Sammy Woods
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Samuel Moses James Woods was an Australian sportsman who represented both Australia and England at Test cricket, and appeared thirteen times for England at rugby union, including five times as captain
Sammy Woods c 1905
Sammy Woods
The Gatehouse of Jesus College, Cambridge, where Woods spent four years.
Woods formed a close friendship with Gregor MacGregor while at Cambridge.
W. G. Grace
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William Gilbert Grace was an English cricketer who is widely held to have been one of the sport's all-time greatest players. Always known by his initials as "WG", his first-class career spanned a reco
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…had any experience of English conditions. H.S Altham described them as leaving Australia "amid a chorus of gloomy prophecy". In his reminiscences, W. G. Grace expressed his disappointment at George Giffen and Harry Moses, who he rated as Australia's best players, not travelling with the team, and also noted…
Grace photographed by George Beldam, c. 1902
An 1877 illustration of Grace by Leslie Ward in Vanity Fair emphasises his trademark beard and MCC cap.
Grace as a young man
Grace with Harry Jupp of Surrey