Batting style Left-handed 1931 Eastern Province | Name Grahame Cruickshanks | |
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Full name Grahame Lawrence Cruickshanks Born 2 March 1913 ( 1913-03-02 ) Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province (present-day South Africa) First-class debut 21 December 1931 Eastern Province v Natal |
Grahame Lawrence Cruickshanks (2 March 1913 – 8 September 1941) was an Eastern Province and South African cricketer. A left-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, he played first-class cricket for Eastern Province and also represented the Egypt national cricket team in five matches in the mid-1930s.
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Biography
Cruickshanks was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province in 1913, the younger brother of Clive Cruickshanks, who also played cricket for Eastern Province.
Cruickshanks played his only two first-class matches in December 1931, playing for Eastern Province in Currie Cup matches against Natal and Orange Free State. He played five times for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI between 1935 and 1938.
Death
Grahame Cruickshanks died in Berlin, Germany in 1941, aged 28.