Grenville Wilson

Who is Grenville Wilson?

Grenville Thomas Owen Wilson, registered at birth as Thomas Grenville Owen Wilson, is an English former cricketer who played 13 first-class games for Worcestershire in the early 1950s.

Wilson made his debut at Northampton in August 1951, though he did not enjoy a particularly successful game, taking only one wicket in the first innings for the cost of 56 runs and finishing with 0–20 off six overs in the second. With the bat he made 0 and 0 not out, an early pointer as to his ability — or lack thereof — in that department. He was not picked again that season.

1952 saw Wilson's only real run in the Worcestershire side, as he played 11 County Championship games and picking up 16 wickets, albeit at an unimpressive average of 53.18. His best performance, and indeed the best of his career, came in his first appearance of the year, against Middlesex, when he took five wickets: 2–84 in the first innings and 3–42 in the second. Unfortunately for him, he could only manage 11 more in the nine further matches he played that summer.

He was to play only once more at first-class level, when he was part of the team that faced Somerset in June 1953.