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W. G. Grace
William Gilbert Grace (18 July 1848 – 23 October 1915) was an English Amateur status in first-class cricket, amateur cricketer who was important in the development of the sport and is widely considered one of its greatest players. He played first-class cricket for a record-equalling 44 seasons, from 1865 to 1908, during which he captain (cricket), captained England national cricket team, England, Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Gloucestershire, the Gentlemen cricket team, Gentlemen, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the United South of England Eleven (USEE), and several other teams. Right-handed as both batting (cricket), batsman and bowling (cricket), bowler, Grace dominated the sport during his career. His technical innovations and enormous influence left a lasting legacy. An outstanding all-rounder, he excelled at all the essential skills of batting, bowling and fielding (cricket), fielding, but it is for his batting that he is most renowned. He is held to have invented ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Beldam
George William Beldam (1 May 1868 – 23 November 1937) was an English first-class cricketer and a pioneer of sports photography, action photography in sport. George Beldam was the eldest child of a family that was descended from seventeenth-century Huguenot refugees. He studied engineering at Peterhouse, Cambridge, before joining the family engineering company. He captained Peterhouse at cricket, football and tennis, and later played for Brentford F.C. He was a steady right-handed batsman and a right-arm bowler who represented Middlesex County Cricket Club, Middlesex, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and London County Cricket Club, London County in first-class cricket between 1900 and 1907. He scored 6,575 runs (average 30.02) with a personal best of 155not out, * against Surrey County Cricket Club, Surrey at Lord's in 1902 and took 83 catches and 107 wickets (average 30.63) with a personal best of 5/28 versus Lancashire County Cricket Club, Lancashire at Aigburth Cricket Ground, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
