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Full name Thomas William Graveney
Born June 16, 1927, Riding Mill, Northumberland
Current age 81 years 117 days
Major teams England,Gloucestershire,Queensland,Worcestershire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Other Commentator
Relations Brother - JKR Graveney,Nephew - DA Graveney
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
79
123
13
4882
258
44.38
11
20
7
80
0
First-class
732
1223
159
47793
258
44.91
122
233
553
1
List A
45
43
7
1147
98
31.86
0
6
15
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
79
9
260
167
1
1/34
1/34
167.00
3.85
260.0
0
0
0
First-class
732
5479
3037
80
5/28
37.96
3.32
68.4
1
0
List A
45
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Career statistics
Test debut
England v South Africa at Manchester, Jul 5-10, 1951 scorecard
Last Test
England v West Indies at Manchester, Jun 12-17, 1969 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1948 - 1971/72
List A span
1963 - 1970/71
Profile
Tom Graveney was a classical batsman who might have played another 20 Tests if he had managed to convince his early captains that he could be relied on in a crisis. He had a few untimely dismissals at the start of his England career, and the impression that county cricket was his milieu might have been strengthened by the mountain of runs he scored, with so much grace and ease, for Gloucestershire. How misguided that was became clear when Graveney moved to Worcester in 1961, after losing the Gloucestershire captaincy. He forced himself back into the England team in 1966, and earned 24 more caps (and four of his 11 Test hundreds) after his 39th birthday. An affable man, "Long Tom" became a pub landlord in retirement, and was a BBC TV summariser for a time. His brother Ken also captained Gloucestershire, as did Ken's son David Graveney, England's current chairman of selectors. John Thicknesse
Notes
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1953
Walter Lawrence Trophy 1968
