Wally Grout
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| Batting style | Right-hand bat | |
| Bowling type | - | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 51 | 183 |
| Runs scored | 890 | 5168 |
| Batting average | 15.08 | 22.56 |
| 100s/50s | 0/3 | 4/25 |
| Top score | 74 | 119 |
| Balls bowled | 0 | |
| Wickets | 0 | 3 |
| Bowling average | - | 38.33 |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 | 0 |
| Best bowling | - | 1/22 |
| Catches/stumpings | 163/24 | 473/114 |
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Test debut: 23 December 1957 |
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Arthur Theodore Wallace ("Wally") Grout (March 20, 1927 in Mackay, Queensland - November 9, 1968 in Brisbane, Queensland) was a wicket-keeper who played cricket for Australia and Queensland.
He kept wicket for Australia in 51 Test matches between 1957 and 1965. In a game Sheffield Shield match at Brisbane in 1960, he took catches off 8 Western Australian batsmen in one innings, setting a world record.
He died suddenly from a heart attack at the early age of 41, only 3 years after ending his playing career.
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| NAME | Grout, Arthur Theodore Wallace |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Cricketer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mackay, Queensland |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 9, 1968 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Brisbane, Queensland |
