Grace often played for Gloucestershire, London County and MCC alongside his father, his brother Charles Grace and his uncle E. M. Grace, mostly under his father's captaincy. Grace also played rugby union for the Northants and East Midland XV.
grace, william, gilbert, grace, july, 1874, march, 1905, english, first, class, cricketer, first, born, grace, personal, informationfull, namewilliam, gilbert, graceborn, 1874, july, 1874west, brompton, kensington, englanddied2, march, 1905, 1905, aged, east, . 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 W G Grace JrPersonal informationFull nameWilliam Gilbert GraceBorn 1874 07 06 6 July 1874West Brompton Kensington EnglandDied2 March 1905 1905 03 02 aged 30 East Cowes Isle of Wight EnglandBattingRight handedBowlingRight arm fast mediumRoleAll rounderRelationsW G Grace father E M Grace Fred Grace uncles Charles Grace brother Domestic team informationYearsTeam1893 98Gloucestershire1894 95Marylebone Cricket Club MCC 1894 96Cambridge University1900 03London CountyCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 57Runs scored 1 324Batting average 15 21100s 50s 0 5Top score 79Balls bowled 3561Wickets 42Bowling average 39 455 wickets in innings 110 wickets in match 0Best bowling 6 79Catches stumpings 43 Source CricketArchiveHe won scholarships to Clifton College and Pembroke College Cambridge 1 where he studied mathematics 2 He played in 57 matches for Cambridge University Gloucestershire and London County in a career lasting from 1893 to 1903 playing as an all rounder He made 1 324 runs at an average of 15 21 with a highest score of 79 and took 42 wickets at an average of 39 45 with a best of six for 79 3 Grace often played for Gloucestershire London County and MCC alongside his father his brother Charles Grace and his uncle E M Grace mostly under his father s captaincy Grace also played rugby union for the Northants and East Midland XV He became a schoolteacher teaching at Oundle School in Northamptonshire and then at Royal Naval College Osborne 4 He died in 1905 at the age of 30 after an operation for appendicitis 5 References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to W G Grace Jr Grace William Gilbert GR893WG A Cambridge Alumni Database University of Cambridge Richard Tomlinson Amazing Grace The Man Who Was W G Little Brown London 2015 pp 240 41 W G Grace Jr CricketArchive Tomlinson p 278 Wisden Obituary espncricinfo com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title W G Grace Jr amp oldid 1071558223, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
