Charles Grace Explained

Charles Grace
Country:England
Fullname:Charles Butler Grace
Birth Date:26 March 1882
Birth Place:Bristol, England
Death Place:Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England
Batting:Right-handed
Bowling:Right-arm lob
Role:All-rounder
Club1:London County
Year1:1900
Club2:W. G. Grace's XI
Year2:1906
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:4
Runs1:42
Bat Avg1:8.40
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:35
Deliveries1:166
Wickets1:3
Bowl Avg1:30.66
Fivefor1:1
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:3/62
Catches/Stumpings1:3/–
Year:2011
Date:10 July
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29727/29727.html CricketArchive

Dr Charles Butler Grace (26 March 1882 – 6 June 1938) was an English first-class cricketer who was the third-born son of W. G. Grace. He was named after Charles Butler, a Tasmanian cricketer with whom W. G. Grace had stayed in 1873-74 and who became a friend.[1]

He attended Clifton College,[2] playing for the school's first eleven cricket team in 1898–99.[3] He played four first-class matches for London County in 1900 and W. G. Grace's XI in 1906. Grace was an exponent of lob bowling, and continued this practice well after it had become uncommon in first-class matches.[4] His matches for London County were played alongside his father and brother, W. G. Grace junior. He also participated in his father's last cricket match, for Eltham against Grove Park in July 1914, scoring four runs opening the batting.[5] He died in Sussex in 1938.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Roger Page . A History of Tasmanian Cricket . 1957 . L. G. Shea, Government Printer, Hobart . 46.
  2. "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p202: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  3. https://archive.today/20120708212245/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29727/Other_matches.html Other matches played by Charles Grace
  4. http://www.wadhurstcc.co.uk/History/History.html Cricket History at Wadhurst
  5. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/image/294154.html?object=13698 Image: The scorecard for WG Grace's last innings