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W.G. Grace's 100th First-Class Hundred — 288 v Somerset, 17 May 1895

Gloucestershire v Somerset

1895-05-17

On 17 May 1895, in his 47th year, W.G. Grace became the first cricketer to score 100 first-class hundreds, raising the milestone in a Championship match against Somerset at Bristol. He carried on to 288 — his ninth-highest career score — and when he reached 200 the home crowd brought champagne onto the field for him to toast himself at the wicket. It was the centrepiece of an 'Indian Summer' that produced 1,016 runs in May alone.

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W.G. Grace's 1,000 Runs in May — The First Time, 1895

Gloucestershire v Sussex/Somerset/Yorkshire/Middlesex/Kent

1895-05-30

Grace started his 1895 season on 9 May and finished it on 30 May with 1,016 first-class runs at an average over 100. Scores of 13, 103, 18, 25, 288, 52, 257, 73*, 18 and 169 made him the first player to score 1,000 first-class runs in May, a Victorian benchmark only matched twice since — by Wally Hammond in 1927 and Charlie Hallows in 1928. He was 46 going on 47.

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