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
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
Cricket
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Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a 22-yard pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on
W. G. Grace
…William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) 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…
Shaun Pollock of South Africa bowls to Michael Hussey of Australia during the 2005 Boxing Day Test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
A medieval "club ball" game involving an underarm bowl towards a batter. Ball catchers are shown positioning themselves to catch a ball. Detail from the Canticles of Holy Mary, 13th century.
Evolution of the cricket bat. The original "hockey stick" (left) evolved into the straight bat from c. 1760, when pitched delivery bowling began.
The Young Cricketer (Francis Cotes, 1768)