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     • William Gilbert Grace MRCS LRCP (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 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.
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   • W. G., The Doctor, The Champion, The Big 'Un, The Old Man William Gilbert Grace MRCS LRCP (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 players.

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   • One of the most iconic names in cricket, WG Grace helped revolutionise batting and transformed cricket. He played 22 Tests for England, scoring 1,098 runs and notching up two centuries.

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   Who was William Gilbert Grace MRCS LRCP?

   • William Gilbert Grace MRCS LRCP (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 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.

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   • Darwin, Bernard (1934). W. G. Grace (Great Lives Series). Frith, David (1978). The Golden Age of Cricket. Lutterworth Press. ISBN 0-7188-7022-0. Gibson, Alan (1989). The Cricket Captains of England. Grace, W. G. (1891). Cricket. Ghost-written by W. Methven Brownlee. J. W. Arrowsmith – via Wikisource. [scan ] Grace, W. G. (1899).

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   How did WG Grace die?

   • Dr WG Grace died at the age of 67 on 23 October 1915 at his home in Kent, having suffered a cerebral haemorrhage, but his legacy as the greatest of them all lives on. Listen again to Jonathan Agnew's "Remembering WG Grace" programme, which is available as a podcast.

   WG Grace: 100 years since death of England's cricketing icon

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   Was WG Grace the greatest English player of all time?

   • Piers Morgan, former editor of the Daily Mirror and lifelong cricket enthusiast, once nominated WG Grace as the greatest English player of all time. "Boxing gave us Muhammad Ali, football you would have Pele, and in cricket Grace was the greatest. Botham rolled into Flintoff rolled into John Bull," Morgan told BBC Radio 4's Great Lives in 2006.

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   William Gilbert Grace MRCS LRCP (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 players.

   • 100s/50s: 2/5
   • Matches: 22

   • Batting average: 32.29
   • Runs scored: 1,098

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   Oct 19, 2024 · William Gilbert Grace (born July 18, 1848, Downend, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died Oct. 23, 1915, London) was the greatest cricketer in Victorian England, whose dominating physical presence, gusto, and inexhaustible energy made him a national figure.

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   W.G. Grace is an instantly recognisable figure even 100 years after his death on 23 October 1915. Few sporting figures have had his staying power in the public consciousness. But then few...

7. www.bbc.co.uk › sport › cricketWG Grace: 100 years since death of England's cricketing icon

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   Oct 23, 2015 · Grace is widely credited with transforming cricket, external with his performances for both Gloucestershire and England and his legacy lives on at Nevil Road - 100 years after his death.

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   Born on July 18, 1848, Dr William Gilbert Grace was an amateur English cricketer who is regarded as one of the most important figures in the development of cricket as a mass sport. In his playing days, it is said, crowds thronged to the grounds mainly to watch Grace bat.

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   He was notorious for employing, in order to pursue victory or personal achievement, a variety of wiles and tricks that may be thought of as, well, hardly cricket. He was also, throughout his ...

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    The life and times of William Gilbert Grace who was a cricketer in the Nineteenth Century and is known as Britain’s most famous cricketer.