488:, but he was a gifted sportsman, being a national amateur footballer and being heavyweight boxing champion for his country. Later pundits put Rolph's selection as captain down to his race. The selectors wanted a white captain and Rolph fitted that requirement. Discussing the West Indian captaincy in his history of West Indian cricket,
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described Grant as "a man of great decency and intelligence", but in his qualifications for the captaincy he was "far more importantly the son of a wealthy and powerful
Trinidadian family ... It was the families who were accustomed to ruling who were assumed to produce the sons who were capable of
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on the 1939 tour he top-scored with 54 and took his best figures of 4 for 41 and 2 for 24. When the West Indies needed an opening batsman during the 1939 tour he took over the role, opening with
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500:, in 1934. They had three sons. They lived in Jamaica, where he was a director of the family company, Geddes Grant. He was also a prominent voluntary social worker, and was awarded the
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in 1933–34, when he scored 55 and 152, top-scoring in each innings. In the 10-wicket victory over
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Rolph Grant was a middle-order batsman and off-spin bowler. He made his highest
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He took over the captaincy of the West Indies team from his brother
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612:"The forgotten story of ... white West Indian cricketers"
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952:; 1997/98–1999-00; 2002-03-2004-05; 2006-2006/07:
477:in all three Tests, with a highest score of 47.
1155:Trinidad and Tobago people of Canadian descent
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8:
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1145:Officers of the Order of the British Empire
426:(15 December 1909 – 18 October 1977) was a
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1115:Alumni of Queen's Royal College, Trinidad
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1140:Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
643:, Andre Deutsch, London, 1988, p. 66.
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433:who captained West Indies on their
1150:Grant family (Trinidad and Tobago)
496:Grant married Margaret Kennedy in
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1130:West Indies Test cricket captains
715:West Indies Test cricket captains
663:West Indies Test cricket captains
641:A History of West Indies Cricket
1135:Cambridge University cricketers
587:"Hampshire v West Indians 1939"
445:in 1932 and 1933, and then for
1120:Trinidad and Tobago cricketers
1:
1110:Cricketers from Port of Spain
562:"Trinidad v Barbados 1933-34"
1064:2017–2018/19, 2020–present:
1125:West Indies Test cricketers
176:19 August 1939 v
165:8 January 1935 v
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1081:denote deputised captaincy
188:Domestic team information
137:International information
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486:Cambridge University team
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158:Test debut (cap
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550:(subscription required)
506:1961 New Year Honours
504:for this work in the
16:West Indian cricketer
443:Cambridge University
435:1939 tour of England
347:5 wickets in innings
205:Cambridge University
41:Personal information
941:; 1994/95–1997/98:
872:; 1979/80–1984/85:
816:; 1952/53–1953/54;
508:. He died in 1977.
449:from 1934 to 1939.
439:first-class cricket
419:Rolph Stewart Grant
359:10 wickets in match
50:Rolph Stewart Grant
35:Rolph Grant in 1939
25:
475:Jeffrey Stollmeyer
211:1933–34 to 1938–39
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370:Best bowling
201:1932 to 1933
130:Jackie Grant
100:Right-handed
83:(1977-10-18)
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1105:1977 deaths
1100:1909 births
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1048:2014–2015:
992:2007–2008:
986:Chanderpaul
922:; 1990/91:
543:Rolph Grant
528:Rolph Grant
493:leading."
459:first-class
428:West Indian
410:30 May 2019
260:Runs scored
243:First-class
234:Competition
149:West Indies
23:Rolph Grant
1094:Categories
1066:Brathwaite
932:Richardson
822:Stollmeyer
752:Betancourt
512:References
461:score for
120:Fred Grant
108:Right arm
72:, Trinidad
62:1909-12-15
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545: at
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471:Hampshire
431:cricketer
383:stumpings
295:Top score
173:Last Test
132:(brother)
127:(brother)
122:(brother)
116:Relations
110:off break
903:Richards
830:Atkinson
779:R. Grant
771:J. Grant
622:8 August
596:31 March
591:Cricinfo
571:31 March
467:Barbados
465:against
463:Trinidad
447:Trinidad
406:CricInfo
404:Source:
381:Catches/
284:100s/50s
215:Trinidad
91:, Canada
1079:Italics
950:1996/97
939:1993/94
920:1989/90
870:1977/78
846:Worrell
818:1954/55
814:1951/52
807:Goddard
788:Headley
729:1929/30
321:Wickets
249:Matches
178:England
167:England
105:Bowling
97:Batting
1058:Holder
1050:Ramdin
1034:Reifer
1032:2009:
1001:2007:
994:Sarwan
978:Jacobs
970:Hooper
924:Haynes
891:Murray
862:Kanhai
854:Sobers
777:1939:
727:1928;
309:bowled
1042:Sammy
1025:Bravo
1016:Gayle
1003:Ganga
962:Adams
943:Walsh
874:Lloyd
798:Gomez
733:Nunes
341:25.17
338:32.09
315:1,989
307:Balls
279:28.53
276:22.00
266:1,883
193:Years
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954:Lara
899:1980
742:Hoad
668:1939
624:2013
598:2020
573:2020
441:for
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