[1] Griffiths was educated at Brentwood School, Essex, and played cricket briefly as an amateur batsman before going into his family's demolition business.

[2][3] In 1952, going into the match with a first-class batting average of 12 and a highest score of 31,[3] he hit the fastest first-class hundred of the season, 105 in 90 minutes for Essex against Kent, when he batted at No.

9, and 25 retired hurt, his second innings ending when he pulled a back muscle while hitting a six.

After some years in the family business, he pursued other interests and finished his working career as the head of a residential unit for disturbed adolescents.

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