Dr William Gilbert Grace is considered to be the father of cricket.
- Nickname: WG
- Born on: July 18, 1848
- Birth Place: Bristol, England
- Died on: December 23, 1915 in Nottingham
- Highest Score: 344 runs
- Not out: 105 times
- Starting his cricketing career at the age of 17, he officially retired at 60.
- Grace scored 54,818 runs and 2876 wickets from 872 games of first-class cricket.
- The first century in Test cricket and 1000 runs in a single season are records created by him.
- Portrait of Grace by Herbert Rose Barraud.
