Bernard Griffiths
Bernard George Griffiths (24 February 1910 – 29 September 1982) was a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Wellington in New Zealand between 1931 and 1938. He played for New Zealand, but not in Test matches. Cricket career A leg-spinner, Bernard Griffiths made his first-class debut for Wellington in 1931–32, and played four games in four seasons before establishing his spot in the team in 1935–36. In Wellington's first match in 1935-36 his three wickets in the first innings helped Wellington to a narrow victory over the touring MCC team. A few days later, again at the Basin Reserve in Wellington, he took 2 for 21 and 6 for 55 when Wellington had another narrow victory, this time over Canterbury in the Plunket Shield. Although inclined to be erratic in length, Griffiths spun the ball sharply. He took five wickets in the next Plunket Shield match against Otago and another five in the last match against Auckland, in which Wellington won the Plunket Shield. He was then selected in the last two of the four unofficial Test matches between New Zealand and the MCC. He took three wickets in the third match and four in the last. As New Zealand's