Detailing the beginning of the game and Sir W.G. Grace
- Years back, Dr. Swear found the oldest papers at Richmond which read the score sheet of a match between Slindon and London.
- It was referred to as the oldest scoreboard paper.
- The match was played on 2nd June 1744.
- Edwin Sted is regarded as the father of Kent cricket.
- In the beginning Surrey had Kent as their main opponents.
- The rules were initially made at the Artillery ground of Middlesex.
- This ground was considered as the Mecca of cricket.
In 1787, Lord's emerged as the centre of world cricket.
The Merylbone Cricket Club was also established in this year.
The Lord's was named after the Yorkshire player Thomas Lord.
The matches between the two most famous schools of that time Eton and Harrow were held at Lords..
WG Grace began his cricketing career in 1864.
This was the year when the “underarm” bowling lost to “overarm” one.
Grace’s mother is the only woman to be mentioned in the Wisden.
When he was 16, he played an innings of 170 showcasing his talent.
He scored a mammoth 224 at the Oval in a match which was played between Lungland and Surrey.
He was just 18 at that time.
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