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| Full name | Grahame Lawrence Cruickshanks | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 March 1913 Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 September 1941 (aged 28) Berlin, Germany | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman, wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Clive Cruickshanks (brother) | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1931/32 | Eastern Province | ||||||||||||||
| 1935–1938 | Egypt | ||||||||||||||
| 1939 | Royal Air Force | ||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 21 December 1931 Eastern Province v Natal | ||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 23 December 1931 Eastern Province v Orange Free State | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 7 June 2008 | |||||||||||||||
Grahame Lawrence Cruickshanks DFC (2 March 1913 – 8 September 1941) was a South African cricketer and airman.[1] A left-handed batsman and occasional wicket-keeper, he played first-class cricket for Eastern Province and whilst serving in the military in the mid-1930s for Egypt in five matches.[2] He was killed on active service in the Royal Air Force during World War II.