. 28912". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 September 1914. p. 7574.
- "No. 29156". The London Gazette. 7 May 1915. p. 4412.
- "No. 29368". The London Gazette. 16 November 1915. p. 11329.
- "No. 30628". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 September 1917. p. 9218.
- "No. 31092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1918. p. 8.
- "No. 32029". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 August 1920. p. 8765.
- "No. 33666". The London Gazette. 2 December 1930. p. 7690.
- "No. 33910". The London Gazette. 10 February 1933. p. 917.
- "No. 33997". The London Gazette. 21 November 1933. p. 7540.
External links
Categories:- 1890 births
- 1934 deaths
- Military personnel from Herefordshire
- Cricketers from Hereford
- Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
- Officers' Training Corps officers
- English cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Royal Army Service Corps officers
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire