Geoffrey Grasett

Geoffrey William Grasett OBE (28 July 1890 – 31 October 1934) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Grasett was born at Hereford in July 1890. He later studied at Brasenose College, Oxford where he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against H. K. Foster's XI at Oxford in 1912.[1][2] He took 2 wickets in the match by dismissing Christopher Collier and Cecil Ponsonby in the H. K. Foster's XI first-innings.[3] Grasett was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Oxford University Contingent of the Officers' Training Corps in March 1912.[4]

He served in the First World War with the Royal Army Service Corps.[5] He was made a temporary lieutenant in May 1915,[6] before being made a temporary captain in November of the same year.[7] He gained the full rank of captain in September 1917.[8] Grasett was made an OBE in the 1919 New Year Honours for services rendered during the war in France and Flanders.[9] By August 1920, he was a temporary major but had relinquished the rank.[10] He was seconded for service with the Territorial Army in November 1930.[11] His health began to deteriorate in 1933, with Grasett being placed on the half–pay list on account of ill health in February.[12] By November of the same year, his health had deteriorated enough for him to be retired on account of his ill health.[13] He died at Cranham, Gloucestershire in October 1934.