 In the field, he took 31 catches and 16 wickets with a best analysis of 5–87.His bowling average was 32.93; he had 5 wickets in an innings once.Following his "Indian Summer", Grace was the sole recipient of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year award for 1896, the first of only three times that "Wisden" has restricted the award to a single player, there being normally five recipients.