Grahame Selvey Clinton was born on 5 May 1953 and is a former English professional cricketer.
10 Facts About Grahame Clinton
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Grahame Clinton was an opening batsman who played for Kent County Cricket Club from 1974 to 1978 and for Surrey County Cricket Club from 1979 to 1990.
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Grahame Clinton played cricket for the English Schools Cricket Association and England Young Cricketers from 1970 to 1972.
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Grahame Clinton joined Surrey prior to the 1979 season having played 32 first-class and 10 List A matches for Kent.
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Butcher and Grahame Clinton shared 19 century opening partnerships for Surrey.
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Grahame Clinton opened the batting with Butcher in Surrey's match against Essex at Chelmsford in May 1983 when Surrey were bowled out for 14 runs, the lowest score in English first-class cricket since 1907 and Surrey's lowest first-class score ever.
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Grahame Clinton top-scored with six runs in the first innings before scoring 65 not out as Surrey batted through their second innings to draw the match.
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Grahame Clinton scored over a thousand runs in his first season with Surrey, a feat he achieved on six other occasions: 1980,1981,1985,1986,1988 and 1990.
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Grahame Clinton was still scoring well during his final season, with 1,292 runs at 46.14 in 1990.
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Grahame Clinton was a coach at Kent and, as of 2017, is master-in-charge of cricket at Colfe's School in Greenwich.