Dr Charles Butler Grace (26 March 1882 – 6 June 1938) was an English

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er who was the third-born son of W. G. Grace. He was named after Charles Butler, a

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cricketer with whom W. G. Grace had stayed in 1873-74 and who became a friend. He attended

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, playing for the school's first eleven cricket team in 1898–99. He played four first-class matches for London County in 1900 and W. G. Grace's XI in 1906. Grace was an exponent of

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, and continued this practice well after it had become uncommon in first-class matches. His matches for London County were played alongside his father and brother, W. G. Grace junior. He also participated in his father's last cricket match, for Eltham against Grove Park in July 1914, scoring four runs opening the batting.Image: The scorecard for WG Grace's last innings
- ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2011. He died in

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in 1938.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Grace, Charles 1882 births 1938 deaths English cricketers London County cricketers People educated at Clifton College Cricketers from Bristol W. G. Grace

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W. G. Grace's XI cricketers