List of first-class cricket centuries by W. G. Grace
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Grace made his first-class debut in June 1865 appearing for the Gentlemen of the South against the Players of the South at
He scored his 100th century in 1895; at the time this was reckoned to be made in the county match between Gloucestershire and Somerset. Somerset's captain, Sammy Woods recollects the moment in his reminiscences:[17]
During May we had a weird game at Bristol v. Gloucester. We scored 200 for 1 wicket. W. G. then went on and took 5 wickets, and we were all out for 300. He then proceeded to go in first and help himself to 288, and to get his hundredth century. I had the satisfaction of giving him a full pitch to get to his hundred, not that he wanted any help.
Grace comments in his memoirs that he was glad to make his hundredth century at Gloucestershire's ground.[18] Excluding the two centuries not considered first-class by some modern statisticians, Grace's hundredth century came later in the same month when he scored 169 for Gloucestershire against Middlesex at Lord's. He scored his final first-class century in July 1904 for London County, reaching 166 against the Marylebone Cricket Club. He played first-class cricket for another four seasons, and scored 15 and 25 for the Gentlemen of England in his final outing, an innings defeat against Surrey.[4][19]
Key
- * denotes that he remained not out.
- Pos. denotes his position in the batting order.
- Inn. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
- Date denotes the date on which the match began.
- Drawn denotes that the match was drawn.
- Lost denotes that the match was lost by Grace's team.
- Won denotes that the match was won by Grace's team.
- D denotes that the century was scored in a match not universally considered first-class.
- T denotes that the century was scored in a Test match.
Centuries
References
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- Specific
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