vigoro

Take Vigoro, a cross between cricket and tennis, for example, which was dreamt up in the early 1900s.

It's the sort of thing one might make up in a back garden, but Vigoro never quite caught on around the world.

But Vigoro, to which Grant owned the trademark, was a little odd.

Team scores in Vigoro, counted in runs, were low, generally below 50 - the big wickets and fast serves making it difficult to bat.

Within a few years of the matches at Lord's and Queen's, the enthusiasm of cricket and tennis's governing bodies for Vigoro had cooled.