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Full name | Geoffrey William Grasett | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 28 July 1890 Hereford, Herefordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 31 October 1934 Cranham, Gloucestershire, England | (aged 44)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. [1] [2] He took 2 wickets in the match by dismissing Christopher Collier and Cecil Ponsonby in the H. K. Foster's XI first-innings. [3] Grasett was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Oxford University Contingent of the Officers' Training Corps in March 1912. [4]
He served in the First World War with the Royal Army Service Corps. [5] He was made a temporary lieutenant in May 1915, [6] before being made a temporary captain in November of the same year. [7] He gained the full rank of captain in September 1917. [8] Grasett was made an OBE in the 1919 New Year Honours for services rendered during the war in France and Flanders. [9] By August 1920, he was a temporary major but had relinquished the rank. [10] He was seconded for service with the Territorial Army in November 1930. [11] His health began to deteriorate in 1933, with Grasett being placed on the half–pay list on account of ill health in February. [12] By November of the same year, his health had deteriorated enough for him to be retired on account of his ill health. [13] He died at Cranham, Gloucestershire in October 1934.