Grahame Chevalier

{{Short description|South African cricketer (1937–2017)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Grahame Chevalier

| image =

| caption =

| fullname = Grahame Anton Chevalier

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|3|9|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cape Town, Cape Province, South Africa

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2017|11|14|1937|3|9|df=yes}}

| death_place = Noordhoek, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| columns = 2

| column1 = Tests

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 0

| bat avg1 = 0.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 0*

| deliveries1 = 253

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 20.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 3/68

| catches/stumpings1= 1/-

| column2 = First-class

| matches2 = 43

| runs2 = 84

| bat avg2 = 4.94

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 13*

| deliveries2 = 9,435

| wickets2 = 154

| bowl avg2 = 23.72

| fivefor2 = 5

| tenfor2 = 2

| best bowling2 = 7/57

| catches/stumpings2= 15/–

| international = true

| country = South Africa

| testdebutagainst = Australia

| testdebutdate = 22 January

| testdebutyear = 1970

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1354/1354.html Cricinfo

| date = 11 March

| year = 2019

}}

Grahame Anton Chevalier (9 March 1937 – 14 November 2017) was a South African cricketer who played in one Test in 1970.{{cite web | url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1354/1354.html| title = Grahame Chevalier | work=CricketArchive | accessdate = 24 February 2010|url-access=subscription}}{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/585154 |title=In Memoriam 2017 |work=International Cricket Council |accessdate=2 January 2018}}

Chevalier was a slow left-arm orthodox spin bowler and a right-handed tail-end batsman. His single Test was the first match of the series against Australia in 1969–70 when he took five wickets in a comprehensive South African victory.{{cite web|title=South Africa v Australia, Cape Town 1969–70|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/30/30655.html|website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=23 June 2016}} But he was dropped for the rest of the series and with South Africa's banishment from international cricket because of apartheid after this series, he did not play Test cricket again. He was selected to tour England in 1970 and Australia in 1971–72, but both tours were cancelled.

He played for Western Province from 1966–67 to 1973–74. His best first-class figures were 7 for 57 against Transvaal in 1970–71.{{cite web|title=Western Province v Transvaal 1970–71|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/31/31368.html|website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=23 June 2016}} At the end of the same season, playing for Rest of South Africa against Transvaal in a trial match to determine the team to tour Australia the following season, he took 7 for 108 and 3 for 66.{{cite web|title=The Rest v Transvaal XI 1970–71|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/31/31501.html|website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription|accessdate=23 June 2016}} A genuine number 11 batsman, in all first-class matches he reached double figures only once.