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| Full name: | William Gilbert Grace |
| Born: | 18th July 1848, Downend, Bristol, England |
| Died: | 23rd October 1915, Mottingham, Kent, England |
| Batting: | Right-hand batsman |
| Bowling: | round arm Right-arm medium pace |
| Occasional wicket-keeper | |
| Relations: | Brother-in-law: DE Bernard; Brother: EM Grace; Brother: A Grace; Brother: H Grace; Brother: GF Grace; Cousin: WG Rees; Cousin: WL Rees; Cousin: WR Gilbert; Cousin: WJ Pocock; Cousin: GHB Gilbert; Father: HM Grace; Nephew: EM Grace; Nephew: ESH Grace; Nephew: NV Grace; Nephew: AH Grace; Son: CB Grace; Son: WG Grace; Uncle: A Pocock |
| Teams: | England (Test: 1880-1899); Marylebone Cricket Club (Main FC: 1869-1904); Gloucestershire (Main FC: 1870-1899); Kent (Main FC: 1877); London County (Main FC: 1900-1904); All teams |
| Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 1896 | |
| Lists of matches and more detailed statistics | |
| Articles: | WG Grace into ICC Hall of Fame |
| Brief profile of W.G.Grace | |
| Pictures: | WG Grace's last resting place |
| Test Career Batting and Fielding (1880-1899) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | ||
| England | 22 | 36 | 2 | 1098 | 170 | 32.29 | 2 | 5 | 39 | |
| Test Career Bowling (1880-1899) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| England | 666 | 65 | 236 | 9 | 2-12 | 26.22 | 0 | 0 | 74.00 | 2.12 |
| First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1865-1908) | ||||||||||
| M | I | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | Ct | St | |
| Gentlemen of the South | 23 | 37 | 2 | 1625 | 180 | 46.42 | 7 | 5 | 23 | 0 |
| Gentlemen of England | 28 | 45 | 2 | 1659 | 165 | 38.58 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 1 |
| Gentlemen | 85 | 151 | 10 | 6008 | 217 | 42.60 | 15 | 29 | 97 | 0 |
| England | 32 | 50 | 5 | 1871 | 224* | 41.57 | 4 | 8 | 49 | 0 |
| South of the Thames | 4 | 7 | 1 | 260 | 130 | 43.33 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| South | 79 | 136 | 7 | 5157 | 268 | 39.97 | 10 | 22 | 78 | 0 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 121 | 209 | 15 | 6821 | 196 | 35.15 | 16 | 29 | 118 | 0 |
| United South of England Eleven | 8 | 14 | 1 | 427 | 126 | 32.84 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| Right-Handed | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 35 | 35.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club | 6 | 10 | 2 | 744 | 344 | 93.00 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Gloucestershire | 360 | 612 | 49 | 22808 | 318* | 40.51 | 50 | 109 | 377 | 4 |
| WG Grace's XI | 8 | 15 | 4 | 511 | 81* | 46.45 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 |
| Single | 1 | 1 | 1 | 189 | 189* | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Kent and Gloucestershire | 3 | 6 | 1 | 346 | 121 | 69.20 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| England XI | 10 | 17 | 0 | 389 | 74 | 22.88 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 0 |
| Gloucestershire and Yorkshire | 1 | 2 | 0 | 162 | 110 | 81.00 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kent | 1 | 2 | 0 | 108 | 58 | 54.00 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Over 30 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 193 | 51 | 24.12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| United Eleven | 2 | 3 | 0 | 38 | 23 | 12.66 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Orleans Club | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 34.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Non-Smokers | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lord Sheffield's XI | 12 | 19 | 2 | 627 | 159* | 36.88 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Lord Londesborough's XI | 3 | 5 | 0 | 168 | 92 | 33.60 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| CI Thornton's XI | 3 | 5 | 0 | 85 | 54 | 17.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| WH Laverton's XI | 1 | 2 | 0 | 79 | 64 | 39.50 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| A Shrewsbury's England XI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 49 | 49 | 49.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| The Rest | 8 | 15 | 1 | 325 | 70 | 23.21 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| London County | 63 | 103 | 1 | 3483 | 166 | 34.14 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 0 |
| Overall | 870 | 1478 | 104 | 54211 | 344 | 39.45 | 124 | 251 | 876 | 5 |
| First-Class Career Bowling (1865-1908) | ||||||||||
| Balls | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | BB | Ave | 5wI | 10wM | SRate | Econ | |
| Gentlemen of the South | 4003 | 336 | 1855 | 113 | 8-40 | 16.41 | 11 | 2 | 35.42 | 2.78 |
| Gentlemen of England | 3753 | 332 | 1745 | 69 | 7-71 | 25.28 | 4 | 1 | 54.39 | 2.78 |
| Gentlemen | 12719 | 1171 | 5074 | 271 | 8-25 | 18.72 | 21 | 6 | 46.93 | 2.39 |
| South | 8297 | 801 | 3436 | 213 | 9-48 | 16.13 | 15 | 5 | 38.95 | 2.48 |
| South of the Thames | 622 | 67 | 280 | 26 | 7-23 | 10.76 | 3 | 2 | 23.92 | 2.70 |
| England | 1723 | 158 | 685 | 49 | 7-28 | 13.97 | 6 | 1 | 35.16 | 2.38 |
| Marylebone Cricket Club | 13482 | 1320 | 5109 | 337 | 10-49 | 15.16 | 30 | 7 | 40.00 | 2.27 |
| Right-Handed | 189 | 18 | 67 | 9 | 6-24 | 7.44 | 1 | 0 | 21.00 | 2.12 |
| Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club | 1478 | 136 | 700 | 49 | 10-92 | 14.28 | 7 | 3 | 30.16 | 2.84 |
| Gloucestershire | 62137 | 5741 | 24745 | 1339 | 9-55 | 18.48 | 112 | 29 | 46.40 | 2.38 |
| WG Grace's XI | 1182 | 67 | 605 | 31 | 6-67 | 19.51 | 2 | 1 | 38.12 | 3.07 |
| Single | 32 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0-19 | 3.56 | ||||
| United South of England Eleven | 941 | 79 | 440 | 28 | 7-28 | 15.71 | 2 | 2 | 33.60 | 2.80 |
| Kent and Gloucestershire | 743 | 58 | 384 | 21 | 6-35 | 18.28 | 3 | 2 | 35.38 | 3.10 |
| England XI | 1933 | 189 | 792 | 44 | 7-81 | 18.00 | 4 | 2 | 43.93 | 2.45 |
| Gloucestershire and Yorkshire | 280 | 24 | 96 | 4 | 4-73 | 24.00 | 0 | 0 | 70.00 | 2.05 |
| Kent | 244 | 28 | 74 | 3 | 2-58 | 24.66 | 0 | 0 | 81.33 | 1.81 |
| Over 30 | 858 | 91 | 320 | 22 | 6-33 | 14.54 | 3 | 0 | 39.00 | 2.23 |
| United Eleven | 287 | 26 | 159 | 6 | 3-15 | 26.50 | 0 | 0 | 47.83 | 3.32 |
| Orleans Club | 205 | 23 | 92 | 6 | 5-26 | 15.33 | 1 | 0 | 34.16 | 2.69 |
| Non-Smokers | 240 | 26 | 92 | 8 | 5-29 | 11.50 | 1 | 0 | 30.00 | 2.30 |
| Lord Sheffield's XI | 1032 | 111 | 358 | 19 | 6-72 | 18.84 | 1 | 0 | 54.31 | 2.08 |
| Lord Londesborough's XI | 72 | 11 | 17 | 0 | 0-17 | 1.41 | ||||
| CI Thornton's XI | 201 | 17 | 96 | 7 | 5-51 | 13.71 | 1 | 0 | 28.71 | 2.86 |
| The Rest | 58 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 0-9 | 4.24 | ||||
| London County | 8122 | 337 | 3699 | 135 | 7-30 | 27.40 | 12 | 1 | 60.16 | 2.73 |
| Overall | 124833 | 11170 | 50980 | 2809 | 10-49 | 18.14 | 240 | 64 | 44.44 | 2.45 |
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