Background
He was born in Manila in the Philippines and was educated at Ampleforth College in England.
He was born in Manila in the Philippines and was educated at Ampleforth College in England.
Ampleforth College.
He was also a notable cricketer for Guernsey and Oxford University. Grieve was capped for Scotland against Wales in 1935. Grieve was also on the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa.
He played club rugby with Oxford University Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Grieve was a right-handed batsman.
He represented Ampleforth on the 1st XI. Later progressing to Oxford University, he represented the University cricket club in a single first-class match against Derbyshire in 1936. In this match he scored 6 runs in the University"s first-innings before being dismissed by George Pope and in their second-innings he 2 runs before being dismissed by Tommy Mitchell.
In 1934, he had played his only match for Guernsey against the Marylebone Club in what was a non first-class fixture. Opening the batting in Guernsey"s first-innings, he scored a century and in their second he scored 6 runs.