W. G. Grace

William Gilbert Grace (July 18 1848–October 23 1915) was an English cricketer who, by his extraordinary skills, made cricket perhaps the first modern spectator sport, and who developed most of the techniques of modern batting.

External links

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• ACS career stats
• Cricketarchive stats
• E. W. Swanton on Grace
• Manchester Guardian obituary
• Wisden - WG Grace centenary
• Wisden tribute (1916)