Today in Cricket History (Part 3)
Sub-Topics: Sheffield Shield
Historical Events
Results 201 - 300 of 608
1948-08-14 - Bradman's last Test Cricket innings
1948-08-14 - England all out for 52 v Australia at Cricket Oval
1948-09-10 - Bradman scores 153 in his last 1st-class cricket innings in England
1949-03-05 - Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30
1949-07-23 - Test Cricket debut of Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days
1950-02-14 - Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg
1950-05-31 - Laker takes 14-12-2-8 in Test Cricket trial
1950-06-08 - Test Cricket debut of Ramadhin & Valentine (8-104 1st inn) v England
1951-03-17 - Test Cricket debut of Brian Statham, England v NZ Christchurch
1951-08-18 - Cricket 1st-class debut of Raymond Illingworth
1951-11-04 - Vijay Merchant scores 154 v England in his last Test Cricket innings
1951-11-15 - Cricket 1st-class debut of Hanif Mohammad, Pak XI v MCC, Lahore
1951-12-22 - Australia cricket all out 82 v West Indies at Adelaide
1951-12-25 - 1st Christmas Day in Test Crickets, Aust v WI at Adelaide
1951-12-25 - West Indies defeat Australia by 6 wkts on 3rd day of 3rd Test Cricket
1952-02-16 - Ian Craig makes NSW cricket debut aged 16 years 249 days (NSW record)
1952-06-05 - Test Cricket debut of Freddie Trueman v India at Headingley
1952-10-12 - Hanif Mohammad scores twin 100s v N Zone (Ind) his 1st fc cricket tons
1952-10-26 - Pakistan's 1st Test Cricket win Fazal Mahmood 12 wkts v India
1952-12-14 - R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut v Pakistan, Calcutta
1953-02-06 - Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 yrs 239 days, youngest Aussie
1953-06-11 - Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge
1953-08-19 - England regained cricket Ashes after winning series 1-0
1954-03-30 - Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers v England at Kingston
1954-07-01 - Test Cricket debut of Khalid Hassan, 16 yrs 352, then world record
1954-07-05 - Last day of Test Cricket for Khalid Hassan aged 16 yrs, 356 days
1954-11-26 - Test Cricket debut of Colin Cowdrey v Australia at Gabba
1955-03-01 - Pakistan v India 5 Test Cricket series ends in a 0-0 draw
1955-03-28 - NZ cricket all out for 26 v England at Eden Park
1955-03-31 - Collie Smith scores 104 on cricket debut WI v Aust, Kingston
1955-04-11 - Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted
1955-05-16 - Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown
1955-06-09 - Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa, Trent Bridge
1955-07-26 - Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester
1955-11-20 - Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ
1955-11-20 - Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 v NZ
1956-03-13 - NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win
1956-08-28 - England retain cricket Ashes, Jim Laker 46 wickets in the series
1957-02-25 - Buddy Holly & Crickets record "That'll Be the Day"
1957-05-30 - Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai v England at Edgbaston
1957-06-07 - Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v Northants
1957-07-25 - Peter Loader takes a cricket hat-trick England v WI Headingley
1957-09-23 - "That'll Be Day" by Buddy Holly & Crickets reaches #1
1957-09-29 - Buddy Holly & Crickets released 2nd single "Oh Boy!"/"Not Fade Away"
1957-12-01 - Sam Cooke and Buddy Holly and Crickets debut on Ed Sullivan Show
1957-12-23 - Test Cricket debut for Wally Grout & Bobby Simpson v S Africa
1958-02-05 - Test Cricket debut of Lance Gibbs, WI v Pakistan, Port-of-Spain
1958-02-28 - West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket
1958-03-01 - Gary Sobers 365* v Pak, 614 min, 38 fours, best Cricket before Lara
1958-03-01 - West Indies cricket declare at stumps score of 3-790 decl v Pakistan
1958-07-07 - C A Milton scores 104* on Test Cricket debut, England v NZ Headingley
1958-07-24 - Test Cricket debuts against NZ for Dexter, Illingworth & Subba Row
1958-11-28 - Test Cricket debut for Wes Hall, v India at Bombay
1959-02-11 - Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
1959-03-29 - Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore
1959-12-08 - President Eisenhower watches Pakistan v Aust Test Cricket at Karachi
1960-12-14 - Australia v West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie
1961-02-01 - Mackay & Kline hang on for 100 mins for cricket draw vs West Indies
1961-02-12 - Mushtaq Mohammad scores 1st Test Cricket century at 17 yrs 82 days
1961-02-15 - Australia beat WI 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever
1961-06-08 - Test Cricket debut of William Morris Lawry, v Eng at Edgbaston, 57
1962-03-23 - Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket v WI age 21 years 77 days
1962-03-28 - Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India
1962-07-31 - Statham is Test crickets' leading wkt-taker (229), beating Lindwall
1963-02-20 - End of the Test Cricket careers of Neil Harvey & Alan Davidson
1963-05-25 - Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket
1963-06-25 - Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies
1963-08-26 - W I beat England 2-1 in series, 1st holders of Wisden Cricket Trophy
1963-11-02 - Only 1st-class cricket game played in Uganda, MCC v E African XI
1963-12-06 - Test Cricket debut of Graeme Pollock at the Gabba
1964-02-12 - End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test Cricket career
1964-06-04 - Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott v Australia at Trent Bridge, 48
1964-08-15 - Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke)
1964-08-17 - Boycott scores his 1st Test Cricket century, 113 v Aust at the Oval
1964-08-20 - Rex Sellers bowls 5-1-17-0 v India in only Test Cricket innings
1964-10-24 - Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla scores 166 on Cricket debut v Australia
1964-10-24 - Test Cricket debut of Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan & Khalid Ibadulla v Aust
1964-10-29 - Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings v Pakistan
1964-12-04 - Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, v Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31
1965-03-06 - Bruce Taylor hits 105 for NZ v India in 1st Test Cricket innings
1965-05-11 - West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
1965-06-22 - Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, v NZ at Lord's
1965-12-10 - Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters v England at the Gabba
1966-02-16 - End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Aust WK
1966-05-15 - 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex v Somerset
1966-06-30 - Test cricket debut of Derek Underwood, v WI Trent Bridge, wicketless
1966-12-31 - Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India v WI Calcutta, 2-92
1967-10-22 - Ian Brayshaw (W Aus v Vic, Perth) takes all 10 cricket wkts
1968-08-31 - Garfield Sobers becomes the first cricketer to hit 6 sixes in one over.
1969-03-14 - Seymour Nurse scores 258 in his last Test Cricket innings, WI v NZ
1969-06-28 - John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut v WI at Lord's
1969-10-24 - Hanif, Mushtaq & Sadiq Mohammad start their only Test Cricket together
1969-11-20 - Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia Kanpur
1970-02-05 - 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six
1970-02-05 - Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa v Australia, Durban
1970-11-27 - Test Cricket debut of Rodney "Iron Gloves" Marsh v England, Brisbane
1970-11-29 - Colin Cowdrey becomes Test Crickets' leading run scorer (7,250)
1970-12-11 - Test Cricket debut of Gregory Stephen Chappell
1970-12-31 - Would have been start of Aust/Eng Test Cricket at MCG, washed out
1971-02-12 - Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 & 0 Aust v England
Famous Birthdays
Results 201 - 300 of 2,049
1890-06-30 - Horace Chapman, cricketer (leg-spin all-rounder for S Afr in 2 Tests)
1890-07-06 - Andrew Sandham, cricketer (Test cricket's 1st triple centurion)
1890-08-26 - Tommy Andrews, cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's)
1890-10-08 - Cyril Rutherford "Snuffy" Browne, cricketer (pioneer WI Test player)
1890-10-17 - Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)
1891-01-06 - Ted McDonald, cricketer (great Australian quick of 20's)
1891-02-11 - J W Hearne, cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for England in 24 Tests)
1891-02-11 - J.W. Hearne English cricketer (d. 1965)
1891-02-12 - Cecil Dixon, cricket off-spinner (1 Test for S Africa, 3-118, pair)
1891-02-19 - J C "Farmer" White, cricketer (Somerset slow lefty 1909-37)
1891-07-28 - Ron Oxenham, cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1928-32)
1891-11-05 - Bert McGirr, cricketer (played in NZ's 1st Test series)
1891-12-25 - Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer (in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner)
1892-07-22 - John MacBryan, cricketer (one Test Eng v S Africa 1924 DNBat, DNbowl)
1892-07-30 - Roy Park, cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1920, out 1st ball)
1892-08-11 - Archie Wiles, West Indian cricketer (d. 1957)
1892-08-22 - Percy Fender, cricketer (legendary Surrey & England all-rounder)
1893-05-21 - Arthur Carr, cricket capt (England v Australia 1926)
1893-07-06 - Wilton St Hill, WI cricketer (3 Tests 1928-30)
1893-07-09 - George Geary, cricketer (sturdy pace bowler for England 1924-34)
1893-07-11 - Jack Durston, cricketer (England fast bowler against Australia 1921)
1893-11-23 - Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler (took 60 wickets for S Africa)
1893-12-01 - Herman Griffith, cricketer (pioneering WI pace bowler)
1893-12-31 - J M Blankenberg, cricketer (60 wkts in 18 Tests for South Africa)
1894-09-09 - Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (d. 1976)
1894-11-24 - Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer (all-time great opening batsman for Engl)
1894-12-23 - Arthur Gilligan, cricketer (England captain in 1920's)
1895-02-03 - Izak Buys, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1922, 0 & 4*, 0-52)
1895-04-04 - Charlie Hallows, cricket batsman (Lancs played for England 1921-28)
1895-05-24 - H S T L "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (Australian all-rounder post-WWI)
1895-05-30 - Maurice Tate, cricketer (great England pace bowler of 20's)
1895-07-04 - Walderman Marx, cricketer (S Af, 240 on FC debut (then world record))
1895-07-21 - H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket Test captain (1927-31)
1895-08-02 - Matthew Henderson, cricketer (lefty pace bowler in NZ's 1st Test)
1895-08-09 - Fred Badcock, cricketer (swing bowler in NZ's 1st Test matches)
1895-08-10 - Hammy Love, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
1895-08-14 - Jack Gregory, cricketer (Australian all-rounder of post-WWI years)
1895-10-10 - Johnny Taylor, cricketer (stalwart Aussie batsman of post-WW I days)
1895-10-31 - C K Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C S, India's 1st Test capt)
1896-01-29 - Teddy Hoad, cricketer (pioneering West Indian Test batsman)
1896-06-18 - Cota Ramaswami, cricketer (Davis Cup for India 1922, Test 1936)
1896-10-07 - Cyril Allcott, cricketer (NZ all-rounder in their early Tests)
1897-05-10 - Dalton Parry Conyngham, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1923)
1897-05-25 - Alan Kippax, cricketer (22 Tests for Australia 1924-34, brilliant bat)
1897-06-20 - Cyril "Froggy" Francois, cricketer (S Afr all-rounder v Eng 1922-23)
1897-08-22 - Bill Woodfull, cricketer (Australian captain in the Bodyline series)
1897-12-16 - Jacobus Petrus Duminy, cricketer (three Tests for S Africa 1927-29)
1898-02-17 - Tom Lowry, cricketer (NZ batsman in seven Tests & their 1st Test capt)
1898-03-06 - Hal Hooker, cricketer (NSW pace bowler of 20's & 30's)
1898-08-25 - Arthur Wood, England cricketer (d. 1973)
1899-04-04 - William Brann, cricketer (South African batsman v England 1922-23)
1899-07-27 - Perc Hornibrook, Australian cricket left-arm bowler (20's)
1899-08-12 - Ben Sealey, West Indian cricketer (d. 1963)
1899-10-11 - A L "Oosh" Ochse, cricketer (no relation to A E S African fast bowler)
1900-07-10 - Bob Catterall, cricketer (dashing South African batsman of 20's)
1900-07-20 - Maurice Leyland, prolific cricket left-handed batsman (England)
1900-08-01 - Otto Nothling, cricketer (Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26)
1900-10-01 - Tom Goddard, English cricketer (d. 1966)
1900-10-06 - Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
1900-10-14 - Edwin McLeod, cricketer (played in NZ's 2nd-ever Test 1930)
1900-10-19 - Bill Ponsford, cricketer (great Australian batsman, HS 437 Vic v NSW)
1900-10-23 - Douglas Jardine, cricketer (England's Bodyline captain)
1900-11-03 - Roger Blunt, cricketer (NZ all-rounder in 9 Tests 1930-32)
1900-12-25 - W L "Tich" Cornford, cricketer (Sussex keeper played for England 1930)
1901-05-02 - Bob Wyatt, cricketer (England batsman 1927-37)
1901-05-02 - Robert Elliott Storey Wyatt, cricketer
1901-05-09 - George Duckworth, cricket wicket-keeper (England late 20's early 30's)
1901-08-04 - Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (d. 1972)
1901-11-05 - Eddie Paynter, cricketer (England batting hero in Bodyline series)
1902-01-01 - Buster Nupen, cricketer (1-eyed South African quick, great on matting)
1902-04-01 - L P Jai, cricketer (one Test India v England 1934, scored 19 & 0)
1902-04-08 - Arthur Wellard, cricketer (big hitting Somerset & England batsman)
1902-05-08 - Milford "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ bat early 1930's, All Black half)
1902-06-17 - Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
1902-07-03 - Jack Newman, NZ cricket lefty pace bowler (1932-33, later knighted)
1902-07-31 - G O "Gubby" Allen, cricketer (in Sydney England non-bodyline quickie)
1902-09-04 - Thomas Mitchell, England cricketer (d. 1996)
1902-09-21 - Learie [Nicholas] Constantine, Trinidad cricket player
1902-10-14 - Stanley Coen, cricketer (South African batsman in two Tests 1927-28)
1902-10-26 - Hugh Chilvers, cricketer (great leggie of 30's for NSW but not Aust)
1902-12-07 - J G Navle, cricketer (India's 1st Test wicket-keeper)
1903-02-06 - John Dunning, cricketer (NZ medium-fast bowler of 30's)
1903-03-11 - George Dickinson, cricketer (bowled for NZ in their 1st 3 Tests)
1903-06-19 - Walter Hammond, cricketer (one of the greatest of English batsman)
1903-11-15 - Stewie Dempster, cricketer (1st great NZ Test batsman)
1904-02-16 - Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indian SLA, 8 wickets in 6 Tests)
1904-03-12 - Ken James, cricket wicketkeeper (NZ's 1st Test, later Northants)
1904-04-14 - Lionel Birkett, cricketer (WI vice-capt on Australian tour 1930-31)
1904-04-17 - Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (pioneer Indian Test opening batsman)
1904-05-13 - Tim Wall, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia 1928-34)
1904-06-23 - Quintin McMillan, cricketer (South African leg spinner 1929-32)
1904-11-14 - Harold Larwood, cricketer (England bodyline bowler)
1904-12-12 - Jim Christy, righty cricket batter (Transvaal, Queensland & S Africa)
1905-04-14 - Holmesdale Charles "Slinger" Nitschke, cricket batsman (S Aus & Test)
1905-05-18 - Hedley Verity, cricketer (terrific slow lefty for England pre-WW II)
1905-06-09 - Harry "Bull" Alexander, cricketer (Aus quick 1 Test Bodyline series)
1905-06-13 - Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji, cricketer (England 1929-31)
1905-06-25 - Ian Cromb, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in the early 1930's)
1905-07-05 - Jock Cameron, South African cricket keeper (captain)
1905-08-28 - Cyril Walters, cricketer (solid England batsman of 30's)
Famous Deaths
Results 201 - 300 of 922
1933-04-02 - K S Ranjitsinhji, cricketer (989 Test runs, 1st-class avg 56), dies
1933-05-29 - Frank Sugg, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests for England 1888), dies
1933-11-15 - Affie Jarvis, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia, 9 catches), dies
1933-12-09 - Morice Bird, cricketer (scored 280 runs in 10 Tests for England), dies
1934-07-07 - Doodles Tapscott, cricketer (South African batsman 1922-23), dies
1934-07-28 - Louis Tancred, cricketer (fourteen Tests batting for S Africa 1905-14), dies
1934-08-05 - Neville Quinn, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa), dies at 26
1935-01-10 - Charlie McGahey, cricket (MCC tour of Aus 1901-02 cured his TB), dies
1935-03-03 - Neville Knox, cricketer (bowled in 2 Tests for England 1907), dies
1935-06-30 - William Brockwell, cricket (Brit all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies
1935-07-15 - Alfred Archer, cricketer (England batsman in one Test 1899), dies
1935-10-11 - Frank Mitchell, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng then 3 for S Africa), dies
1935-11-02 - H B "Jock" Cameron, S Afr cricket capt (v England 1935, age 30), dies
1935-11-19 - F S Gough-Calthorpe, cricketer (England captain v WI 1930), dies
1935-12-04 - Hylton Philipson, cricketer (England keeper in 5 Tests 1892-95), dies
1935-12-13 - John Nicolson, cricketer (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies
1936-01-07 - Howard Francis, cricketer (2 Tests S Af v Eng 1898-99, 39 runs), dies
1936-01-10 - Charles Wright, cricketer (3 Tests England v S Africa 1895-96), dies
1936-01-15 - Henry Forster, cricket (Hants & Oxford U, Gov-Gen of Australia), dies
1936-02-16 - Tommy Ward, S African cricket wicket keeper (23 Tests), electrocuted
1936-03-20 - Durant Clifford Parkin, cricketer (Tests for S Afr 1891-92), dies
1936-06-19 - John Sharpe, cricketer (1-eyed fast bowler for England 1891-92), dies
1936-10-01 - Oscar DaCosta, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 5 Tests 30-35), dies at 28
1936-10-02 - G H Simpson-Hayward, cricketer (Eng 1910, great lob bowlers), dies
1936-10-12 - B L T Bosanquet, cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies
1936-10-30 - Teddy Wynyard, cricketer (three Tests for England 1896-1906), dies
1936-12-10 - Robert Abel, cricketer (744 runs in 13 Tests for Eng 1888-1902), dies
1937-01-13 - Walter Brearley, cricketer (17 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1905-12), dies
1937-02-20 - "Barlow" Carkeek, Aust cricket wicketkeeper (1912 series), dies
1937-02-23 - Claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
1937-03-26 - Albert Relf, cricketer (13 Tests for England 1903-14), commits suicide
1937-06-04 - Donald Eligon, cricketer (Trinidad, nail in his cricket boot), dies
1937-07-22 - Ted McDonald, cricketer (43 wickets for Australia), dies in car crash
1937-11-12 - Harry Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper (v WI 1928), dies
1937-11-17 - Jack Worrall, cricketer (Australian batsman 1885-99, 11 Tests), dies
1937-12-18 - S S Schultz, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1879), dies
1938-01-28 - John Sharp, cricketer (England bat 1909, also soccer intl), dies
1938-03-15 - Edmund Tylecote, cricketer (England keeper in 6 Tests 1882-86), dies
1938-04-04 - Cyril Christiani, cricket wicket keep (WI 1935), dies of malaria at 24
1938-04-08 - Harold Baumgartner, cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for S Af), dies
1938-05-10 - Percy McAlister, cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies
1938-06-17 - H V "Ranji" Hordern, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia 1910-12, dies
1938-06-24 - "Digger" Robertson, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
1938-07-05 - John McIlwraith, cricketer (Tests for Australia), dies
1938-07-14 - Robert Poore, cricketer (3 Tests for S Africa in 1895-96 series), dies
1938-08-14 - Hugh Trumble, cricketer (32 Tests for Australia, 141 wickets), dies
1938-08-14 - J J Kelly, cricketer (36 Tests for Aust 1896-1905, stumped 20), dies
1938-10-10 - Martin Bladen, cricketer (the 7th Lord Hawke), dies
1938-10-12 - Hugh Massie, cricketer (9 Tests for Australia 1881-85, capt), dies
1938-11-15 - George Glover, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies
1938-12-07 - Harry Moses, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1887-95), dies
1939-01-06 - Albert Ward, cricketer (England batsman in 7 Tests 1893-95), dies
1939-01-31 - George Thornton, cricketer (1 Test for S Africa 1902, 1* & 1-20), dies
1939-04-05 - William Cooper, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies
1939-06-13 - Arthur Coningham, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1894), dies
1939-07-19 - Tom Hayward, cricketer (35 Tests for England, 1999 runs), dies
1939-08-16 - Ron Oxenham, cricketer (7 Tests for Australia, 14 wickets), dies
1939-08-24 - W H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies
1939-10-21 - Nummy Deane, cricketer (628 runs in 17 Tests for South Africa), dies
1939-12-15 - Tom McKibbin, cricketer (5 Tests for Aust 1895-1898, 17 wkts), dies
1940-02-07 - Francis Ford, cricketer (5 Tests for Engld v Australia 1894-95), dies
1940-03-15 - Alfred Marr, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 & 5), dies
1940-05-20 - Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies
1940-06-22 - M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies
1940-07-03 - George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies
1940-07-14 - Bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies
1940-11-21 - Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies
1940-12-06 - Charlie Hime, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1895), dies
1940-12-13 - Dusty Tapscott, cricket (bro of Doodles, 4&1 in only S Af Test), dies
1940-12-13 - George Macaulay, cricketer (took 24 wkts in 8 Tests, Eng 22-33), dies
1941-02-19 - Alexander Josiah Webbe, English cricket keeper (v Aus 1879), dies
1941-04-22 - Arthur Briscoe, cricketer (South African batsman in 2 Tests), dies
1941-07-02 - Mohammad Baqa Jilani, cricketer (Test for India), dies at 29
1941-08-12 - Bobby Peel, cricketer (took 102 wickets for England), dies
1941-08-23 - Jack O'Connor, cricketer (four Tests for Aust 1908-09, 13 wkts), dies
1941-10-20 - Ken Farnes (WWII) 15 Tests for England, cricketer (60 wickets), dies
1941-12-01 - Horace Chapman, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa, 39 runs, 1 wkt), dies
1942-01-12 - George Francis, cricketer (WI Test fast-bowler, 23 wkts in 10), dies
1942-06-10 - Ross Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman 1937), dies
1942-07-15 - Denis Moloney, cricketer (during WW II 3 Tests for NZ 1937), dies
1942-07-23 - Andrew Ducat, cricketer (England 1921), dies whilst batting at 56
1942-09-15 - Joe Travers, cricketer (Australian SLA, in only Test innings), dies
1942-10-24 - Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (1 Test England 1921, 1 run, 1 catch), dies
1942-10-25 - Ted Arnold, cricketer (160 runs & 31 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng), dies
1942-11-27 - A B C Langton, cricketer (WWII 15 Tests for S Africa 1935-39), dies
1942-12-18 - Charlie Walker, cricketer (Aust tourist to England 1930, 1938), dies
1943-03-03 - George Thomson, cricketer (all-rounder-6 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
1943-06-15 - Cecil Parkin, cricketer (32 wkts in 10 Tests for Eng 1920-24), dies
1943-07-27 - Godfrey Cripps, cricketer (1st Currie Cup-winning captain), dies
1943-07-27 - H B G Austin, cricketer (capt of 1923 WI team to England), dies
1943-07-31 - Hedley Verity, cricketer (144 wickets in 40 Tests), dies in POW camp
1943-08-06 - Tom Garrett, cricketer (last survivor of 1st Test in 1877), dies
1943-09-17 - Dick Tyldesley, cricketer (7 Tests for England), dies
1943-09-28 - Charles Vintcent, cricketer (played in S Africa's 1st 3 tests), dies
1943-10-14 - Jackie Matthews, cricketer (8 Tests 1911-12, 16 wickets), dies
1943-11-23 - Ernest Jones, cricketer ("Jonah" Gave WG's beard a close shave), dies
1944-01-01 - C T B Turner, cricket (17 Tests 1886-95, 101 wkt All time great), dies
1944-01-01 - Charles Turner, Australian cricketer (b. 1862)
1944-02-08 - Clem Wilson, cricketer (bro of Rockley, 2 Tests for Engld 1896), dies
1944-04-17 - J T Hearne, cricketer (took 49 wkts in 12 Tests for England), dies
