List of international cricket five-wicket hauls by Clarrie Grimmett

In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer")[1] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement,[2] and as of August 2014 only 23 bowlers have taken at least 20 five-wicket hauls at international level in their cricketing careers.[3]

Clarrie Grimmett in 1932

Clarence Victor "Clarrie" Grimmett (25 December 1891 – 2 May 1980), a leg spinner and right-hand batsman, was born in New Zealand though he played the bulk of his cricket in Australia. He is thought by many to be one of the finest early spin bowlers, and is usually credited as the developer of the flipper. Grimmett made his first-class debut for Wellington at the age of 17. At that time, New Zealand was not a Test cricketing nation, and in 1914 he moved to neighbouring Australia to further his career.

Grimmett played 37 Tests between 1924 and 1936, taking 216 wickets at an average of just 24.21 runs apiece.[4] He took a five wicket haul on debut against England in Sydney in 1925.[5] He became the first bowler to reach the milestone of taking 200 Test wickets, and is one of only four Test bowlers that played in their first Test after the age of thirty to take more than 100 wickets, the other three being Dilip Doshi, Saeed Ajmal and Ryan Harris. He took an average of six wickets per match. Many wickets in the last four years of his Test career were taken bowling in tandem with fellow leg-spinner Bill O'Reilly. Grimmett remains the only bowler with career figures of over 200 wickets in fewer than 40 Tests. He took a five-wicket 'bag' on 21 occasions, seven times finishing with ten wickets or more in a match.

Grimmett was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1931, the same year as Donald Bradman. He died in Adelaide in 1980, and was posthumously inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame in 1996 as one of the ten inaugural members.

On 30 September 2009, Clarrie Grimmett was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.[6]

Key
Key
Symbol Meaning
Date Starting day of the match
Inn Innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken
Overs Number of overs bowled in that innings
Runs Runs conceded
Wkts Number of wickets taken
Econ Bowling economy rate (average runs per over)
Batsmen Batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul
Result Result for Australia in that match
* One of two five-wicket hauls by Grimmett in a match
10 wickets or more taken in the match

Test five-wicket hauls
Five-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Clarrie Grimmett
No. Date Ground Against Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Batsmen Result
127 February 1925 *Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney England111.745 5 2.84 Won[5]
2219.437 6 1.42 Won[5]
310 July 1926Headingley, Leeds England139.088 5 2.25 Drawn[7]
430 November 1928Exhibition Ground, Brisbane England244.1131 6 2.96 Lost[8]
51 February 1929Adelaide Oval, Adelaide England152.1102 5 1.95 Lost[9]
613 June 1930 *Trent Bridge, Nottingham England122.0107 5 3.34 Lost[10]
7230.094 5 3.13 Lost[10]
827 June 1930Lord's, London England253.0167 6 3.15 Won[11]
911 July 1930Headingley, Leeds England156.2135 5 2.39 Drawn[12]
1012 December 1930 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide West Indies148.087 7 1.81 Won[13]
1116 January 1931Exhibition Ground, Brisbane West Indies214.349 5 3.37 Won[14]
1231 December 1931Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne South Africa246.092 6 2.00 Won[15]
1329 January 1932 *Adelaide Oval, Adelaide South Africa147.0116 7 2.46 Won[16]
14249.283 7 1.68 Won[16]
158 June 1934Trent Bridge, Nottingham England158.381 5 1.38 Won[17]
1618 August 1934The Oval, London England226.364 5 2.41 Won[18]
171 January 1936 *Newlands, Cape Town South Africa117.032 5 1.88 Won[19]
18236.456 5 1.52 Won[19]
1915 February 1936 Old Wanderers, Johannesburg South Africa219.540 7 2.01 Won[20]
2028 February 1936 *Kingsmead, Durban South Africa145.0100 7 2.22 Won[21]
21248.043 6 1.52 Won[21]

Test ten-wicket hauls

Clarrie Grimmett took ten wickets in a Test Match on seven occasions, and sits equal fifth on the all-time Test bowling table for "Most ten-wickets-in-a-match".[22] Among Australian bowlers he sits equal second (with Dennis Lillee) behind Shane Warne who took ten wickets in a Test in ten matches.

Ten-wicket hauls in Test cricket by Clarrie Grimmett
No. Figures Match Opponent Venue City Year Result
111/821 EnglandSydney Cricket GroundSydney1924–25Won[5]
210/20110 EnglandTrent BridgeNottingham1930Lost[10]
311/18315 West IndiesAdelaide OvalAdelaide1930–31Won[13]
414/19923 South AfricaAdelaide OvalAdelaide1931–32Won[16]
510/8835 South AfricaNewlandsCape Town1935–36Won[19]
610/11036 South AfricaOld WanderersJohannesburg1935–36Won[20]
713/14337 South AfricaKingsmeadDurban1935–36Won[21]

References
  1. "Swinging it for the Auld Enemy – An interview with Ryan Sidebottom". The Scotsman. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2013. ... I'd rather take fifers (five wickets) for England ...
  2. Pervez, M. A. (2001). A Dictionary of Cricket. Orient Blackswan. p. 31. ISBN 978-81-7370-184-9. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  3. "Records / Combined Test, ODI and T20I records / Bowling records / Most five-wickets-in-an-innings in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  4. "Clarrie Grimmett – Test bowling records – Innings by innings list". espncricinfo. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  5. "5th Test: Australia v England at Sydney, 27 February-4 March, 1925". espncricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  6. "Sutcliffe, Grimmett, Trumper, Wasim and Waugh new inductees into Cricket Hall of Fame".
  7. "3rd Test: Australia v England at Headingley, 10–13 July, 1926". espncricinfo. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  8. "1st Test: Australia v England at Brisbane, 30 November-5 December, 1928". espncricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  9. "4th Test: Australia v England at Adelaide, 1–8 February, 1929". espncricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  10. "1st Test: Australia v England at Trent Bridge, 13–17 June, 1930". espncricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  11. "2nd Test: Australia v England at Trent Bridge, 27 June-1 July, 1930". espncricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  12. "3rd Test: Australia v England at Headingley, 11–15 July, 1930". espncricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  13. "1st Test: Australia v West Indies at Adelaide, 12–16 December, 1930". espncricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  14. "3rd Test: Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, 16–20 January, 1931". espncricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
  15. "3rd Test: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, 31 December-6 January, 1932". espncricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  16. "3rd Test: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, 29 January-2 February, 1932". espncricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  17. "1st Test: Australia v England at Trent Bridge, 8–12 June, 1934". espncricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  18. "5th Test: Australia v England at The Oval, 18–22 August, 1934". espncricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  19. "3rd Test: Australia v South Africa at Cape Town, 1–4 January, 1936". espncricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  20. "4th Test: Australia v South Africa at Johannesburg, 15–17 February, 1936". espncricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  21. "5th Test: Australia v South Africa at Durban, 28 February-3 March, 1936". espncricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  22. "Most ten-wickets-in-a-match". espncricinfo. Retrieved 20 October 2014.
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