Wally Grout, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Wally Grout

cricketer

Date of Birth: 30-Mar-1927

Place of Birth: Mackay, Queensland, Australia

Date of Death: 09-Nov-1968

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Wally Grout

  • Arthur Theodore Wallace Grout (20 March 1927 – 9 November 1968), known as Wally Grout, was a Test cricketer who kept wicket for Australia and Queensland. Grout played in 51 Test matches between 1957 and 1966.
  • He made his Test debut against South Africa at Wanderers Stadium, during which he caught a record six wickets behind the stumps in the second innings.
  • Australia never lost a series in which Grout played. For many years, Grout played second fiddle to Don Tallon in the Queensland state team, and was unable to cement a regular spot as wicket keeper.
  • In a Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia at Brisbane in 1960, he took 8 catches in an innings, setting a world record. He died suddenly from a heart attack at the age of 41, only 3 years after ending his playing career.
  • On 27 January 2016 Wally was inducted into the Australian hall of fame.

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