W. G. Grace
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 109 years ago |
Date of birth | July 18,1848 |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Born | Downend |
Bristol | |
United Kingdom | |
Date of died | October 23,1915 |
Died | Mottingham |
London | |
United Kingdom | |
Height | 188 (cm) |
Bowling | right arm medium |
roundarm | |
Test debut (cap 24) | 6 September 1880 |
Australia | |
Buried | Beckenham Crematorium, Beckenham, United Kingdom |
Job | Physician |
Cricketer | |
Education | Bristol Medical School |
St Bartholomew's Hospital | |
Books | W. G. , Cricketing Reminiscences and Personal Recollections |
The Classic Guide to Cricket | |
Hints on Batting | |
Six More Days of Grace | |
Cricket | |
Signature: Start the Conversation and Not End It | |
Spouse | Agnes Nicholls Day |
Place of burial | Beckenham Crematorium, Beckenham, United Kingdom |
Batting style | Right-handed |
Children | W. G. Grace Jr |
Charles Grace | |
Henry Edgar | |
Bessie | |
Parents | Henry Mills Grace |
Martha Grace | |
Siblings | E. M. Grace |
Fred Grace | |
Nickname | The Big 'Un, The Champion, The Doctor, The Old Man, W. G |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 453255 |
W. G. Grace Life story
William Gilbert Grace MRCS LRCP was an English amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest players. He was nominally amateur as a cricketer, but he is said to have made more money from his cricketing activities than any professional cricketer.