"W.G.'s" LAUGH
Sir-In your issue of November 18 "W. Hiskers" questions my description of We G. Grace’s laugh as "deep." In The Memorial Biography of W. G. Grace, edited by Lord Hawke and others (1919), a collection of tributes and reminiscences by friends of the great cricketer, there are numerous references to what one of the writers describes as his "spontaneous, infectious laugh," and to his use of his voice, all of which suggests that, although his voice was high-pitched, it was loud, and that his laughter was deep. Here are a few of them: "W.G.’s stentorian bidding," "W.G. roared with laughter," "Grace thundered to a visiting captain," "his big heart and loud, hearty laughter," "W.G. growled deeply in his beard," "W.G. roared at his fielders," and, most delightful, I think, " ‘Obgtruction be damned!’ bellowed W.G."
J.C.
R.
(Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 546, 9 December 1949, Page 5
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139"W.G.'s" LAUGH New Zealand Listener, Volume 22, Issue 546, 9 December 1949, Page 5
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