Personal information
Full name	William Gilbert Grace
Born	18 July 1848 Downend, near Bristol, England
Died	23 October 1915 (aged 67) Mottingham, London, England
Nickname	W. G., The Doctor, The Champion, The Big ‘Un, The Old Man
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Role	All-rounder
Relations	George Pocock (grandfather)E. M. Grace, Fred Grace (brothers)George Gilbert (cousin)Walter Gilbert (cousin)William Gilbert Rees (cousin)William Lee Rees (cousin)
International information
National side	England
Test debut (cap 24)	6 September 1880 v Australia
Last Test	1 June 1899 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1869–1904	Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)
1870–1899	Gloucestershire
1900–1904	London County
Career statistics
CompetitionTestsFirst-class[a]Matches22878 (870)Runs scored1,09854,896 (54,211)Batting average32.2939.55 (39.45)100s/50s2/5126/254 (124/251)Top score170344 (344)Balls bowled666126,157 (124,833)Wickets92,864+12 (2,809)Bowling average26.2217.99 (18.14)5 wickets in innings0246 (240)10 wickets in match066 (64)Best bowling2/1210/49 (10/49)Catches/stumpings39/–887/5 (876/5)

WG Grace (1880 -1899) – WG Grace is considered
as the father of English cricket and played an
important role in promoting and developing the game.
He attracted huge crowds during his playing days. He
debuted for England in September, 1880 against
Australia.

He played 22 Tests and scored 1,098 runs at
an average of 32. He had an outstanding first-class
career that lasted more than 40 seasons and scored
54,211 runs. It included 124 centuries and 251 fifty
plus scores.