Arthur Conrad Grass (11 October 1897 – October 1994), played

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in international matches in the 1920s and toured England with the 1932 South American team, when he appeared in three first-class matches. Grass was a right-handed batsman who played four times in international matches between Brazil and

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in the late 1920s, mainly batting in the lower order. His highest score in these matches was 60, batting at No 9, in the third of three games in

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in January 1930. On the South Americans tour of England in 1932, he played in only three of the first-class games, batting mainly at No 10 and being not out four times in six innings. His highest was 24 not out against

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's XI. On the England tour as a whole, he only had 12 innings and did not bowl.

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, 1933 edition, reports on the tour of England on pages 508 to 520
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