"E. M. Grace Edward Mills Grace (28 November 1841 – 20 May 1911) was an English first-class cricketer in the second half of the 19th century who was an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling slow right arm underarm. He played for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and was the elder brother of W. G. and Fred Grace. All three played for England against Australia in September 1880 two weeks before Fred Grace died. Always known by his initials, E. M. Grace controversially held amateur status but was criticised for the money he made by playing. E. M. Grace was born on"
"4 and took three wickets with a best analysis of three for 48. Henry Grace (cricketer) Henry Grace (31 January 1833 – 13 November 1895) was an English cricketer active in 1871 who played for Gloucestershire. A member of the Grace family and an elder brother of E. M., W. G. and Fred, he was born in Downend, near Bristol, and died in Honiton. He appeared in three first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm medium pace with a roundarm action. He did not pursue a cricket career like his brothers as he entered the medical profession"
"this is a statistical issue only and has little, if any, bearing on the historical aspects of Grace's career. In the infobox, the ""traditional"" first-class figures from ""Wisden 1916"" (as reproduced by Rae, pp. 495–496), are given first and the ""amended"" figures from ""CricketArchive"" follow in parentheses. There is no dispute about Grace's Test career record and those statistics are universally recognised. See Variations in first-class cricket statistics for more information. W. G. Grace's cricket career (1900 to 1908) W.G. Grace was mainly associated with the new London County Cricket Club during this period. His first-class career ended in 1908"
"Henry Grace (cricketer) Henry Grace (31 January 1833 – 13 November 1895) was an English cricketer active in 1871 who played for Gloucestershire. A member of the Grace family and an elder brother of E. M., W. G. and Fred, he was born in Downend, near Bristol, and died in Honiton. He appeared in three first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm medium pace with a roundarm action. He did not pursue a cricket career like his brothers as he entered the medical profession on a full-time basis. He scored four runs with a highest score of"
"40 catches and 191 wickets with a best analysis of 9–48. His bowling average was 12.94; he had 5 wickets in an innings 12 times and 10 wickets in a match 8 times. W. G. Grace's cricket career (1874 to 1875) Having toured Australia the previous winter, W.G. Grace's team landed in England on 18 May 1874 and he was quickly back into domestic cricket. The 1874 season was very successful for him as he completed a second successive ""double"". Gloucestershire again had a strong claim to the Champion County title although some sources have awarded it to Derbyshire and"
"W. G. Grace's cricket career (1900 to 1908) W.G. Grace was mainly associated with the new London County Cricket Club during this period. His first-class career ended in 1908 when he was nearly 60. Having ended his international career, Grace then began the last phase of his overall first-class career when he joined the new London County Cricket Club, based at Crystal Palace Park, which played first-class matches between 1900 and 1904. Grace's presence initially attracted other leading players into the team, including Fry, Ranjitsinhji and Johnny Douglas, but the increased importance of the County Championship, combined with Grace's inevitable"
"medicine. On Thursday, 25 June 1868, Grace played for the new Gloucestershire County Cricket Club in its first-ever match, which was a two-day game at Lord's against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). His brothers EM and WG were in the same team but the match was by no means first-class. Gloucestershire won by 134 runs. The county club was not actually new because it had pre-existed for over twenty years as the West Gloucestershire Cricket Club, based in Bristol and effectively run by the Grace family. It renamed itself as the county club in 1867 but it did not have a"
"did not, as is often supposed, bring an immediate end to the cricket season as one further round of County Championship matches was played. Grace was reportedly distressed by the war and was known to shake his fist and shout at the German Zeppelins floating over his home in South London. When H. D. G. Leveson-Gower remonstrated that he had not allowed fast bowlers to unsettle him, Grace retorted: ""I could see those beggars; I can't see these"". W. G. Grace died at Mottingham on 23 October 1915, aged 67, after suffering a heart attack. His death ""shook the nation"
"Charles Grace Dr Charles Butler Grace (26 March 1882 – 6 June 1938) was an English first-class cricketer who was the third-born son of W. G. Grace, considered one of the greatest cricketers of all time. He was named after Charles Butler, a Tasmanian cricketer with whom W. G. Grace had stayed in 1873-74 and who became a friend. He attended Clifton College, playing for the school's first eleven cricket team in 1898–99. He played four first-class matches for London County in 1900 and W. G. Grace's XI in 1906. Grace was an exponent of lob bowling, and continued this"
"a coach and bowler who introduced overarm bowling and according to Keith Kissack was probably related to the Sussex round arm bowler W Lillywhite who pioneered such bowling in the 1830s. In 1866 Gloucestershire went on tour in to play Ross, Hereford and Monmouth. The tour was intended to encourage Cricket in the Area. The Match was played on the Beaufort Field. The Gloucestershire team included three of the Graces:- G.F. Grace aged 16, W.G. Grace aged 18 and E. M. Grace aged 25. W.G. Grace had recently scored 224 not out against Surrey and the bat he used against"
"For the second Test, Surrey County Cricket Club, the ground authority, chose the legendary WG Grace as their captain. As a cricketer Grace was reckoned above those earlier greats, Alfred Mynn and George Parr, and it is probably more to do with the way captains were chosen in the 19th century (with away team's captains being chosen by their promoters, home team's captains chosen by the home ground authority, and deference shown to those with titles, such as Lord Harris) that Grace had not captained England sooner than his forty-first year. The England team included five Surrey players. Although there"
"Sunday, 28 November 1841 in Downend, near Bristol. He was one of the great cricketers of the 1860s and 1870s, though he was overshadowed by his younger brother W. G. He was called Ted by the Grace family but elsewhere by his initials only. Grace performed one of the most amazing all-round feats ever on 15 August 1862. He carried his bat through the entire MCC innings, scoring 192 not out of a total of 344. He then took all 10 wickets in the Kent first innings for 69 runs. Although the match is recognised as first-class, it is not"
"in an innings 17 times and 10 wickets in a match 7 times. W. G. Grace's cricket career (1876 to 1877) One of the most outstanding phases of W. G. Grace’s career occurred in the 1876 season, beginning with his career highest score of 344 for MCC v Kent at Canterbury in August. Two days after his innings at Canterbury, he made 177 for Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire; and two days after that 318 not out for Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, these two innings against counties with exceptionally strong bowling attacks including Alfred Shaw, Fred Morley, Tom Emmett and Allen Hill. Thus,"
"first acclaimed as ""the Champion Cricketer"" by John Lillywhite's ""Cricketer's Companion"" (""aka"" ""Green Lilly"") in recognition of his exploits in 1871. But Grace's great year was marred by the death of his father in December. Grace and his younger brother Fred still lived with their mother at the family home in Downend and they had to increase their involvement with the USEE to pay for their medical studies. W. G. Grace in the 1871 English cricket season W. G. Grace played in 32 matches in the 1871 English cricket season, 25 of which are recognised as first-class. His main roles"
"""Wisden 1916"" (as reproduced by Rae, pp. 495–496), are given first and the ""amended"" figures from ""CricketArchive"" follow in parentheses. There is no dispute about Grace's Test career record and those statistics are universally recognised. See Variations in published cricket statistics for more information. W. G. Grace William Gilbert ""W. G."" Grace, (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest-ever players. Universally known as ""W. G."", he played first-class cricket for a record-equalling 44 seasons, from 1865 to 1908,"
"Fred Grace George Frederick Grace (13 December 1850 – 22 September 1880) was an English first-class cricketer active from 1866 to 1880 who played for Gloucestershire and the United South of England Eleven (USEE). He played in one retrospectively recognised Test match for England. He was born in Downend, near Bristol and died in Basingstoke, Hampshire. A right-handed batsman who bowled right arm fast roundarm, he appeared in 195 matches that are generally rated first-class for statistical purposes. In these matches, Grace scored 6,906 runs with a highest score of 189*. An outstanding fielder and occasional wicket-keeper, he held 170"
"all of its claims have been made by the county club which was founded in 1841. As the popularity of organised cricket grew throughout England, more county clubs came into contention and, by the mid-1860s, they included the short-lived Cambridgeshire, Hampshire, Lancashire, Middlesex and Yorkshire. At this time and into the 1870s, the press began to advocate some form of league system and various journals and individuals, including W. G. Grace, began publishing their views about who was the champion in a given season. Grace became interested after the Gloucestershire club was founded in 1870, with himself as captain, and"
"against counties with exceptionally strong bowling attacks. Thus, in three consecutive innings Grace scored 839 runs and was only out twice. His innings of 344 was the first triple century scored in first-class cricket and broke the record for the highest individual score in all classes of cricket, previously held by William Ward who scored 278 in 1820. Ward's record had stood for 56 years and, within a week, Grace bettered it twice. In 1877, Gloucestershire won the unofficial championship for the third and (to date) final time, largely thanks to another outstanding season by Grace who scored 1,474 runs"
"1848 English cricket season 1848 was the 62nd season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). There was an increase in northern matches with the main town clubs regularly challenging each other. The last top-class single wicket event was held. ""18 July"". Birth of W. G. Grace at Downend, near Bristol. Sheffield Cricket Club played home and away against both Manchester Cricket Club and Nottingham Cricket Club. George Parr was the leading runscorer with 339 @ 18.83. Other leading batsmen were N Felix, A Mynn, WJ Hammersley, T Box, JM Lee, J Wisden, RT King,"
"that Grace left the West Country and he made his debut appearances at both The Oval and Lord's. Although there is controversy among cricket statisticians about the details of Grace's first-class career, it is generally agreed that its span was 44 seasons from 1865 to 1908, and one source lists 29 teams, the England national team and 28 domestic teams, represented by Grace in important or first-class matches. Most of these were ""ad hoc"" or guest appearances. In minor cricket, Grace represented upwards of forty teams. Besides playing for England in Test cricket (1880–99), the key teams in Grace's first-class"
"practice well after it had become uncommon in first-class matches. His matches for London County were played alongside his father and brother, W. G. Grace junior He also participated in his father's last cricket match, for Eltham against Grove Park in July 1914, scoring four runs opening the batting. He died in Sussex in 1938. Charles Grace Dr Charles Butler Grace (26 March 1882 – 6 June 1938) was an English first-class cricketer who was the third-born son of W. G. Grace, considered one of the greatest cricketers of all time. He was named after Charles Butler, a Tasmanian cricketer"
"J Dean. WR Hillyer was the leading wicket-taker with 85. Other leading bowlers were FW Lillywhite, J Wisden, A Mynn, W Clarke, E Hinkly, GE Yonge, JM Lee. 1848 English cricket season 1848 was the 62nd season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). There was an increase in northern matches with the main town clubs regularly challenging each other. The last top-class single wicket event was held. ""18 July"". Birth of W. G. Grace at Downend, near Bristol. Sheffield Cricket Club played home and away against both Manchester Cricket Club and Nottingham Cricket Club."
"for Gloucestershire. At Gloucestershire's annual meeting in April 1891, W. G. Grace welcomed Sainsbury to the club, and there was some mirth at the expense of Somerset regarding his move. His first appearance for his new county was in match in early May between ""Club and Ground"" sides from Gloucestershire and Glamorgan; his first-class debut for the county was against Kent later that month, when he scored 12 runs during a rain-affected match. He was not the only former Somerset player to appear for Gloucestershire in the match – his fellow opening partner at Somerset, Octavius Radcliffe, had moved across"
"His innings of 344 was the first triple century scored in first-class cricket and broke the record for the highest individual score in all classes of cricket, previously held by William Ward who made 278 in 1820. Ward’s record had stood for 56 years and, within a week, Grace bettered it twice. Gloucestershire were designated “Champion County” for the second time. Grace made 26 first-class appearances in 1876, scoring 2,622 runs, with a highest score of 344, at an average of 62.42 with 7 centuries and 10 half-centuries. In the field, he held 46 catches and 130 wickets with a"
"Grace family, most notably W G Grace, who was the club's original captain and held that post until his departure for London in 1899. His brother E M Grace, although still an active player, was the original club secretary. With the Grace brothers and Billy Midwinter in their team, Gloucestershire won three Champion County titles in the 1870s. Since then Gloucestershire's fortunes have been mixed and they have never won the official County Championship. They struggled in the pre-war years of the County Championship because their best batsmen, apart from Gilbert Jessop and briefly Charlie Townsend, were very rarely available."
"W. G. Grace's cricket career (1879 to 1882) W. G. Grace qualified as a doctor in 1879 made his first appearance in Test cricket the following year, scoring the first-ever century by an England batsman. Grace missed a large part of the 1879 season because he was doing the final practical for his medical qualification and, for the first time since 1869, he did not complete 1000 runs, though he did take 105 wickets. Grace made 18 first-class appearances in 1879, scoring 993 runs, with a highest score of 123, at an average of 38.19 with 3 centuries and 5"
"W.G. Grace XI in 1873/74 which caused him to miss a rugby international against Scotland. Bush made just two half centuries in his first-class career, with a highest score of 57 against Yorkshire in an 1879 County Match. Aside from playing at Gloucestershire, Bush also represented the Gentlemen cricket team in a couple of Gentlemen v Players fixtures and also played a match for the South of England cricket team. Bush was capped five times for England at international rugby, playing as a forward. All but one of those came against Scotland, with games in 1872, 1873, 1875 and 1876."
"W. G. Grace with the English cricket team in Australia in 1891–92 W. G. Grace visited Australia in 1873–74 as captain of Lord Sheffield's team. Despite his injury problems in 1891, few doubted that Grace should captain England in Australia the following winter when he led Lord Sheffield's team to Australia in 1891–92. Australia, led by Jack Blackham, won the three-match series 2–1. Grace played in 8 first-class matches on the tour and scored 448 runs at 44.80 with one century which was his highest score of 159 not out. He scored two half-centuries. In the field, he took 17"
"George Wootton, Tom Hearne and Jem Grundy. Even so, the North won by 58 runs. Grace made a handful of appearances for the USEE including a 10 wicket victory over Southgate followed a week later by a 57 run defeat in Worcester by a Worcestershire County XXII. In the latter match, Grace was bowled cheaply in each innings by the Nottinghamshire professional fast bowler William McIntyre, who was playing as a given man for Worcestershire. As he did not yet have a first-class county to play for and did not join MCC until the following year, Grace's opportunities to play"
"1871 English cricket season 1871 was the 85th season of cricket in England since the foundation of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Derbyshire County Cricket Club became a first-class club and the last matches were played by Cambridgeshire, who in the days of Bob Carpenter, the first Tom Hayward and George Tarrant had been one of the leading cricket counties. W. G. Grace surpassed his previous season’s record of 1,808 runs and his 1869 average of 57.39 by scoring 2,739 at the outstanding average of 78.25 at a time when most pitches were still unrolled and very dangerous to batsmen –"
"to be the main attraction who was bringing in the crowds; and he claimed what he termed his ""expenses"" whenever he took part in a first-class match. By the standards of the time, cricket was a lucrative business for the Graces, especially considering that they held amateur status. The peak of the Graces' involvement was 1873 when W. G. made 16 appearances, which was considerable in terms of the travelling involved and given his commitments to Gloucestershire, MCC and elsewhere. James Lillywhite was the team secretary at this time, in succession to Willsher, but W. G. and Fred effectively took"
"first-class appearances in 1882, scoring 975 runs, with a highest score of 88, at an average of 26.35 with 0 centuries and 8 half-centuries. In the field, he took 22 catches and 101 wickets with a best analysis of 8–31. His bowling average was 17.34; he had 5 wickets in an innings 8 times and 10 wickets in a match twice. W. G. Grace's cricket career (1879 to 1882) W. G. Grace qualified as a doctor in 1879 made his first appearance in Test cricket the following year, scoring the first-ever century by an England batsman. Grace missed a large"
"with the likes of Billy Gunn, Maurice Read and Arthur Shrewsbury. As a result, Gloucestershire fell away in county competition and could no longer match Nottinghamshire, Surrey and Lancashire who had the strongest sides in the 1880s. Test cricket began in 1877 when Grace was already 28 and he made his debut in 1880, scoring England's first-ever Test century against Australia. He played for England in 22 Tests through the 1880s and 1890s, all of them against Australia, and was an automatic selection for England at home, but his only Test-playing tour of Australia was that of 1891–92. Grace made"