20 Aug 1888 EM Grace opens the innings and chooses his partner after being dropped
Read MoreBob Carpenter's travails against (and alongside) WG
Bob Carpenter bats with WG Grace
Read MoreWG Grace caught on the wrong side of gamesmanship
27 June 1876. WG on the wrong side of gamesmanship
Read MoreJessop, WG and the end to vegetarian nonsense
WG, Jessop and the vegetarian nonsense
Read MoreWG Grace caught by a gentleman's midsection
During the first ever tour undertaken by WG Grace, to Canada and North America in 1872, he fell to a curious dismissal in his first major innings on August 22. Arunabha Sengupta relates the incident.
Read MoreWG Grace: Some immortal anecdotes
WG Grace, born July 18, 1848, was the father of cricket, and has more anecdotes concocted around him than perhaps any other personality in the game. Many are apocryphal; some still have pretensions of truth. Arunabha Sengupta lists 30 of the most colourful.
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