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W. G. and E. M. in particular were noted throughout their careers for being noisy and boisterous on the field. As late as 1902, though aged 54 by the end of the season, he scored 1,187 runs in first-class cricket, with two centuries, at an average of 37.09. It may interest you to learn that I have another son, now twelve years of age, who will in time be a much better player than his brother because his back stroke is sounder, and he always plays with a straight bat.

Grace was just short of his thirteenth birthday when, on 5 July 1861, he made his debut for Lansdown and played two matches that month.

He was most auspiciously nicknamed "The Champion". The last match of any kind that Grace played in, though he neither batted nor bowled, was for Eltham v Northbrook on 8 August, a few days after the outbreak of the First World War.

Grace's approach to cricket

Grace himself had much to say about how to play cricket in his two books Cricket (1891) and Reminiscences (1899), which were both ghost-written.

Before him, batsmen would play either forward or back and make a speciality of a certain stroke. Grace batted at number 11 and scored 0 and 0 not out. Despite Grace's own views on the matter, his "first-class career record" was effectively confirmed by F.S. Ashley-Cooper who produced a list of season-by-season figures to supplement Grace's obituary in the 1916 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

The team included two other future England captains in A. N. Hornby, who became a rival of Grace in future years; and the Honourable George Harris, the future Lord Harris, who became a very close friend and a most useful ally. Grace wore MCC colours for the rest of his career, playing for them on an irregular basis until 1904, and their red and yellow hooped cap became as synonymous with him as his large black beard.

Grace was a famous nineteenth century cricketer as well as being a qualified doctor.

When and Where was he Born?

18th July 1848. The second, collected by MCC, the county of Gloucestershire, the Daily Telegraph and The Sportsman, amounted to £9,703 (equivalent to £1,147,900 in 2020) and was presented to him in 1896 in appreciation of his "Indian Summer" season of 1895.

Whatever criticisms may be made of Grace for making money for himself out of cricket, he was "punctilious in his aid when (professional players) were the beneficiaries".

Injury problems restricted his appearances in 1884. These two did not play each other and both were unbeaten in six matches, but Nottinghamshire won five and Gloucestershire won four.

Having toured Australia in the winter of 1873–74, Grace arrived in England on 18 May 1874 and was quickly back into domestic cricket. This is separately confirmed by C.

B. Fry and Stanley Jackson who were both playing in the match, Jackson batting with Grace at the time.

Grace captained England in the First Test of the 1899 series against Australia at Trent Bridge, when he was 51. Cricket writer and broadcaster John Arlott, writing in 1975, supported this view by holding that Grace "created modern cricket".

But Grace's extraordinary skill had already been recognised very early in his career, especially by the professional bowlers.

Midwinter was already in England before the main Australian party arrived and had joined them for their first match in May. On 20 June, Midwinter was at Lord's where he was due to play for the Australians against Middlesex. 1886 was the last time he took 100 wickets in a season.

In 1888, Grace scored two centuries in one match v Yorkshire (148 and 153) and labelled this "my champion match".

British commemorative postage stamps issued on 16 May 1973 for the County Cricket Centenary featured three sketches of W. G. Grace by Harry Furniss. Grace accepted the offer and became the club's secretary, manager and captain with an annual salary of £600.