Today in Cricket History (Part 2)

Sub-Topics: Sheffield Shield

Historical Events

Results 101 - 200 of 608

1928-09-15 - Tich Freeman becomes the only bowler to take 300 wickets in an English cricket season.
1928-11-30 - Test Cricket debut of Don Bradman, who scored 18 & 1 vs England
1928-12-14 - 2nd Test Cricket Australia v England starts with Bradman 12th man
1928-12-25 - Christmas Day attendance at cricket MCG (Vic v NSW) 14,887
1929-02-04 - Archie Jackson scores 164 on Test Cricket debut v England at Adelaide
1929-03-13 - Bradman scores 123 Aust v England at MCG, his 2nd Test Cricket ton
1929-11-22 - Bradman scores 157 for NSW against the MCC at cricket SCG
1929-12-10 - Bradman scores 225 in 2nd inn of Test Cricket trial after 124 in 1st
1930-01-24 - J E Mills scores 117 on Test Cricket debut, NZ v England, Wellington
1930-02-25 - George Headley completes twin tons in Test Cricket v Engld (114 & 112)
1930-02-26 - West Indies make 1st Test Cricket win, by 289 runs over England
1930-04-04 - Andrew Sandham makes Test Cricket 1st triple century
1930-04-04 - Les Ames makes the 1st Test Cricket century by a wicketkeeper (149)
1930-04-12 - 4th Test Cricket WI v England ends in a draw after nine days
1930-04-12 - Wilfred Rhodes ends Test Cricket career aged 52 years 165 days
1930-05-31 - Bradman gets his 1,000th run of the English Cricket season
1930-06-01 - Bradman scores cricket 191 Australia v Hampshire, 240 mins, 26 fours
1930-06-17 - Bradman scores 131 in the 1st Test cricket at Trent Bridge
1930-07-12 - Bradman out for 334 in Test Cricket at Headingley, 383 mins, 46 fours
1930-08-20 - Bradman scores 232 in 5th Test Cricket at The Oval
1930-08-22 - Australia regain Ashes on 6th day of 5th Cricket Test
1930-12-15 - Don Bradman takes his 1st Test Cricket wicket (Ivan Barrow, WI, lbw)
1930-12-20 - Learie Constantine cricket 100 in 52 mins WI v Tas (10x4, 1x6, 1x5)
1931-11-27 - 1st Test Cricket match at the Gabba Bradman scores 200 on 1st day
1931-11-28 - Bradman scores 226, the 1st Test Cricket century at Gabba, v S Afr
1931-12-19 - Bradman scores 112 Australia v South Africa at cricket SCG
1932-02-15 - Aust beat S Africa in cricket by an inn in 5 hrs 53 min playing time
1932-06-16 - Sutcliffe & Holmes make 555 opening cricket stand for Yorks v Essex
1932-06-25 - Commencement of India's 1st Test cricket, v England at Lord's
1932-07-07 - Bradman scores a cricket double century in Montreal
1932-11-26 - Bradman completes 10000 runs in first-class cricket, 126 innings
1932-12-30 - Bradman out for a duck v England at cricket MCG
1933-12-17 - B H Valentine scores 133 on Test Cricket debut, Eng v India at Bombay
1933-12-17 - Lala Amarnath scores century on Test Cricket debut (went on to 118)
1934-05-09 - Bradman out for a Cricket duck against Cambridge University!
1934-05-28 - Hobbs scores his 197th & last FC cricket ton at 51 years 163 days
1934-06-09 - 38th US Golf Open: Olin Dutra shoots a 293 at Merion Cricket Club PA
1934-08-18 - Bradman scores 244 in 5th Test Cricket, 316 mins, 32 fours 1 six
1934-08-20 - Ponsford out for 266 in his final Test Cricket match
1934-08-22 - Australia beat England by 562 runs to regain Cricket Ashes
1935-03-15 - George Headley completes 270 in cricket v England at Kingston
1935-05-14 - Northamptonshire County Cricket Club gains (over Somerset at Taunton by 48 runs) what proved to be their last victory for 99 matches, a record in the County Championship. Their next Championship win was not until May 29, 1939.
1935-12-14 - Test Cricket debut of "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith v S Africa, Durban
1935-12-18 - Bradman scores 117 in his 1st Shield cricket match for South Australia
1936-07-03 - Jahangir Khan kills a sparrow while cricket bowling, Cambridge U v MCC
1936-10-10 - Bradman scores 212 in 202 mins in a cricket testimonial game
1936-12-18 - Queensland cricket all out for 49 v Vic, Fleetwood-Smith 7-17
1936-12-21 - Bradman's 2nd consecutive Test Cricket duck! Australia all out 80
1937-02-03 - Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th Test Cricket v England
1937-02-13 - Bradman scores 123 SA v Queensland, 165 mins, 10-4s 1-6 in cricket
1937-02-27 - Bradman scores 169 in 5th Test Cricket v England in 223 minutes
1937-06-26 - Test cricket debut of Len Hutton v NZ at Lord's, scores 0 & 1
1937-12-21 - O'Reilly completes 14-98 for cricket match, NSW v South Aust
1938-05-16 - In cricket Bradman scores 278 Aust v MCC, 349 mins, 35 fours 1 six
1938-05-27 - Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of Eng season, earliest to do so
1938-05-31 - Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's
1938-06-11 - Compton scores 1st Test Cricket ton (102 v Aust) aged 20 yrs 19 days
1938-06-13 - Great Cricket innings of 232 by Stan McCabe v England at Trent Bridge
1938-06-14 - Bradman scores 144* in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
1938-06-28 - Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's
1938-07-08 - Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
1938-07-15 - Arthur Fagg completes 244 & 202 in the same cricket game for Kent
1938-12-26 - Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England v South Africa
1938-12-28 - Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa
1939-06-27 - Headley scores a cricket century in each innings v England at Lord's
1939-09-01 - Last day of 1st-class cricket in England for 6 years
1939-12-30 - Bradman scores 267 SA v Vic, world record 34th double cricket century
1941-12-01 - Last day of first-class cricket in Australia for 4 years
1945-05-19 - Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England & Aust Services
1945-05-20 - Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's
1945-05-21 - Aust Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets
1945-06-26 - England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs
1945-07-16 - Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets
1945-08-06 - Keith Miller scores 110 in the 4 Victory Test Cricket at Lord's
1945-08-22 - England defeat Aust Services by 6 wkts in 5th Victory Test Cricket
1945-11-28 - Aust Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta
1945-12-10 - Aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts
1946-03-29 - 1st Test Cricket between Australia & NZ
1946-03-29 - Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller & Tallon
1946-03-30 - Australia beats NZ in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day
1946-03-30 - Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 & 3-19)
1946-06-22 - Alec Bedser takes 7-49 v India on 1st day of his 1st Test cricket
1946-11-30 - Bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket v England at the Gabba
1947-01-07 - Aust v Eng at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Aust since 1882
1947-02-03 - Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket
1947-02-06 - Compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket
1947-03-21 - Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, NZ v England at Christchurch
1947-03-25 - Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (v NZ, Christchurch)
1947-11-08 - Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 SA v Victoria
1947-12-01 - Bradman scores 185 in the 1st Cricket Test v India at the Gabba
1947-12-01 - India cricket all out for 58 v Australia at the Gabba, Toshack 5-2
1948-01-22 - Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his 1st Test Cricket innings v WI Barbados
1948-02-06 - Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia
1948-02-11 - Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut Eng v WI, out for 140
1948-02-11 - Test Cricket debut of Frank Worrell, v England Port-of-Spain
1948-02-13 - Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for W Indies in only Test Cricket innings
1948-03-15 - Bradman scores 115 for the Australian cricket team v Western Australia
1948-06-12 - Bradman scores 138 in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
1948-06-15 - Bradman is out for a duck, but Australia win Test Cricket anyway
1948-07-27 - Bradman's 29th & last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404

Famous Birthdays

Results 101 - 200 of 2,049

1871-03-19 - Schofield Haigh, cricketer ("Sunshine of the Yorkshire 11")
1871-03-29 - Tom Hayward, cricketer (great England batsman of the Golden Age)
1871-08-01 - John Lester, American cricketer (d. 1969)
1871-12-01 - Archie MacLaren, cricketer (424 Lancashire v Somerset 1895)
1872-03-17 - Billy Quaife, cricketer (England batsman 1899-1902)
1872-04-25 - Charles Burgess Fry, cricketer/world record long jumper
1872-09-10 - Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, India, cricketer/politician
1873-01-28 - M A Noble, cricketer (great Australian all-rounder at turn of century)
1873-04-19 - Sydney Barnes, cricketer (probably England's greatest bowler)
1873-05-08 - Henry Leveson-Gower, cricketer (England capt 1909-10 later official)
1873-10-02 - Pelham Warner, cricketer (England 1898-1912, later notable official)
1873-10-19 - Barton King, cricketer (North America's greatest all-rounder)
1873-11-22 - Johnny Tyldesley, cricketer (brother of Ernest, 31 Tests for England)
1873-12-26 - Thomas Wass, English cricketer (d. 1953)
1874-04-26 - J H "Biddy" Anderson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v Australia 1902)
1874-05-19 - Gilbert Laird Jessop, cricketer (The Croucher)
1874-06-26 - Albert Relf, cricketer (England all-rounder in 13 Tests 1903-14)
1874-07-10 - Austin Diamond, cricket non-Test capt (NSW batsman 1899-1919, Aust)
1874-11-07 - Joseph Willoughby, cricketer (2 Tests for South Africa 1895-96)
1875-01-01 - N F Druce, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1897-98)
1875-04-27 - Freddie Fane, cricketer (Hobbs' 1st Test opening partner)
1875-05-04 - Reggie Schwartz, cricketer (1st of great South African googlists)
1875-10-18 - Len Braund, cricketer (great England all-rounder in 23 Tests 1901-08)
1875-12-25 - Walter Lees, cricketer (Surrey pace bowler toured for Eng 1905-06)
1876-04-14 - Murray Bisset, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 & 1910)
1876-05-03 - Bert Hopkins, cricketer (Australian pace bowler of the 1900's)
1876-05-03 - John Elicius Benedict B P Quick Carrington Dwyer, cricketer (Sussex)
1876-06-04 - Robert Dower, cricketer (1 Test S Africa v England 1898, scored 0 & 9)
1876-07-19 - John Gunn, Former England cricketer (d. 1963)
1876-09-26 - C B "Buck" Llewellyn, cricketer (S Afr lefty all-rounder 1896-1912)
1876-11-07 - Ted Arnold, cricketer (England all-rounder in 10 Tests 1903-05)
1876-11-07 - Charlie Townsend, English cricketer (d. 1958)
1876-11-28 - Bert Vogler, cricketer (early South African googly bowler)
1877-03-18 - Clem Hill, cricketer (all-time great Australian batsman)
1877-07-19 - Arthur Fielder, English cricketer (d. 1949)
1877-10-04 - Razor Smith, English cricketer (d. 1946)
1877-10-13 - Bernard Bosanquet, cricketer (pioneer of googly)
1877-10-27 - George Thompson, English cricketer (d. 1943)
1877-10-29 - Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (Yorks & Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930)
1877-11-02 - Victor Trumper, cricketer (Australia batsman 1899-1912)
1878-01-26 - A W "Dave" Nourse, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of S African cricket)
1878-03-15 - Hanson Carter, cricketer (Yorkshire Aussie WK of early 20th century)
1878-04-07 - C M M Hathorn, cricketer (South African Test centurion in 1905-06)
1878-04-16 - R E "Tip" Foster, cricketer (287 on debut England v Aust SCG 1903)
1878-08-17 - Reg Duff, cricketer (Australian bat, century on debut 1902)
1879-05-22 - Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (Big Ship Great Aussie skipper 1920-21)
1879-05-30 - Colin Blythe, cricketer (outstanding English slow lefty pre-WW I)
1879-06-13 - George Gunn, cricketer (elegant English batsman 1907-30)
1879-08-07 - J J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler (1902-07)
1880-01-28 - Herbert Strudwick, cricketer (Engld wicket-keeper before & after WW I)
1880-08-17 - Percy Sherwell, cricketer (great S African batsman-keeper-captain)
1880-12-11 - Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (d. 1951)
1881-04-23 - Claude Carter, South African slow lefty cricketer (1912-22)
1881-12-17 - Aubrey Faulkner, cricketer (great S Afr all-rounder early 20th cent)
1882-02-09 - Thomas Campbell, S African cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests 1909-12)
1882-04-05 - Don Blackie, cricketer (Australian off-spinner in 1928-29 yes, age 46)
1882-04-07 - Bert "Dainty" Ironmonger, cricketer (belated Australian rep 1928-33)
1882-07-02 - Edgar Mayne, cricketer (Australian batsman, prolific for Victoria)
1882-08-22 - Harry Makepeace, cricketer (4 Tests for England v Australia 1920-21)
1882-09-03 - Johnny Douglas, England cricketer and boxer (d. 1930)
1882-10-14 - Charlie Parker, cricketer (legend Gloucs SLA, but 2-32 in only Test)
1882-11-09 - Joe Hardstaff Sr, cricketer ("Hotstuff" in 1907-08 MCC tour of Aust)
1882-12-07 - Warren Bardsley, cricketer (great NSW & Aussie opening bat 1909-26)
1882-12-16 - Jack Hobbs, cricketer (1st-class runs, the most ever)
1882-12-16 - John Berry Hobbs, England, 1st cricket played knighted (1953)
1883-02-21 - J M M "Mick" Commaille, cricketer (dual S African cricket/soccer rep)
1883-11-17 - Harold Baumgartner, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1913)
1883-12-03 - Albert "Tibby" Cotter, cricketer (great Aussie quick of early century)
1884-02-04 - Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (S African batsman in 5 tests 1912-14)
1884-02-10 - Herbert Hordern, cricketer (pioneering leggie for Aust & Phila)
1884-04-03 - Jackie Matthews, cricketer (Aust leg-spinner, two hat-tricks 1912)
1884-08-13 - Harry Dean, England cricketer (d. 1957)
1884-10-10 - C "Ormy" C Pearse, cricketer (3 Tests for S Afr in Australia 1910-11)
1885-12-24 - Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (Yorkshire & England keeper, later Test ump)
1886-01-03 - Arthur Mailey, cricketer (great Aussie leg-spinner & cartoonist)
1886-02-16 - Andrew Ducat, cricketer (Test for Eng 1921 (3 & 2) Soccer intl)
1886-06-27 - Charles Macartney, cricketer (Governor-General)
1886-06-28 - Joe Cox, cricketer (S African pace bowler in 1913-14 series v England)
1886-08-15 - Bill Whitty, cricketer (Australian left-arm bowler 1909-12)
1886-11-25 - Percy Holmes, cricketer (Engl, 555 partners with Sutcliffe for Yorks)
1886-12-01 - Jack Crawford, cricketer (England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1905-08)
1886-12-10 - William Booth, cricketer (Yorks all-rounder, England before WW I)
1887-03-09 - Phil Mead, cricketer (strong batsman for England pre- & post-WWI)
1887-05-27 - Frank Woolley, cricketer (long-running England left-arm all-rounder)
1887-08-02 - Tommy Ward, Former South African cricketer (d. 1936)
1887-10-06 - George Brown, cricketer (legendary England batsman/keeper of 20's)
1887-10-07 - A C "Jack" Russell, cricketer (prolific England batsman post-WW I)
1888-03-01 - Ewart Astill, English cricketer (d. 1948)
1888-04-03 - Neville Cardus, cricketer (doyen of cricket writers)
1888-05-17 - A P "Tich" Freeman, cricket leg-spinner (legend for Kent & England)
1888-06-28 - George Challenor, cricketer (pioneering West Indian batsman)
1888-07-24 - Arthur Richardson, Australian cricket batsman (20's)
1889-01-21 - Bert Collins, cricketer (Aussie batsman in the post WW I years)
1889-01-31 - F R Foster, cricketer (330 runs & 45 wickets for England)
1889-02-05 - Elias Henry "Patsy" Hendren, cricketer (prolific England bat of 20's)
1889-02-05 - Ernest Tyldesley, cricketer (1st Lancastrian to score 100 100's)
1889-04-25 - Charles Kellaway, cricketer (great Australian all-rounder of 1920's)
1889-05-05 - Herbie Taylor, cricketer (prolific South African pre- & post-WWI)
1889-08-08 - Jack Ryder, cricketer (athletic Australian all-rounder & captain)
1889-11-07 - Lord Tennyson III, cricketer (England batsman & captain)

Famous Deaths

Results 101 - 200 of 922

1917-10-31 - Tibby Cotter, cricketer (at Beersheba 49 wickets for Australia), dies
1917-11-08 - Colyn Blythe, cricketer (2509 F-C wickets), dies during WW I
1917-11-19 - Basil Grieve, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests England v S Afr 1889), dies
1918-04-11 - Arthur Ochse, cricketer (WW I played for S Afr in 1889 aged 19), dies
1918-04-20 - Reginald Harry Mybirgh Hands, cricketer (1 Test for SA), dies
1918-10-17 - Gordon White, cricketer (WW I Superb S African batsman 1905-12), dies
1918-11-18 - Reggie Schwartz, cricketer (55 wickets for South Africa), dies
1918-11-26 - Charlie McLeod, cricketer (all-rounder for Australia 1894-1905), dies
1919-04-30 - Henry Wood, England cricket wicket keeper (in 4 Tests 1888-92), dies
1919-07-31 - R G Barlow, cricketer (591 runs/34 wickets/17 Tests for England), dies
1919-08-04 - D[ave] W Gregory, cricketer (brother of Ned, uncle of Syd), dies
1919-08-20 - Gregor MacGregor, English cricket wicketkeeper (8 Tests 1890-93), dies
1919-08-20 - Greg MacGregor, England cricketer (b. 1869)
1919-09-24 - Frank Laver, cricketer (15 Tests for Aust 1899-1909), dies
1919-09-27 - Robert Gleeson, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies
1919-10-02 - Ernest Halliwell, cricketer (S African wicketkeeper 1892-1904), dies
1919-10-27 - John Harry, cricket wicketkeeper (Aust one Test 1895, one catch), dies
1919-10-28 - Ted Wainwright, cricketer (Yorks stalwart, 5 Tests 1893-98), dies
1920-05-17 - Maitland Hathorn, cricketer (325 runs in 12 Tests S Afr 1901-11), dies
1920-07-05 - John Shuter, cricketer (scored 28 in only Test for England 1888), dies
1920-12-21 - Claude Tozer, cricketer (dashing NSW batsman, shot to death
1921-01-29 - Billy Gunn, cricket (score 392 runs for Eng including a century), dies
1921-02-12 - Charles Leslie, cricketer (4 Tests England v Australia 1882-83), dies
1921-02-27 - Schofield Haigh, cricketer (Eng all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies
1921-04-29 - Arthur Mold, Brit cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies
1921-07-02 - Edwin Evans, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia), dies
1921-11-17 - John McLaren, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1912), dies
1921-12-13 - Frederick Martin, cricketer (14 wkts in 2 Tests for Eng 1890-92), dies
1922-06-01 - Frank Walters, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 7 & 5), dies
1922-09-21 - Tom Armitage, cricketer (England lob bowler v Australia 1877), dies
1923-05-30 - Charles Fichardt, cricketer (S Afr batsman in 2 Tests 1892-96), dies
1923-06-26 - Edward Rae, cricketer (introduced cricket into Russian Lapland), dies
1923-10-12 - A P "Bunny" Lucas, cricketer (five Tests for England 1879-82), dies
1923-11-25 - Syd Callaway, cricket all-round (3 Tests for Australia 1891-95), dies
1924-03-25 - John Reedman, cricketer (Test for Aust 1894, 17 & 4, 1 for 24), dies
1924-04-16 - Jack Board, cricket wicket-keeper (Eng in 6 Tests 1898-1906), dies
1924-04-24 - George Street, English cricket wicket keeper (1 Test 1923), dies
1924-05-19 - Billy Zulch, cricketer (S Afr batsman scored 2 Test centuries), dies
1924-08-17 - Tom Kendall, cricketer (14 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies
1924-09-10 - Walter Lees, cricketer (26 wkts on 5 Tests Eng v SA 1905-06), dies
1924-09-19 - Alick Bannerman, cricketer (28 Tests for Australia, 1108 runs), dies
1924-10-05 - Tom Campbell, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa, ct 7 stp 1), dies
1925-08-03 - William Bruce, cricketer (drowns 14 Tests for Australia 1885-95), dies
1925-09-30 - Philip Hutchinson, cricketer (2 Tests for S Afr 1889), dies
1925-12-17 - A N "Monkey" Hornby, cricketer (England capt at Oval 1882), dies
1926-03-11 - John Henry Anderson, cricketer (score 32 & 11 in Test for S Afr), dies
1926-04-15 - Frank Iredale, cricketer (14 Tests for Aust, 807 runs at 36 68), dies
1926-05-20 - Dick Pougher, cricketer (17 & 3-26 in only Test for Engld 1892), dies
1926-06-04 - Fred Spofforth, cricketer (18 tests 94 wkts 41 Best match 14-90), dies
1926-06-04 - Frederick Robert Spofforth, cricketer/demon bowler, dies
1926-11-01 - Wilfred Flowers, cricketer (England spinner in 8 Tests 1884-93), dies
1927-04-10 - Ivo Bligh, cricketer (8th Earl of Darnley, 4 Tests 1882-83), dies
1927-05-09 - Tommy Routledge, cricketer (4 Tests for S Africa 1892-96), dies
1927-06-11 - William Attewell, cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), dies
1927-07-21 - J J Lyons, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia), dies
1927-08-05 - Tom Groube, cricketer (Test for Australia 1880), dies
1927-11-29 - George Giffen, cricketer (251 FC games, 11758 runs, 1023 wkts), dies
1927-12-21 - Jack Saunders, cricketer (79 wickets-14 Tests for Aust 1902-08), dies
1928-04-05 - Roy Kilner, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1924-26), dies at 38
1928-09-25 - Karl Schneider, cricketer (South Aust bat), dies of leukaemia at 23
1928-10-16 - Septimus Kinneir, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies
1928-12-21 - Harry Butt, cricketer (England wicket-keeper v S Africa 1895-96), dies
1929-02-17 - John Read, cricketer (batted in 17 Tests for Eng for 463 runs), dies
1929-05-21 - V P F A Royle, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies
1929-06-02 - Charles Coventry, cricketer (13 runs in 2 Tests Eng v S Af 1889), dies
1929-06-07 - J E P McMaster, cricketer (Eng v S Af Test 1889 (out for 0), dies
1929-08-01 - Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian captain pre-WWI), dies
1929-08-25 - Frederick Burton, cricketer (Australian wicketkeeper 1886-87), dies
1929-10-21 - Owen Dunell, cricketer (two Tests for South Africa in 1889), dies
1929-10-25 - James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (two Tests for England 1877), dies
1929-11-09 - Nicolaas Theunissen, S Afr cricket break bowler (2nd Test 1889), dies
1929-11-17 - A F A Lilley, cricketer (92 dismissals in 35 Tests 1896-1909), dies
1929-12-09 - Willis Cuttell, cricketer (two Tests England v S Africa 1899), dies
1930-01-28 - Clarence Skelton Wimble, cricket (score pair in Test for S Af), dies
1930-03-06 - William Milton, cricketer (S Afr Test capt in 3 Tests 1889-92), dies
1930-06-11 - George Alexander, cricketer (two early Tests for Australia), dies
1930-06-12 - Dyce Willcocks, cricketer ("Grand Old Man" of Canadian cricket), dies
1930-07-14 - W H Ashley, cricketer (Test S Africa, 7 wkts), dies
1930-08-20 - Charles Bannerman, cricketer (1st three Tests for Australia), dies
1930-09-10 - G A Faulkner, cricketer (S Afr googly all-rounder), commits suicide
1930-11-11 - W W Whysall, cricketer (4 Tests for England 1924-30), dies
1930-11-27 - J T Tyldesley, cricket (1661 runs in 31 Tests for Eng 1898-1909), dies
1930-12-09 - Jim Slight, cricketer (represented Australia at Oval 1880), dies
1930-12-19 - Johnny Douglas, cricketer (soccer int, boxing gold medal), drowns
1931-04-25 - A J Y (Bert) Hopkins, cricketer (20 Tests for Aust, 509 runs), dies
1931-04-30 - Sammy Woods, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia, 3 for England), dies
1931-07-07 - Johannes Jacobus "Kodgee" Kotze, cricketer (S Africa 1902-07), dies
1931-07-16 - Charles Studd, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1882-83), dies
1931-09-20 - Sam Morris, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1884), dies
1931-10-24 - Murray Bisset, cricketer (S Afr)/Chief Justice of Rhodesia, dies
1931-11-02 - Harry Musgrove, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
1932-03-24 - George Robert Canning, cricketer (the 4th Lord Harris), dies
1932-04-26 - Bill Lockwood, cricketer (43 wickets in 12 Tests for England), dies
1932-06-05 - Henry Taberer, cricket (bowl Trumper only Test wkt for S Africa), dies
1932-07-09 - Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies
1932-08-01 - Arnold Fothergill, cricketer (8 wickets in 2 Tests for Eng 1889), dies
1932-12-28 - John Blackham, cricketer (35 Tests as Aust WK, caught 37), dies
1933-01-17 - John Hodges, cricketer (6 wickets in Australia's 1st two Tests), dies
1933-02-16 - Archie Jackson, cricketer (of TB, Aus bat too briefly Avg 47.4), dies
1933-03-27 - Lionel Palairet, cricketer (49 runs in 2 Tests for England 1902), dies


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