Hercules Grant Explained

Country:Canada
International:true
Fullname:Hercules Grant
Birth Date:30 May 1957
Birth Place:Piggotts, Saint George Parish, Antigua
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm fast-medium
Club1:Suffolk
Year1:1978
Columns:1
Column1:List A
Matches1:1
Runs1:15
Bat Avg1:15.00
100S/50S1: - / -
Top Score1:15
Deliveries1:72
Wickets1:1
Bowl Avg1:41.00
Fivefor1: -
Tenfor1: -
Best Bowling1:1/41
Catches/Stumpings1: - / -
Date:11 July
Year:2011
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/95/95981/95981.html CricketArchive

Hercules Grant (born 30 May 1957) is an Antiguan-born Canadian cricketer. During his cricket career, he was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.

Grant was born in Piggotts, Saint George Parish, Antigua. He played non first-class matches for Antigua in 1976, in that same year he played for the Leeward Islands Under-19s.[1] He played in England in 1978, making his debut for Suffolk in his only List A appearance against Sussex in the Gillette.[2] In this match, he scored 15 runs before being dismissed by Imran Khan, while with the ball he took the wicket of Kepler Wessels for the cost of 41 runs from 12 overs.[3] In that same season he made 2 Minor Counties Championship appearances against Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.[4] He later moved to Canada, where he played 2 matches for the Canada national cricket team, both against the United States in 1987 and 1991.[1]

He attended the University of Alberta, receiving a BScPT in 1984 and a MEd in 1993. Grant holds a Ph.D. in rehabilitation medicine, also from the University of Alberta.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Other matches played by Hercules Grant . https://archive.today/20130120045824/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/95/95981/Other_matches.html . dead . 20 January 2013 . CricketArchive . 11 July 2011 .
  2. Web site: List A Matches played by Hercules Grant. CricketArchive. 11 July 2011.
  3. Web site: Sussex v Suffolk, 1978 Gillette Cup. CricketArchive. 11 July 2011.
  4. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Hercules Grant. CricketArchive. 11 July 2011.