Wally Grout

Wally Grout

Grout in 1957
Personal information
Full name	Arthur Theodore Wallace Grout
Born	(1927-03-30)30 March 1927 Mackay, Queensland, Australia
Died	9 November 1968(1968-11-09) (aged 41) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nickname	The Voice; Griz[1]
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Wicket-keeper
International information
National side	Australia
Test debut (cap 206)	23 December 1957 v South Africa
Last Test	16 February 1966 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1946–1966	Queensland
Career statistics
Competition Test FC LA Matches 51 183 1 Runs scored 890 5,168 0 Batting average 15.08 22.56 – 100s/50s 0/3 4/25 0/0 Top score 74 119 – Balls bowled 0 140 0 Wickets – 3 – Bowling average – 38.33 – 5 wickets in innings – 0 – 10 wickets in match – 0 – Best bowling – 1/22 – Catches/stumpings 163/24 473/114 0/0
Source: CricketArchive, 10 December 2008

Arthur Theodore Wallace Grout (30 March 1927 – 9 November 1968), known as Wally Grout, was a Test cricketer who kept wicket for Australia and Queensland.

Grout played in 51 Test matches between 1957 and 1966. He made his Test debut against South Africa at Wanderers Stadium, during which he caught a record six wickets behind the stumps in the

For many years, Grout played second fiddle to Don Tallon in the Queensland state team, and was unable to cement a regular spot as wicket keeper until Tallon's retirement in 1953. In a Sheffield Shield match against Western Australia at Brisbane in 1960, he took 8 catches in an innings,^[2] setting a world record.

He died suddenly from a heart attack at the age of 41, only 3 years after ending his playing career. On 27 January 2016 Wally was inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame.^[3]