Full Name

Colin Griffiths

Born

December 09, 1930, Upminster, Essex

Died

September 14, 2004, Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, (aged 73y 280d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

TEAMS

Colin Griffiths was a carefree amateur batsman for Essex in the early 1950s. At Tunbridge Wells in June 1952, he went in at No. 9 and hit the fastest century of the summer, celebrating by flying out to Paris for a Sunday with his girlfriend. A week later, still at No. 9, he scored 89 against Middlesex and was promised a turn up the order. Alas, batting at No. 7 in the second innings he pulled a back muscle hitting a six. With Essex short of reserves, he struggled in agony through the next match at Old Trafford, then he was lost to the family demolition business. Apart from a brief return the next summer, his cricket was limited to occasional club games in the London area - though at Wimbledon they still talk of the day when he repeatedly hit Gamini Goonesena out of the ground. Always a free spirit, he took up mountaineering and scuba diving. He was chairman of the Cricketers' Club of London.
Stephen Chalke, The Wisden Cricketer

Colin Griffiths Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC2741361510516.181140

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
FC2718220---7.33-000

Recent Matches of Colin Griffiths

MatchBatDateGroundFormat
Essex vs Indians4 & 224-May-1952IlfordFC
Essex vs Sth Africans130-May-1951IlfordFC

Debut/Last Matches of Colin Griffiths

FC Matches

Span
1951 - 1953