{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Grant Forster | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|5|27|df=yes}} | birth_place = Seaham, County Durham, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Right-arm off break | role = | family = | club1 = Durham | year1 = 1983–1986 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Leicestershire | year2 = 1980/81–1982 | clubnumber2 = | club3 = Northamptonshire | year3 = 1980 | clubnumber3 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 5 | runs1 = 45 | bat avg1 = 22.50 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 22* | deliveries1 = 510 | wickets1 = 4 | bowl avg1 = 68.75 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 2/30 | catches/stumpings1 = 3/– | date = 12 August | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13139.html Cricinfo }}
'''Grant Forster''' (born 27 May 1961) is a former English cricketer. Forster was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Seaham, County Durham.
In 1978, Forster played 3 Youth Test matches for England Under-19s against West Indies Young Cricketers,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29483/Under-19_Test_Matches.html|title=Youth Test Matches played by Grant Forster|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 March 2024}}</ref> while in 1979, he played a single Youth One Day International against Australia Young Cricketers at the MCG.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29483/Under-19_ODI_Matches.html|title=Youth One-Day International Matches played by Grant Forster|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 March 2024}}</ref> He later made his first-class debut for Northamptonshire against Cambridge University in 1980.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29483/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Grant Forster|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 August 2011}}</ref> In his only appearance Northamptonshire, he wasn't required to bat, while with the ball he took the wickets of Neil Crawford and Derek Pringle in the Cambridge first-innings, while in their second-innings he took the wicket of Crawford again.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/40/40191.html|title=Cambridge University v Northamptonshire, 1980|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 August 2011}}</ref> He joined Leicestershire following the end of the 1980 season, making his first-class debut for the county against Zimbabwe on Leicestershire's tour there. He made 3 further first-class appearances for Leicestershire, the last of which came against Lancashire in the 1982 County Championship.<ref name="FCM"/>
He later joined Durham, making his debut for the county in the 1983 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Durham from 1983 to 1986, making 4 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29483/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Grant Forster|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 August 2011}}</ref> and a single appearance in the MCCA Knockout Trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29483/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Grant Forster|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 August 2011}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13139.html Grant Forster] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29483/29483.html Grant Forster] at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Forster, Grant}} Category:1961 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Seaham Category:Cricketers from County Durham Category:English cricketers Category:Northamptonshire cricketers Category:Leicestershire cricketers Category:Durham cricketers Category:20th-century English sportsmen