William Greive

William Greive (1 March 1888 – 17 July 1916) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and British Army soldier.

[1] Considered one of the strongest cricketers in the Scottish Borders, he was selected to play in a first-class match for Scotland against Ireland at Dublin in 1910.

[2] He batted twice in the match and was dismissed for scores of 6 and 0 by William Harrington and Gus Kelly respectively.

[3] Greive served in the First World War as a lance corporal in the Lothians and Border Horse.

He was wounded in action at Siege Farm near Kemmel on 17 July 1916, when a German shell stuck the observers' building which he was in and subsequently set it alight.