| Mervyn Grell | |
| Fullname: | Mervyn George Grell |
| Birth Date: | 18 December 1899 |
| Birth Place: | Trinidad |
| Death Place: | Cocorite, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Column1: | Tests |
| Matches1: | 1 |
| Runs1: | 34 |
| Bat Avg1: | 17.00 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 21 |
| Deliveries1: | 30 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/0 |
| Column2: | First-class |
| Matches2: | 10 |
| Runs2: | 489 |
| Bat Avg2: | 28.76 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/4 |
| Top Score2: | 74* |
| Deliveries2: | 360 |
| Wickets2: | 5 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 34.39 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 2/14 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 3/0 |
| International: | true |
| Country: | West Indies |
| Testdebutagainst: | England |
| Testdebutdate: | 1 February |
| Testdebutyear: | 1930 |
| Lasttestdate: | 1 February |
| Testcap: | 24 |
| Lasttestyear: | 1930 |
| Onetest: | true |
| Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/mervyn-grell-51903 Cricinfo |
| Date: | 31 May 2023 |
Mervyn George Grell (18 December 1899 – 11 January 1976) was a West Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1930.
Mervyn Grell served with the Honourable Artillery Company in Italy during World War I,[1] and with the Local Trinidad Regiment in World War II.
A hard-hitting lower-order batsman and a medium-pace bowler, Grell played only a handful of first-class matches between 1930 and 1937. The first two were for Trinidad against the visiting MCC in 1929–30. On his debut, played at Port-of-Spain in January 1930, he scored 40 and 54 batting at number 9 and 8 respectively; he top-scored in Trinidad's first innings and was their second-highest scorer in the second. He also took the wickets of Nigel Haig and Les Townsend in the visitors' second innings, both players caught by wicketkeeper Errol Hunte.[2] In his second match a few days later, also against MCC in Port-of-Spain, Grell was asked to captain Trinidad, and followed a duck in the first innings with the top score of the match in the second, 34 not out, when he led a rearguard action that almost brought victory.[3]
On the basis of his three good scores against the English team, and because he lived in Port-of Spain, Grell was selected to play in the Second Test against England, played at Port-of-Spain in February 1930. He scored 21 and 13 in West Indies' defeat.[4]
In all first-class matches, Grell recorded his highest score, 74 not out, in his last, played at Bourda, Georgetown, against British Guiana in 1937.
Grell was also an international football referee.[5]