Charles Grieve

For the British trade union leader, see Doug Grieve.

Charles Grieve

Birth name	Charles Frederick Grieve
Date of birth	(1913-10-01)1 October 1913
Place of birth	Manila, Rizal, Philippines
Date of death	1 June 2000(2000-06-01) (aged 86)
Place of death	Ludlow, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full Back Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) – Oxford University () – Duke of Wellington Regiment () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1938 Scotland Probables () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1935–38 Scotland 2 (0) 1938 British and Irish Lions 2 (4)
Cricket information
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1936	Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 8 Batting average 4.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 6 Balls bowled 30 Wickets 0 Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 28 February 2011

Major Charles Frederick Grieve (1 October 1913 in Manila, Philippines – 1 June 2000 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England) was a Scotland international rugby union player. He was also a cricketer for Guernsey and Oxford University. He became a career soldier.

Early life

Grieve was born in Manila in the Philippines, where his father worked for the family rubber exporting company. He was educated in England at Ampleforth College and went on to study history at Christ Church, Oxford.

Rugby Union career

Grieve played club rugby with Oxford University. In the first trial match his team was listed as the Duke of Wellington's Regiment.

He was supposed to play for the Scotland Probables in the first trial match of season 1937-38. The match due on 18 December 1937 was called off due to frost despite the contingency of straw being placed on The Greenyards pitch at Melrose. He turned out for the Scotland Probables side for the second and final trial match of that season, on 15 January 1938.

International career

Grieve was capped for Scotland against Wales in 1935. He was also on the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa. Late in the final Test in Durban, he scored a drop goal to give the Lions victory.

Cricket career

Grieve was a right-handed batsman. He represented Ampleforth on the 1st XI.

At Oxford University, he represented the university cricket club in a single first-class match against Derbyshire in 1936. In 1934, he had played for Guernsey against the Marylebone Cricket Club in a non-first-class fixture. Opening the batting in Guernsey's first-innings, he scored a century.

Military career

In World War II, Grieve served in the King's African Rifles in Abyssinia and the Far East. After the war, he transferred to the Duke of Wellington's Regiment and in 1952 went as a company commander to the fighting in Korea. He later served in Gibraltar, and served the rest of his career looking after the physical training of soldiers.

Personal life

Grieve married Joy Ellis in 1946; they had five children. Joy died in 1997; he died in 2000, aged 86.

External links

• Charles Grieve at ESPNscrum
• Charles Grieve at ESPNcricinfo