Tom Graveney

England

Full name Thomas William Graveney

Born June 16, 1927, Riding Mill, Northumberland

Died November 3, 2015 (aged 88 years 140 days)

Major teams England, Gloucestershire, Queensland, Worcestershire

Batting style Right-hand bat

Bowling style Legbreak

Other Commentator

Relation Brother - JKR Graveney, Son - TG Graveney, Nephew - DA Graveney

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Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	6s	Ct	St
Tests	79	123	13	4882	258	44.38	11	20	7	80	0
First-class	732	1223	159	47793	258	44.91	122	233		553	1
List A	45	43	7	1147	98	31.86	0	6		15	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	79	9	260	167	1	1/34	1/34	167.00	3.85	260.0	0	0	0
First-class	732		5479	3037	80	5/28		37.96	3.32	68.4		1	0
List A	45	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	England v South Africa at Manchester, Jul 5-10, 1951 scorecard
Last Test	England v West Indies at Manchester, Jun 12-17, 1969 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span	1948 - 1971/72
List A span	1963 - 1970/71

Profile

Tom Graveney was a classical batsman who might have played another 20 Tests if he had managed to convince his early captains that he could be relied on in a crisis. He had a few untimely dismissals at the start of his England career, and the impression that county cricket was his milieu might have been strengthened by the mountain of runs he scored, with so much grace and ease, for Gloucestershire. How misguided that was became clear when Graveney moved to Worcester in 1961, after losing the Gloucestershire captaincy. He forced himself back into the England team in 1966, and earned 24 more caps (and four of his 11 Test hundreds) after his 39th birthday. An affable man, "Long Tom" became a pub landlord in retirement, and was a BBC TV summariser for a time. His brother Ken also captained Gloucestershire, as did Ken's son David Graveney, who went on to become England's chairman of selectors.
John Thicknesse

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