Charles Grace

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Charles Grace
Personal information
Full name Charles Butler Grace
Born (1882-03-26)26 March 1882
Bristol, England
Died 6 June 1938(1938-06-06) (aged 56)
Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England
Batting style right-handed batsman
Bowling style right-arm lob
Role all-rounder
Relations WG Grace (father), EM Grace, Fred Grace (uncles), WG Grace, Jr. (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1900 London County
1906 W. G. Grace's XI
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 4
Runs scored 42
Batting average 8.40
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 35
Balls bowled 166
Wickets 3
Bowling average 30.66
5 wickets in innings 1
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/62
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 July 2011

Dr. Charles Butler Grace (born 26 March 1882 at Bristol; died 6 June 1938 at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex) was an English cricketer who was the third-born son of WG Grace, considered one of the greatest cricketers of all time. 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, playing three matches for them in 1898–99.[2] 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.[3] His matches for London County were played alongside his father and brother, WG Grace, Jr. He also participated in his father's last cricket match, for Eltham against Grove Park in July 1914, scoring four runs opening the batting.[4] He died in Sussex in 1938.

References

  1. Roger Page. A History of Tasmanian Cricket (1957 ed.). L. G. Shea, Government Printer, Hobart. p. 46. 
  2. Other matches played by Charles Grace - CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  3. Cricket History at Wadhurst - wadhurstcc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
  4. Image: The scorecard for WG Grace's last innings - ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
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