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Portrait of W G Grace 1848-1915 #1553959

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Portrait of W G Grace 1848-1915 #1553959
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Portrait of William Gilbert (W G) Grace 1848-1915 Circle of Archibald James Stuart Wortley 1849-1905</em></td>
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Titled " W G Grace Esq 1878". William Gilbert "WG" Grace (July 18, 1848 ? October 23, 1915) was an English cricketer who, by his extraordinary skills, made cricket perhaps the first modern spectator sport, and who developed most of the techniques of modern batting.He has always been referred to in print by his initials and "WG" became something of a sobriquet. His family called him "Gilly" but this was never used in cricket circles. Grace was sometimes referred to in his later career as "The Doctor" or "The Old Man".In many of the tributes paid to him, he was referred to as "The Great Cricketer". The respected cricket historian Peter Wynne-Thomas paid tribute to Grace in his book The Hamlyn A - Z of Cricket Records. Writing in 1982, he summarised Grace thus:Even now, 67 years after his death, W G Grace is probably the most easily recognisable sportsman in England and certainly he towers over all his contemporaries in cricket or indeed in any other sport. Undoubtedly he is the greatest of cricketers.

This assessment is indisputable for Grace is the only player in cricket's history who can claim to have been world-class at both batting and bowling as specialist activities; rather than being world-class because of all-round ability per se. For example, Gary Sobers was a world-class all-rounder and also a world-class specialist batsman; but he was not a world-class bowler, albeit a very good one. In a career spanning 44 years, his batting average was 39.45 at first class level, an ...
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#: 2961</td>
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<tr><td>Condition:Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:19th Century</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:UK</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:Circle of Archibald James Stuart Wortley 1849-1905</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:17</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:13.60</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Portrait of W G Grace 1848-1915</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:Traditional</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:Oil on Canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Type:Oil on Canvas</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:london uk</td></tr>
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