Today in Cricket History (Part 10)
Sub-Topics: Sheffield Shield
Historical Events
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Famous Birthdays
Results 901 - 1,000 of 2,049
1939-02-27 - Lester King, cricketer (WI fast bowler, 2 Tests 1962-68, 9 wkts)
1939-03-03 - M L Jaisimha, cricketer (Indian batsman of the sixties)
1939-03-06 - Jerry Naylor, Stephenville Tx, rock vocalist (Crickets)
1939-03-17 - Shahid Mahmoud, cricketer (opener scored 16 & 9 in only Pak Test)
1939-03-19 - Abbas Ali Baig, cricketer (Indian bat 112 on debut v England 1959)
1939-03-29 - Hanumant Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India-century on debut)
1939-04-19 - Michael Macaulay, cricketer (Tvl, W Prov, OFS, NE Tvl, E Prov & S Afr)
1939-05-18 - Glen Hardin, Texas, rocker (Crickets)
1939-06-11 - Rachel Heyhoe Flint, English cricket player/journalist
1939-06-12 - Geoff Griffin, cricketer (S Afr quick, hat-trick & chuck v Eng 1960)
1939-06-20 - R B Desai, cricketer (effective pace bowler for India in 60s)
1939-06-27 - Neil Hawke, cricketer (Aust pace bowler & late-order bat in 60s)
1939-06-29 - Alan Connolly, cricketer (Australian pace bowler through 60s)
1939-06-29 - Ron Headley, cricketer (son of George, 2 Tests WI v England 1973)
1939-07-06 - Man Mohan Sood, cricketer (scored 0 & 3 in his only Test for India)
1939-07-15 - Haseeb Ahsan, Pakistani cricket off-spinner (12 Tests 1958-62)
1939-07-31 - Roger Prideaux, cricketer (England batsman in 3 Tests 1968-69)
1939-08-03 - A K Sen Gupta, cricketer (Test India v WI 1959 without distinction)
1939-08-31 - Jerry Allison, Hillsboro Tx, rock drummer (Buddy Holly & Crickets)
1939-09-23 - Henry Blofeld, English cricket commentator
1939-10-02 - B K Kunderan, cricketer (Indian keeper-batsman of 60's)
1939-11-05 - Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler (1961-62 series v NZ)
1939-12-31 - Afaq Hussain, cricketer (Pakistani off-spinner in 2 Tests 1961-64)
1940-01-12 - Dick Motz, cricketer (1st NZer to take 100 Test wickets)
1940-02-17 - Dennis Gamsy, cricketer (S African bat in 2 Tests v Australia 1970)
1940-03-23 - Brian Hastings, cricketer (NZ batsman in 70's)
1940-03-30 - Norman Gifford, cricketer (respected England slow left-armer 1964-73)
1940-04-16 - David Holford, cricketer (cousin of G S Sobers WI leg-spin all-rounder)
1940-04-24 - David Larter, cricketer (two-metre tall England pace bowler)
1940-04-29 - Brian Taber, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian between Grout & Marsh)
1940-05-02 - Bryan Davis, cricketer (bro of Charlie WI batsman v Australia 1965)
1940-05-18 - Pat Trimborn, cricket pace bowler (South African in 4 Tests 1966-70)
1940-05-22 - Erapalli Prasanna, cricketer (one of India's big four spinners)
1940-06-03 - Richard Edwards, cricketer (WI pace bowler 1968-69 Aust/NZ tour)
1940-06-05 - H R "Tiger" Lance, cricketer (S African batting all-rounder 1961-67)
1940-06-23 - Mike Shrimpton, cricketer (occasional NZ Test batsman 1963-74)
1940-07-10 - Keith Stackpole, cricketer (aggressive Australian opener 1966-74)
1940-08-01 - Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire
1940-08-08 - Dilip Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of 60's)
1940-08-12 - Eddie Barlow, cricketer (Great South African all-rounder)
1940-08-20 - Rex Sellers, Aust cricketer leg-spinner (bowled 5 overs in Tests)
1940-10-05 - Bob Cowper, cricketer (Aust LHB, 307 v England MCG 1966 Very rich
1940-10-21 - Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer (stoic England opener 1964-82)
1940-11-13 - Jack Birkenshaw, cricketer (England off-spinner 1973-74)
1940-11-16 - Chris Balderstone, cricket batsman (England, belated faced WI in 1976)
1940-11-21 - Javed Akhtar, cricketer (Pakistani off-spinner took 0-52 in 1962 Test)
1940-12-01 - Mike Denness, cricketer (England batsman & captain mid-70s)
1940-12-18 - Arnold Long, cricketer (prolific wicketkeeper for Surrey & Sussex)
1941-01-05 - Bob Cunis, cricketer (New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's)
1941-01-05 - Mansur Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, Indian batsman & capt)
1941-02-03 - Gary Bartlett, cricket pace bowler (NZ in 10 Tests in the 1960's)
1941-02-10 - John Hampshire, cricketer (of Yorkshire Century on debut for Eng 1969)
1941-02-12 - Ross Morgan, cricketer (NZ batsman in 20 Tests 1965-72)
1941-02-23 - Robin Bynoe, cricketer (WI opening batsman in 4 Tests 1959-67)
1941-02-26 - Keith Thomson, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests NZ v India 1968)
1941-03-21 - Malcolm Francke, cricketer (leg-spinner, Ceylon 1956 to Qld 1984)
1941-04-01 - Ajit Wadekar, cricketer (stalwart Indian batsman & capt)
1941-05-07 - Grahame Bilby, cricketer (two Tests NZ v England 1966)
1941-05-11 - Ian Redpath, cricketer (dependable Australian opening batsman 1964-76)
1941-05-14 - Nasim-ul-Ghani, cricketer (Pakistani left-handed all-rounder 1958-73)
1941-05-15 - Cyril Cooray, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test umpire on intl panel)
1941-06-24 - Graham McKenzie, cricketer (prolific Australian pace bowler 1961-71)
1941-06-30 - John Jameson, cricketer (England batsman, 465 p/ship with Kanhai)
1941-06-30 - Peter Pollock, cricketer (bro of Graeme/father of Shaun, S Af quickie)
1941-07-13 - Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler (1964 England tour)
1941-07-17 - Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper (too often in Knotty's shadow)
1941-08-14 - Peter Truscott, cricketer (one Test NZ v Pakistan 1965, 3 & 26)
1941-09-04 - Ramesh Sethi, East African cricketer
1941-09-29 - David Steele, cricketer (England batsman, courageous v Lillee 1975)
1941-10-13 - John Snow, cricketer (fiery England quickie Unpopular with Aussies)
1941-10-23 - Colin Milburn, cricketer (England bat whose career was cut short)
1941-10-29 - Brian Yuile, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer took 34 wkts in 17 Tests)
1941-12-08 - Geoff Hurst, cricketer (Essex 1962, better known as soccer immortal)
1941-12-10 - Jeff Jones, cricketer (England left-arm pace bowler in 60's)
1941-12-14 - Barry Hadlee, cricketer (bro of Dayle & Richard, NZ World Cup 1975)
1941-12-28 - Intikhab Alam, Pakistan cricket leg-spinner (1959-77)
1941-12-31 - Milkha Singh, cricketer (bro of Kripal Singh India batsman in 4 Tests)
1942-01-14 - Ian Brayshaw, Australian cricketer and footballer
1942-01-23 - Laurie Mayne, cricketer (Australian pace bowler in 6 Tests 1965-70)
1942-01-30 - Dave Brown, cricketer (Warwicks pace bowler, played 26X for England)
1942-02-01 - Dave Sincock, cricketer (chinaman bowler played for Aust 1964-66)
1942-03-07 - U N Kulkarni, cricketer (Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68)
1942-04-05 - Arthur Barrett, cricketer (WI leggie early 70's)
1942-04-28 - Mike Brearley, cricketer (outstanding England captain 1977-81)
1942-05-08 - Robin Hobbs, cricketer (England leg-spinner 1967-71)
1942-05-24 - Ali Bacher, cricketer (South African batsman & capt in 60's)
1942-06-09 - Richard Hutton, cricketer (son of Len, 5 Tests 1971)
1942-06-11 - Somachandra De Silva, cricketer (Sri Lankan leg-spinner 1982-84)
1942-08-30 - Pervez Sajjad, Pakistani cricket left-arm spinner (19 Tests 1964-73)
1942-09-25 - Peter Petherick, cricketer (NZ slow lefty 1976-77, hat-trick on debut)
1942-09-29 - Rajinder Goel, cricketer (slow lefty who didn't play for India)
1942-11-11 - Roy Fredericks, cricketer (brilliant WI lefty opener 169 v Aust 1975)
1942-11-14 - John Du Preez, cricketer (S Afr leg-spin all-rounder v Aust 1966-67)
1942-12-08 - Hemant Kanitkar, cricketer (batted in two Tests India v WI 1974)
1942-12-26 - Barry Wood, cricketer (England opener in early 70's)
1943-03-30 - Bob Blewett, cricketer (father of Greg South Aust batsman 1975-79)
1943-04-07 - Dennis Amiss, cricketer (prolific English batsman)
1943-04-16 - Johnny Watkins, cricketer (NSW leg-spinner, bowled 6 overs for Aust)
1943-04-22 - Steve Dunne, cricketer (NZ Test umpire on international panel)
1943-05-09 - Maurice Foster, cricketer (West Indies batsman of 70's)
Famous Deaths
Results 901 - 922 of 922
2002-03-23 - Ben Hollioake, English cricketer (b. 1977)
2002-06-01 - Hansie Cronje, South African cricketer (b. 1969)
2002-09-08 - Laurie Williams, West Indian cricketer (b. 1968)
2004-01-19 - David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)
2004-04-06 - Niki Sullivan, American guitarist (The Crickets) (b. 1937)
2005-05-30 - Fazal Mahmood, Pakistani cricketer (b. 1927)
2005-06-18 - Syed Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (b. 1914)
2005-09-08 - Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932)
2006-01-19 - Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1921)
2006-06-15 - Herb Pearson, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1910)
2006-07-01 - Fred Trueman, English cricketer (b. 1931)
2006-08-26 - Clyde Walcott, Barbadian West Indies cricketer (b. 1926)
2006-09-29 - Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1915)
2007-03-16 - Manjural Islam, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)
2007-03-18 - Bob Woolmer, South African cricketer and Pakistan national coach (b. 1948)
2007-04-25 - Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)
2007-04-29 - Dick Motz, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1940)
2007-05-24 - Bill Johnston, Australian cricketer (b. 1922)
2007-11-12 - Khanmohammed Ibrahim, Indian cricketer (b. 1919)
2007-11-21 - Noel McGregor, New Zealand cricketer (b. 1931)
2007-12-25 - Desmond Barrick, English Cricketer (b. 1927)
2008-03-16 - Bill Brown, Australian cricketer (b. 1912)
