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Ronnie Grieveson

Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricketer and soldier (died 1998)

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Born
August 24, 1909
Died
July 24, 1998
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1909

About Ronnie Grieveson

Ronald Eustace Grieveson was a South African cricketer who played in two Tests in 1938–39. He was born and died in Johannesburg, South Africa. He attended Parktown Boys' High School in 1922 and thereafter attended St John's College, Johannesburg from 1923 until 1926 where he matriculated. Grieveson made his first-class cricket debut in 1929–30 and played for Transvaal intermittently over the next dozen seasons. The two Test matches represented virtually the end of Grieveson's cricket career: he played one further first-class match in 1939–40, but did not return to first-class cricket after the Second World War. He served in the War, reaching the rank of major and being awarded the OBE.

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Ronnie Grieveson timeline

  1. Grieveson made his first-class cricket debut in 1929–30 and played for Transvaal intermittently over the next dozen seasons.
  2. The two Test matches represented virtually the end of Grieveson's cricket career: he played one further first-class match in 1939–40, but did not return to first-class cricket after the Second World War.

The world when Ronnie Grieveson was born

Ronnie Grieveson was born in 1909. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1909

  • Best-selling book"The Inner Shrine" – Basil King

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentHonus Wagner leads Pittsburgh Pirates to World Series victory
  • Top headlineRobert Peary claims to reach the North Pole
  • Technology milestoneBakelite (first fully synthetic plastic) invented
  • Notable inventionBakelite plastic
  • World population~1.69B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population88.8M

1909 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Ronnie Grieveson's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19092026
Population88.8M341 million

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