Mervyn Grell

Who was Mervyn Grell?

Mervyn George Grell - A hard-hitting, lower-order batsman and a medium pace bowler, Mervyn Grell was born in Trinidad on December 18, 1899 and died in Cocorite on the same Caribbean island on January 11, 1976, aged 77. In a career spanning the years 1930 to 1937, he played only a handful of first-class matches, ten in total. Half of these were against the visiting M.C.C. including his debut, played at Port-of-Spain in January 1930 in which he performed admirably when scoring 40 and 54 batting at number 9 and 8 respectively; he top-scored in Trindad's first innings and was their second highest scorer in the second. He also took the wickets of N.E. Haig and L.F. Townsend in the visitor’s second innings, both players caught by wicketkeeper Errol Hunte. In just his second match, also played against the M.C.C. in Port-of-Spain, Grell was asked to captain Trinidad and followed a duck in the first innings with his team’s top-score in the second, 34 not out. This particular score led a rearguard action that almost brought victory. On the basis of the three scores that he had achieved against F.S.G.