The Grace clan hated losing in cricket, and none less than WG. He wanted to push for victories, not a very common trait in the era he played. Playing against Sussex at Bristol, however, he really had to push things; so, in the absence of KS Ranjitsinhji, Grace himself graced the field (if you mind the pun) as substitute. Abhishek Mukherjee recalls August 7, 1895, a day that saw The Doctor take field against Gloucestershire.