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    bowls, and curling. He qualified as a medical practitioner in 1879. W. G. Grace was born in Downend, near Bristol, on 18 July 1848 at his parents' home...
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    William Gilbert Grace Jr (6 July 1874 – 2 March 1905) was an English first-class cricketer who was the first-born son of W. G. Grace. He won scholarships...
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    may refer to: W&G Records, an Australian recording company Will & Grace, a television series Wonder Girls, a South Korean girl group W. G. Bagnall, a locomotive...
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    W. R. Grace and Co. is an American chemical business based in Columbia, Maryland. It produces specialty chemicals and specialty materials in two divisions:...
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    the 19th century was W. G. Grace, who started his long and influential career in 1865. It was especially during the career of Grace that the distinction...
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  • competition in England. The club played its first senior match in 1870 and W. G. Grace was their captain. The club plays home games at the Bristol County Ground...
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  • academic W. G. Grace (1848–1915), English doctor and cricketer William M. Grace (1934-2004), American real estate developer William Russell Grace (1832–1904)...
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    named "Massive Greg". In 2005 Davies played a caricature of cricketer W. G. Grace in a series of adverts for Channel 4's television coverage of The Ashes...
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  • 344 from W. G. Grace, and the match was drawn. Grace's innings was the first ever triple-century in first-class cricket; five days later Grace scored the...
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    first wicket against Surrey at Broadhalfpenny Down in September 1769. W. G. Grace was the first batsman to score 100 career centuries in first-class cricket...
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    the County Championship. 1923 saw the installation of the Grace Gates, a tribute to W. G. Grace who had died in 1915. They were inaugurated by Sir Stanley...
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  • (for a duck!) W.G.Grace. Another future Bishop, Jack Crozier, performed a cartwheel as Grace walked reluctantly to the pavilion. Grace allegedly complained...
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  • Having toured Australia the previous winter, W.G. Grace's team landed in England on 18 May 1874 and he was quickly back into domestic cricket. The 1874...
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  • W&G may refer to: Wallace and Gromit, British television programme Will & Grace, American situation comedy W&G Records, Australian company Wandel & Goltermann...
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  • William Grace may refer to: William Russell Grace (1832–1904), mayor of New York and the founder of W. R. Grace and Company W. G. Grace (William Gilbert...
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  • 1864 when the current style of overarm bowling was legalised, although W. G. Grace continued to use it to the end of his career. The spread of roundarm...
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    elder brother of W. G. and Fred Grace. All three played for England against Australia in September 1880 two weeks before Fred Grace died. Always known...
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    primarily an attacking batsman. In his Cricketing Reminiscences (1899), W. G. Grace emphasised that "cricketers are made by coaching and practice", but he...
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  • Following his "Indian Summer" in 1895, W.G. Grace continued to play first-class cricket through his fiftieth birthday in 1898 and finally severed his connections...
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  • and no players were named. Three players have been sole recipients: W. G. Grace (1896), Plum Warner (1921) and Jack Hobbs (1926). The latter two selections...
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    The Grace Gates, officially the W. G. Grace Memorial Gates, are two pairs of gates on St John's Wood Road at Lord's Cricket Ground in London, England...
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  • during the ICC Awards ceremony. The inaugural inductees ranged from W. G. Grace, who retired from Test cricket in 1899, to Graham Gooch, who played his...
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    One of the most outstanding phases of W. G. Grace’s career occurred in the 1876 season, beginning with his career highest score of 344 for MCC v Kent...
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    February 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016. "W. G. Grace | Cricketer | Blue Plaques". English Heritage. "W. G. Grace (1848-1915) cricketer lived here". openplaques...
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  • W.G. Grace was mainly associated with the new London County Cricket Club during this period. His first-class career ended in 1908 when he was nearly 60...
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  • W. G. Grace played in 32 matches in the 1871 English cricket season, 25 of which are recognised as first-class. His main roles in 1871 were as captain...
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    and in the same year Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published. W. G. Grace began his long and influential career at this time, his feats doing much...
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    was concealed from the batsman by the umpire until he emerged, leading W. G. Grace to comment "it is rather startling when he suddenly appears at the bowling...
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  • sometimes referred to as W. G. Grace's XI. The team was captained by W. G. Grace (Gloucestershire) who was joined by Fred Grace, James Bush (both Gloucestershire);...
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  • and individuals, including W. G. Grace, began publishing their views about who was the champion in a given season. Grace became interested after the...
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