Arch Grosvenor, rural and sports editor of The Murray Pioneer (1938-1965), and the Advertiser (1965-1991 at age 80), was a strong advocate for Renmark.

Arch was well known in sporting circles both as a player and a sports editor. Every weekend for 15 years, having played, he headed for Radio 5RM studios to host a sports segment from 7pm, in which a representative from each sports game would ring-in their scores for Arch to broadcast across the region. Arch was talented at many sports but derived great pleasure from cricket. For 13 years he played as captain or was team manager of the Murray Districts cricket team (PHOTO: Graeme Madden, 1950) in an era when that team won a long succession of championships at state level.  Short in stature, he was a wicket-keeper of renown and captained the SA Country team that played against Freddie Brown’s English Test players in Renmark, in 1951. Notably in that game, local Caliph farmer Lou Curtis took 9 for 61. Arch used the same pair of wicket-keeping gloves (PHOTO: Magarey Collection) from the 1930s to 1950s. With these he took a rare hat-trick of stumpings in a game played on Adelaide Oval. Family focused and a friend to many, Arch retired to Victor Harbor where he died, aged 96.  He still called Renmark home.