George Grainger (11 November 1887 — 17 August 1977) was an English

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er who played first-class cricket for

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between 1909 and 1921. Grainger was born in

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. He began his cricket career for Derbyshire in the 1909 season, making his debut against

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. He was moved up the batting order for the first innings in his next game but did not capitalise on it. He played just one match during the 1910 season, but did not play another game for eleven years. Grainger made his return in the first half of the 1921 season, at the age of 34 and took 4-91 bowling against Somerset. He played one more match in a season when Derbyshire finished in twelfth place in the County Championship. He was a left-handed batsman who played 9 innings in 5 first-class games with a top score of 10 and an average of 6.0. He was a left-arm slow-medium bowler and took 7 wickets with an average of 49.71.George Grainger at Cricket Archive
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aged 89.

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