W G Grace
The greatest name in English cricket in the 19th Century and still instantly recognised and revered today. 'The Doctor' made cricket a mass spectator sport all over the British Empire. He scored the first triple century against Yorkshire at Cheltenham and was an outstanding right-arm fast bowler
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