| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | George Frederick Grace | |||
| Born | 13 December 1850 Downend, South Gloucestershire, England |
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| Died | 22 September 1880 (aged 29) Basingstoke, Hampshire, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right arm fast (roundarm) | |||
| Role | Occasional wicket-keeper | |||
| Relations | E. M. Grace, W. G. Grace (brothers) | |||
| International information | ||||
| National side | England | |||
| Only Test (cap 23) | 6 September 1880 v Australia | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1870–1880 | Gloucestershire | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | Test | First-class | ||
| Matches | 1 | 195 | ||
| Runs scored | 0 | 6,906 | ||
| Batting average | 0.00 | 25.02 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 8/32 | ||
| Top score | 0 | 189 not out | ||
| Balls bowled | 0 | 17,661 | ||
| Wickets | – | 329 | ||
| Bowling average | – | 20.06 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | – | 17 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | – | 5 | ||
| Best bowling | – | 8/43 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 2/– | 171/3 | ||
| Source: Cricinfo, 1 October 2009 | ||||
George Frederick ("Fred") Grace (13 December 1850 in Bristol – 22 September 1880 in Basingstoke, Hampshire) was the youngest of the three Grace brothers to play Test match cricket for England. Fred was an attractive batsman, but one who lacked the concentration and resolve to build a long innings. Like his 2 famous brothers he made a duck on his first-class debut. Grace was selected along with his two brothers WG and EM to play in the first Test in England in 1880. He was out for nought in both innings but held a skyscraping catch at the Vauxhall end off the giant Australian batsman George Bonnor. Two weeks later he was dead of pneumonia, caught, it was said, as the result of sleeping in a damp bed.
The Times wrote, "His manly and straightforward conduct and genial manners won him not only popularity, but the esteem of hosts and friends". 3000 people followed his coffin and the touring Australians wore black armbands during their last match.
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