[3] It found space to mention his "usual post" in the field was "long stop", before adding "as a player, he at no time ranked with his brothers".
[3] The British Medical Journal noted that Alfred's renown was less than his brothers', but that he played cricket "fairly", an apparent reference to controversies that surrounded WG Grace.
[4] Grace's passion and skill as a horseman led him to a passion for hunting, at which he was "famous for his flair and daring", including a claim that he once jumped a stream that was 30 feet wide, and that he didn't have to buy a hunting horse for 30 years, as friends would give him horses they found difficult.
He was a member of the British Medical Association and was Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Yeoman Cavalry.
[5] During his practice, he noticed apparent benefits of dosing women who were suffering from seizures during labour with morphine, and wrote a letter about his findings, published in The British Medical Journal in 1889.