W.G. Grace

On By Sebastian OñateIn All-Rounder, Cricket

WGGCricket
All-Rounder

Born: July 18, 1848,
Bristol, England
Died: Oct. 23, 1915

Active: 1865-1908

Offense

Year Country Matches Runs Offense
1865 England 5 189 0.68
1866 England 8 581 2.16
1867 England 4 154 0.60
1868 England 7 588 2.36
1869 England 15 1320 5.08
1870 England 21 1808 6.85
1871 England 25 2739 10.01
1872 England 20 1485 6.23
1873 England 20 1805 7.14
1874 England 21 1664 6.74
1875 England 26 1498 6.05
1876 England 26 2622 8.97
1877 England 24 1474 5.52
1878 England 24 1151 5.10
1879 England 18 880 4.38
1880 England 16 951 3.93
1881 England 13 792 2.90
1882 England 22 975 3.66
1883 England 22 1352 4.53
1884 England 26 1361 4.62
1885 England 25 1688 5.65
1886 England 33 1846 6.41
1887 England 24 2062 6.16
1888 England 33 1886 7.56
1889 England 24 1396 5.11
1890 England 30 1476 5.25
1891 England 24 771 3.14
1891-92 Australia 8 448 1.29
1892 England 21 1055 3.70
1893 England 28 1609 4.92
1894 England 27 1293 4.94
1895 England 29 2346 7.09
1896 England 30 2135 5.95
1897 England 25 1532 4.34
1898 England 26 1513 4.50
1899 England 13 515 1.34
1900 England 19 1277 3.61
1901 England 19 1007 2.46
1902 England 22 1187 3.91
1903 England 16 593 1.86
1904 England 15 637 1.66
1905 England 9 250 0.66
1906 England 5 241 0.62
1907 England 1 19 0.06
1908 England 1 40 0.12
Total 870 54,211 189.83

Defense 1: Wickets Taken

Season Caught Stumped Bowled LBW Def 1
1865 5 6 0 0.55
1866 9 10 2 1.05
1867 4 14 0 0.90
1868 5 13 0 0.90
1869 12 33 2 2.35
1870 19 16 1 1.80
1871 32 3 28 5 3.40
1872 27 12 1 2.00
1873 29 15 5 2.45
1874 35 25 7 3.35
1875 40 37 15 4.60
1876 46 31 10 4.35
1877 37 40 11 4.40
1878 42 26 9 3.85
1879 23 27 3 2.65
1880 17 24 8 2.45
1881 20 20 5 2.25
1882 22 32 9 3.15
1883 35 1 25 9 3.50
1884 30 22 9 3.05
1885 31 29 13 3.65
1886 36 38 20 4.70
1887 21 1 33 11 3.30
1888 34 30 17 4.05
1889 22 9 7 1.90
1890 31 9 12 2.60
1891 19 18 7 2.20
1891-92 17 2 1 1.00
1892 14 8 2 1.20
1893 21 9 5 1.75
1894 18 9 5 1.60
1895 31 3 3 1.85
1896 18 16 3 1.85
1897 15 9 5 1.45
1898 20 13 8 2.05
1899 7 8 3 0.90
1900 6 10 7 1.15
1901 7 18 6 1.55
1902 6 18 7 1.55
1903 5 0 0 0.25
1904 2 4 6 0.60
1905 2 1 1 0.20
1906 4 2 2 0.40
1907 0 0.00
1908 0 0 0 0.00
Total 876 5 752 262 94.75

Defense 2: Runs Prevented

Season Runs Allowed W Def 2 Defense Total
1865 268 20 0.94 0.74 0.71
1866 483 31 1.24 1.14 1.65
1867 293 39 2.49 1.69 1.15
1868 639 44 1.49 1.19 1.78
1869 1189 73 2.54 2.45 3.76
1870 785 50 1.47 1.64 4.24
1871 1345 79 2.56 2.98 6.50
1872 678 56 2.65 2.32 4.28
1873 1093 75 2.69 2.57 4.85
1874 1758 139 5.53 4.44 5.59
1875 2473 191 7.88 6.24 6.15
1876 2457 130 3.78 4.06 6.52
1877 2293 179 8.14 6.27 5.90
1878 2208 153 4.76 4.30 4.70
1879 1414 105 3.50 3.07 3.73
1880 1479 84 1.87 2.16 3.05
1881 879 45 1.09 1.67 2.28
1882 1752 101 3.02 3.09 3.37
1883 2077 94 1.94 2.72 3.63
1884 1762 82 1.78 2.41 3.52
1885 2199 117 4.18 3.91 4.78
1886 2439 122 3.47 4.08 5.25
1887 2082 97 3.13 3.22 4.69
1888 1691 93 2.04 3.05 5.30
1889 1020 44 0.47 1.18 3.14
1890 1182 61 1.66 2.13 3.69
1891 973 58 1.98 2.09 2.62
1891-92 134 5 0.09 0.55 0.92
1892 958 31 -0.24 0.48 2.09
1893 854 22 -0.57 0.59 2.75
1894 732 29 -0.10 0.75 2.84
1895 527 16 -0.09 0.88 3.99
1896 1249 52 1.70 1.77 3.86
1897 1242 56 2.23 1.84 3.09
1898 915 36 1.15 1.60 3.05
1899 482 20 0.80 0.85 1.09
1900 969 32 0.54 0.84 2.23
1901 1111 51 2.31 1.93 2.19
1902 1074 46 1.38 1.46 2.69
1903 479 10 -0.47 -0.11 0.88
1904 687 21 0.36 0.48 1.07
1905 383 7 -0.31 -0.05 0.30
1906 268 13 0.55 0.48 0.55
1907 0 0.00 0.03
1908 5 0 -0.01 -0.01 0.05
Total 50,980 2809 87.59 91.17 140.50

160-game average: 25.84
Apples & Oranges rating: 37.69

Offensive 160-game average: 34.91
Defensive 160-game average: 16.77

Links:
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Notes on WG Grace: The greatest of them all?

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