1899 English cricket season
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The 1899 English cricket season featured the tenth edition of the County Championship. Surrey won the championship for the first time in four years, but this title was their last until 1914. Surrey's
England team v. Australia, Trent Bridge 1899. Back row: Dick Barlow (umpire), Tom Hayward, George Hirst, Billy Gunn, J T Hearne (12th man), Bill Storer (wkt kpr), Bill Brockwell, V A Titchmarsh (umpire). Middle row: C B Fry, K S Ranjitsinhji, W G Grace (captain), Stanley Jackson. Front row: Wilfred Rhodes, Johnny Tyldesley.
London County Cricket Club
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London County Cricket Club was a short-lived cricket club founded by the Crystal Palace Company. In 1898 they invited WG Grace to help them form a first-class cricket club. Grace accepted the offer an
1899 English cricket season
…Test debut of Wilfred Rhodes). Also Grace played his last Championship game for Gloucestershire, having fallen out with them over his involvement with London County. County Championship – Surrey…
WG Grace in the colours of London County, painted by Albert Chevallier Tayler.