 Fry and Stanley Jackson who were both playing in the match, Jackson batting with Grace at the time.Grace made 30 first-class appearances in 1896, scoring 2,135 runs, with a highest score of 301, at an average of 42.70 with 4 centuries and 11 half-centuries.In the field, he took 18 catches and 52 wickets with a best analysis of 7–59.