“He revolutionised cricket. He turned it from an accomplishment into a science.”

— K. S. Ranjitsinhji , book The Jubilee Book of Cricket

Of W. G. Grace
The Jubilee Book of Cricket (1897)

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Indian cricket player. 1872–1933

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