W G Grace - An Intimate Biography

From his emergence as a teenage prodigy to well past his fiftieth year W.G dominated the game of cricket, taking 2,876 first-class wickets and scoring 54,896 first-class runs in a career lasting an incredible 43 years, from 1865 to 1908. His beard and massive frame made him instantly recognisable whererever he went and his gamesmanship and wit were legendary.