Wg Grace

An All-Time Eleven of English Openers

IST 14 April 2017 •8:22 PM IST

The WG Grace: a stylish Bristol pub, but bears little more than the Champion’s name

13 April 2017 •3:32 PM IST

WG Grace Pilgrimage: The house where he was born and the ground next to it

08 April 2017 •5:17 PM IST

Celebrating New Year: How five of the greatest cricketers did it

01 January 2017 •7:00 AM IST

WG Grace’s bat to be auctioned by Newcastle auctioneers Anderson & Garland

05 December 2016 •1:36 PM IST

Wg Grace News

Zafar Ansari and 15 other most educated cricketers

While avid followers of the game know that Ansari is a left-arm spinner and a handy batsman, very few are aware that he has a double first from Cambridge University in politics and sociology.

28 October 2016 •6:54 PM IST

WG Grace (81), William Woof (71) bowl 152 maidens in an innings

The glory days of Gloucestershire were a thing of the past by 1885, but WG Grace was not a man to concede defeat so easily. Though the golden 1880s were past him, he continued to deliver with both bat and ball, often unaided.

29 July 2016 •4:13 PM IST

8 iconic Test moments at Old Trafford

Ahead of the second England-Pakistan Test, let's take a look at the history of the venue Old Trafford, where England have so far played 75 Tests, winning 26, losing 14 while 35 Tests have ended in a draw.

22 July 2016 •10:12 AM IST

Virender Sehwag rates Sachin Tendulkar above WG Grace!

Sehwag is one of the most loved Indian cricketers and easily one of the most active cricketers on social media.

18 July 2016 •8:28 PM IST

The death of 29-year old Fred Grace

The day cricket fraternity had a rude shock when The Grim Reaper claimed the youngest Grace brother, Fred.

11 July 2016 •7:00 AM IST

When WG Grace played with Don Bradman’s uncle

WG Grace was on his second tour of Australia, leading Lord Sheffield’s XI in what would turn out to be an unsuccessful effort to retain The Ashes.

27 June 2016 •7:00 AM IST

The day WG Grace was chucked out at Batley

At Billy Wood’s Croft in Batley, a man called Sam Smithson did something unusual to get rid of the great man.

16 June 2016 •10:57 AM IST

WG Grace scores 399 and gets the scorer to add a run

WC Grace scored his only known 400, but not before some controversy and help from the scorer.

30 May 2016 •6:56 AM IST

John Conway: ‘and one man in his time plays many parts….’

John Conway was manager of the Australian XI’s England and North American tours in 1878.

28 May 2016 •2:31 PM IST

EM Grace tries to trick his brothers, but WG makes his plan backfire

All five sons of Dr Henry Mills Grace played cricket, but it was probably the passion of Henry, the eldest, that made the patriarch take to the sport seriously.

18 May 2016 •8:00 AM IST

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