Charles Grieve


Charles Frederick Grieve was a rugby union player who played for. He was also a notable cricketer for Guernsey and Oxford University. He was born in Manila in the Philippines and was educated at Ampleforth College in England,

Rugby union

Grieve was capped for against Wales in 1935.
Grieve was also on the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa.
He played club rugby with Oxford University RFC

Cricket

Grieve was a right-handed batsman. He represented Ampleforth on the 1st XI.
Later progressing to Oxford University, he represented the University cricket club in a single first-class match against Derbyshire in 1936. In this match he scored 6 runs in the University's first-innings before being dismissed by George Pope and in their second-innings he 2 runs before being dismissed by Tommy Mitchell. In 1934, he had played his only match for Guernsey against the Marylebone Cricket Club in what was a non first-class fixture. Opening the batting in Guernsey's first-innings, he scored a century and in their second he scored 6 runs.