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106 If one were asked to name three players of to-day who would be described as stylists (I apologise for the word), one would select Palairet, A. P. Lucas, and N. F. Druce. Grace never was a stylist in this sense. Effectiveness is the word in batting and bowling; there is style in bowling as well as batting—in fact, the poetry of motion is as conspicuous in one as in the other. Johnny Wisden and Allan Hill are typical of the first, and Palairet and A. P. Lucas of the last. Grace while bowling used to slouch up to the wicket with an ungainly movement of the arm stretched out at full length, and in a stooping posture; but it was a ball very difficult to judge the length of as well as the direction; a ball you thought you could hit to leg you missed and were given out l.b.w. Lastly, to write about Grace is merely to say that in the world of cricket he stands alone—he has never been approached, and in his prime he occupied a class by himself. For some time, Grace with ten third-class players would probably