Mark Gravett

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Mark Gravett

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Mark Gravett

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1865|2|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Milford, Surrey, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|2|8|1865|2|11|df=yes}}

| death_place = Godalming, Surrey, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| family =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1899–1900

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 4

| runs1 = 41

| bat avg1 = 6.83

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 17*

| deliveries1 = 1,001

| wickets1 = 15

| bowl avg1 = 29.66

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 5/50

| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–

| date = 24 December

| year = 2009

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13435.html Cricinfo

}}

Mark Gravett (11 February 1865 — 8 February 1938) was an English first-class cricketer.

Gravett was born in February 1865 at Milford, Surrey. A professional who bowled slow left-arm orthodox, he was engaged by Burnley Cricket Club in the Lancashire League in 1895, having previously been engaged by Swindon Cricket Club in Wiltshire.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000283/18941121/035/0004|title=Engagement of cricket professional for Burnley|work=Burnley Express|page=4|date=21 November 1894|access-date=18 March 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} Gravett played first-class cricket for Hampshire, making his debut against Essex at Southampton in the 1899 County Championship. The following season, he made three first-class appearances in the County Championship against Lancashire, Worcestershire, and Sussex.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6622/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Mark Gravett|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 March 2024|url-access=subscription}} In his four first-class appearances, he took 15 wickets at an average of 29.66;{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6622/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Mark Gravett|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 March 2024|url-access=subscription}} he took one five wicket haul, with figures of 5 for 50 against Lancashire.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5382.html|title=Lancashire v Hampshire, County Championship 1900|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=18 March 2024|url-access=subscription}} Soon after, Gravett moved to Fenton in Staffordshire where he ran a sports outfitting business which adjoined Fenton railway station.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000347/19040430/266/0013|title=Cricket|work=Staffordshire Sentinel|location=Stoke-on-Trent|page=13|date=13 April 1904|access-date=18 March 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} He continued to play club cricket into the 1920s, when having returned to Milford, he took figures of 10 for 21 at the age of 56, against Haslemere Comrades.{{cite magazine|url=https://magazine.cricketarchive.com/Magazine/1921/vol_i_no_14/10/index.html|title=The Fifth Test Match|editor=Warner, Pelham|work=The Cricketer|location=London|page=10|volume=1|edition=14|date=30 July 1921|access-date=11 December 2019|url-access=subscription}} Gravett died at Godalming in February 1938.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000727/19380212/012/0012|title=Death of Mr Mark Gravett former prominent cricketer|work=Surrey Advertiser|location=Guildford|page=12|date=12 February 1938|access-date=18 March 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}