W. G. Grace Jr, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetW. G. Grace Jr
cricketer
Date of Birth: 06-Jul-1874
Place of Birth: West Brompton, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 02-Mar-1905
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About W. G. Grace Jr
- William Gilbert Grace Jr (6 July 1874 – 2 March 1905) was an English first-class cricketer who was the first-born son of W.
- G.
- Grace.
- He won scholarships to Clifton College and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he studied mathematics.
- He played in 57 matches for Cambridge University, Gloucestershire and London County in a career lasting from 1893 to 1903, playing as an all-rounder.
- He made 1,324 runs at an average of 15.21 with a highest score of 79, and took 42 wickets at an average of 39.45 with a best of six for 79.Grace often played for Gloucestershire, London County and MCC alongside his father, his brother Charles Grace and his uncle E.
- M.
- Grace, mostly under his father's captaincy.
- Grace also played rugby union for the Northants and East Midland XV.
- He became a schoolteacher, teaching at Oundle School in Northamptonshire and then at Royal Naval College, Osborne.
- He died in 1905 at the age of 30 after an operation for appendicitis.
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