Charles Grace

Charles Grace

Personal information
Full name	Charles Butler Grace
Born	26 March 1882 Bristol, England
Died	6 June 1938 (aged 56) Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England
Batting style	right-handed batsman
Bowling style	right-arm lob
Role	all-rounder
Relations	WG Grace (father), EM Grace, Fred Grace (uncles), WG Grace, Jr. (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1900	London County
1906	W. G. Grace's XI
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 4 Runs scored 42 Batting average 8.40 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 35 Balls bowled 166 Wickets 3 Bowling average 30.66 5 wickets in innings 1 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 3/62 Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 10 July 2011

Dr Charles Butler Grace (26 March 1882 at Bristol – 6 June 1938 at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex) was an English cricketer who was the third-born son of WG Grace, considered one of the greatest cricketers of all time. He was named after Charles Butler, a Tasmanian cricketer with whom W. G. Grace had stayed in 1873-74 and who became a friend.^[1]

He attended Clifton College, playing for the school's first eleven cricket team in 1898–99.^[2] He played four first-class matches for London County in 1900 and W. G. Grace's XI in 1906. Grace was an exponent of lob bowling, and continued this practice well after it had become uncommon in first-class matches.^[3] His matches for London County were played alongside his father and brother, W. G. Grace, Jr. He also participated in his father's last cricket match, for Eltham against Grove Park in July 1914, scoring four runs opening the batting.^[4] He died in Sussex in 1938.

References

1. Roger Page. A History of Tasmanian Cricket (1957 ed.). L. G. Shea, Government Printer, Hobart. p. 46.
2. Other matches played by Charles Grace - CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
3. Cricket History at Wadhurst - wadhurstcc.co.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
4. Image: The scorecard for WG Grace's last innings - ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 10 July 2011.