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Article: Ton-up centurions; Milestone: W. G. Grace, seen in 1913, scored 126 first-class centuries. INSET: Mark Ramprakash.
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- Daily Mail (London)
- Article date:
- August 28, 2008
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QUESTION Mark Ramprakash recently became the 25th player to score 100 firstclass centuries. Who are the others? THESE are the 25 cricketers who have scored 100 first-class centuries, the date at which they achieved this milestone, and the total number of first-class hundreds they scored in their careers. The county named after each batsman was the club for whom he was playing when he scored his 100th century: W. G. Grace (Gloucestershire), May 1895, 126 Tom Hayward (Surrey), June 1913, 104 Jack Hobbs (Surrey), May 1923, 199 Phil Mead (Hampshire), July 1927, 153 Patsy Hendren (Middlesex), November 1928, 170 Frank Woolley (Kent), August 1929, 145 Herbert Sutcliffe ...