(1927-03-30)30 March 1927 Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Died
9 November 1968(1968-11-09) (aged 41) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nickname
The Voice; Griz[1]
Batting
Right-handed
Role
Wicket-keeper
International information
National side
Australia
Test debut (cap 206)
23 December 1957 v South Africa
Last Test
16 February 1966 v England
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1946–1966
Queensland
Career statistics
Competition
Test
FC
LA
Matches
51
183
1
Runs scored
890
5,168
0
Batting average
15.08
22.56
–
100s/50s
0/3
4/25
0/0
Top score
74
119
–
Balls bowled
0
140
0
Wickets
–
3
–
Bowling average
–
38.33
–
5 wickets in innings
–
0
–
10 wickets in match
–
0
–
Best bowling
–
1/22
–
Catches/stumpings
163/24
473/114
0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 10 December 2008
Arthur Theodore Wallace Grout (30 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
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 until Tallon's retirement in 1953. In a Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia at Brisbane in 1960, he took 8 catches in an innings,[2] 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 Cricket Hall of Fame.[3]
^Grout W, p. 39
^"Queensland v Western Australia Sheffield Shield 1959/60, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane on 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th February 1960". cricketarchive. Retrieved 11 December 2008.
^"Jeff Thomson, Wally Grout make cricket's Hall of Fame". ABC News. 24 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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wickets, after a controversial incident in which Australian wicketkeeper WallyGrout was not given out hit wicket when a bail was dislodged and the umpires...
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away at the critical juncture of the match, when both Richie Benaud and WallyGrout fell in quick succession. Australia were left with a precarious situation...
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