Identifier: wgcricketingremi00grac (find matches)
Title: "W.G.", cricketing reminiscences and personal recollections
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: Grace, W. G. (William Gilbert), 1848-1915
Subjects: Cricket
Publisher: London, J. Bowden
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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PHOTO byJ (reinhold thiele. PRINCE RANJITSINHJI AT THE WICKET. A DETRIMENT TO SUSSEX 245 Ferris returned to Australia this year, andalthough he had done very little for Gloucester-shire for some time as far as bowling was con-cerned, his batting was greatly missed. For thefirst time for about thirty-five years E. M. tookno part in first - class cricket. Ranjitsinhjisappearance under the residential qualificationvastly strengthened the batting of the Sussexteam, which also received a valuable accession inMr. C. B. Fry, but the weakness of Sussex cricketthis season, as it had been for many years,was the need of really good bowlers. I some-times think that the remarkable run-gettingqualities of the Hove Ground are a seriousdetriment to Sussex cricket, as their oppo-nents generally find it easy to pile up big scoresagainst the Sussex bowling, when aided bythe singularly fast wickets always obtainable atBrighton. During this summer two amateur teams ofEnglish cricketers crossed the Atlanti

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