Alfred Grimwood (8 September 1905 – 2 July 1986) was an English

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

er. He was a left-handed batsman and a left-arm slow bowler who played for

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and Grea ...

. He was born in Walthamstow and died in

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. Grimwood made four appearances for Essex during the 1925 season, his debut coming against Sussex in May. Grimwood's debut was somewhat contrasting, with him scoring a duck in the first innings but a career-best 15 in the second. Grimwood remained in and around the lower order for the rest of his short career.

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