Ernest Grew

Ernest Sadler Grew (11 August 1867 – 4 September 1954) was an Australian cricketer. He played in the inaugural first-class match for Queensland in 1893. In his professional career he was a public accountant.[1]

Ernest Grew
Personal information
Full nameErnest Sadler Grew
Born(1867-08-11)11 August 1867
Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
Died4 September 1954(1954-09-04) (aged 87)
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Source: Cricinfo, 14 June 2020

Personal life

Grew immigrated to Australia from England arriving on the steamer Dacca in 1890. The steamer wrecked and Grew received just four pounds in compensation, and complained that government funded immigrants on the steamer received greater compensation than those like himself who had paid for their own passage.[2] In 1895 he married Jessie Stephens Davidson of Mount Cootha in Brisbane,[3] and they remained married until she passed in 1916.[4]

In 1898 he passed an exam and was admitted to the Queensland Institute of Accountants.[5] In 1905 he was appointed as an auditor of the South Brisbane city accounts.[6]

In 1946 he was elected as auditor of the Southern Queensland Dairy Co. Ltd,[7] and he was still serving in the role as of 1952.[8]

Cricket career

As of 1891 Grew was playing as a bowler for the First Southern Stars cricket club which was an Ipswich team.[9][10] In March 1892 he was the only Ipswich cricketer to be selected for a match between two Queensland sides played in Brisbane,[11] and in December he played in a non first-class match played between Queensland and New South Wales.[12] In April 1893 he played for Queensland in their inaugural first-class match against New South Wales.[13]

In the 1893-94 season Grew played for the Brisbane based Alberts cricket club[14] and in 1895 he moved to play for the Hall-Gibbs cricket team.[15] In February 1897 he was selected to practice ahead of a first-class match between Queensland and New South Wales but was not selected in the Queensland side.[16]

In 1897 when Brisbane electoral cricket was established Grew began playing for Toowong in what appears to have been his last year playing district cricket,[17] although in 1903 he did play in a match between employees of two mercantile firms.[18]

See also

References
  1. "Advertising". Brisbane Telegraph. Qld. 13 November 1954. p. 25. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  2. "The Dacca Passengers". The Brisbane Courier. Qld. 26 July 1890. p. 6. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  3. "Family Notices". The Queenslander. Brisbane, Qld. 19 January 1895. p. 105. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  4. "Advertising". The Brisbane Courier. Brisbane, Qld. 16 October 1916. p. 10. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  5. "Institute of Accountants". The Brisbane Courier. Qld. 12 September 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  6. "South Brisbane". The Telegraph. Qld. 31 May 1905. p. 4. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  7. "Advertising". South Coast Bulletin. Qld. 18 September 1946. p. 7. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  8. "Advertising". The Beaudesert Times. Qld. 12 September 1952. p. 4. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  9. "Sporting". The Brisbane Courier. Qld. 23 November 1891. p. 6. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  10. "Saturday's Cricket". Queensland Times. Qld. 24 November 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  11. "Local and General News". Queensland Times. Qld. 3 March 1892. p. 4. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  12. "Cricket". The Week. Qld. 30 December 1892. p. 15. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  13. Queensland v New South Wales, 1-4 1893
  14. "Sporting". The Brisbane Courier. Qld. 20 November 1893. p. 7. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  15. "Sporting". The Brisbane Courier. Qld. 7 October 1895. p. 7. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  16. "Intercolonial Cricket". Queensland Times. Qld. 27 February 1897. p. 7. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  17. "Electoral Matches". The Telegraph. Qld. 25 October 1897. p. 6. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  18. "Mercantile Cricket". The Telegraph. Qld. 18 March 1903. p. 6. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
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