TOM GRAVENEY, R.I.P

3 November 2015

Gloucestershire Cricket is deeply saddened by the news that former Gloucestershire captain and England player Tom Graveney has died at the age of 88.

An elegant batsman, Graveney played 79 Tests for England, scoring 11 centuries at an average of 44.38.

He scored more than 47,793 first-class runs - including 122 hundreds - in a career that stretched from 1948 to 1972 which included spells at Gloucestershire, Worcestershire and Queensland. Tom went on to captain Gloucestershire in 1959 and 1960.

After retiring, he became a BBC commentator and served as president of the MCC in 2004-05.

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