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Did Demon Spofforth have the measure of WG Grace?

January 31, 2015

WG Grace ruled the cricket world with the bat. Fred Spofforth did so with the ball. One played for England the other for Australia. The rivalry was bound to be legendary. But were the encounters one-sided? Arunabha Sengupta looks at the numbers to find whether or not the Demon had the edge on The Father of Cricket.

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