Controversies in 1873

2 incidents documented

W.G. Grace's 1873 Double — First 1,000 Runs and 100 Wickets in a Season

Gloucestershire / MCC / Gentlemen / South

1873-08-31

In 1873 W.G. Grace became the first cricketer to score 1,000 first-class runs and take 100 first-class wickets in the same English season. He repeated the feat seven more times before 1886. The 'Grace double' set the bar for the all-rounder's season for the next century.

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W.G. Grace's Honeymoon Tour of Australia — 1873-74

England (W.G. Grace's XI) in Australia

1873-10-01

Two weeks after marrying Agnes Day in October 1873, W.G. Grace took her on his honeymoon by sailing to Australia at the head of a private cricket tour. He was paid £1,500 — the equivalent of well over £100,000 today — for what was effectively a privately organised England side. The tour played 15 matches across Australia and laid the groundwork for the Test era that followed three years later.

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