Grahame Cruickshanks


Grahame Lawrence Cruickshanks was an Eastern Province and South African cricketer. A left-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, he played first-class cricket for Eastern Province and also represented the Egypt national cricket team in five matches in the mid-1930s.

Biography

Cruickshanks was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province in 1913, the younger brother of Clive Cruickshanks, who also played cricket for Eastern Province.
Cruickshanks played his only two first-class matches in December 1931, playing for Eastern Province in Currie Cup matches against Natal and Orange Free State. He played five times for Egypt against HM Martineau's XI between 1935 and 1938.

Death

Grahame Cruickshanks died in Berlin, Germany in 1941, aged 28.