The Grace clan hated losing in cricket, and none less than WG. He wanted to push for victories, not a very common trait in the era he played. Playing against Sussex at Bristol, however, he really had to push things; so, in the absence of KS Ranjitsinhji, Grace himself graced the field (if you mind the pun) as substitute. Abhishek Mukherjee recalls August 7, 1895, a day that saw The Doctor take field against Gloucestershire.
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12 July 1876. WG gets 400
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There were a lot of things WG Grace was capable of, but declaring his team innings closed in a ‘dead match’ because he had never made a certain score was fantastic even by his outrageous track record. However, he did exactly that on August 3, 1898.Abhishek Mukherjee looks back.
Read MoreWG Grace - eight days that shook the world
Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the amazing exploits of WG Grace during one of his most celebrated purple patches, during 11th to 18th August, 1876. It stunned the cricketing world, even in those days of limited communications.
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