[A Ball Player’s Career by Adrian C. Anson]@TWC D-Link bookA Ball Player’s Career CHAPTER XXX 5/14
Here another large and enthusiastic crowd of 6,000 people greeted us, and there was more cheering and excitement than we had yet heard since our arrival in England.
It was another pretty and close game, in which the All-Americas carried off the honors by a score of 5 to 2, the batting, fielding and base running of both teams being again above the average. At seven o'clock the next morning we left London for Bristol, the home of the famous cricketers, Dr.W.G.and Mr.E.M.Grace, whose exploits in the batting line have made them celebrated in the annals of the English National Game.
Our journey to Bristol was a delightful one and when we arrived there at noon we were met by a committee composed of the Duke of Beaufort, Dr.Grace and the officials of the Gloucester County Cricket Club, and driven to the Grand Hotel, where introductions were in order.
The Duke of Beaufort was certainly: "A fine old English gentleman," and one who, in spite of his sixty years, was greatly interested in athletic sports.
After a good dinner, over which His Grace presided and, after the usual toasts had been proposed and drank, we were driven to the Gloucester Cricket Grounds, which had but just been completed, at a cost of some twelve thousand pounds, and which were as pretty and well-equipped as any grounds in England.
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