Today in Cricket History (Part 4)
Sub-Topics: Sheffield Shield
Historical Events
Results 301 - 400 of 608
1971-02-17 - England regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win
1971-03-06 - Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, v West Indies at Port-of-Spain
1971-03-21 - Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown
1971-06-03 - Test Cricket debut of Imran Khan, v Engl at Edgbaston (5, 0-36, 0-19)
1971-06-04 - Zaheer Abbas scores Cricket 274 at Edgbaston, 544 minutes 38 fours
1972-02-16 - Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI v NZ Kingston, 214 & 100
1972-04-08 - Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings v NZ
1972-04-09 - Glenn Turner (259) & Terry Jarvis make 387 opening cricket stand v WI
1972-04-20 - Kallicharran scores his 2nd Test century in his 2nd Test Cricket
1972-06-08 - Test Cricket debut of Tony Greig, v Australia at Old Trafford (57/62)
1972-06-26 - Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 & 8-53) on Test cricket debut v Eng
1972-08-12 - Ian & Greg Chappell both scores centuries in same Test Cricket innings
1972-12-25 - England beat India by six wickets in the 1st Test Cricket at Delhi
1972-12-29 - Test Cricket debut of Jeff Thomson & Max Walker v Pakistan at MCG
1973-02-02 - Test Cricket debut of Richard John Hadlee, NZ v Pakistan, Wellington
1973-02-17 - Rodney Redmond scores 107 on debut v Pakistan, his only Test Cricket
1973-03-27 - Dennis Amiss out for 99 v Pakistan, 3rd 99 in Test Cricket
1973-04-07 - Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 v WI Georgetown
1973-05-31 - Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th cricket run of English season
1973-06-12 - Close finish at Trent Bridge, NZ Cricket need 479 to win, all out 440
1973-07-05 - Test Cricket umpiring debut of H D "Dickie" Bird v NZ at Leeds
1973-07-31 - Frank Hayes scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v WI as England lose
1973-08-24 - Garry Sobers scores 26th & last Test Cricket ton 150 v Eng Lord's
1973-09-05 - 1st one-day Cricket international for WI (v Eng) - lose by 1 wicket
1974-03-01 - Ian & Greg Chappell make 264 partnership v NZ cricket at Wellington
1974-03-06 - Ian & Greg Chappell score cricket
1974-04-05 - Last day of Test cricket for Garry Sobers & Rohan Kanhai
1974-06-24 - India all out for 42 in Lord's Test cricket in 77 mins
1974-08-23 - Zaheer Abbas scores 240 Pakistan v England at The Cricket Oval
1974-11-22 - Test Cricket debut of Gordon Greenidge & Viv Richards, at Bangalore
1974-11-26 - Greenidge scores 107 in 2nd innings of Test Cricket debut v India
1974-12-14 - Viv Richards scores 1st Test Cricket ton 192 v India 20 fours 6 sixes
1975-02-20 - Leonard Baichan scores 105* on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan Lahore
1975-06-07 - Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, v WI Cricket World Cup
1975-06-11 - One-day international cricket debut, Javed Miandad age 17 yrs 364 days
1975-06-18 - Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 in Cricket World Cup semi v England
1975-06-21 - West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1975-07-10 - Test Cricket debut of Graham Gooch, v Australia, out for a pair
1975-08-13 - Viv Richards out for 291 v England at Cricket Oval
1975-09-07 - Last day of 1st-class cricket for Hanif Mohammad
1975-11-28 - Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI v Australia Brisbane
1975-12-02 - G S Chappell gets ton in each inn of 1st Test Cricket as capt v WI
1975-12-26 - A crowd of 85661 attends the 1st day of the Aust-WI MCG Test Cricket
1975-12-28 - Gary Cosier scores 109 v West Indies at MCG on Test Cricket debut
1976-01-23 - Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, v WI Adelaide
1976-02-05 - Last day of Test Cricket for Lance Gibbs & Ian Redpath
1976-02-17 - NZ scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, v India
1976-06-03 - Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley v West Indies (0 & 17)
1976-07-13 - Last day of Test Cricket for Brian Close, aged 45
1976-09-13 - 2nd Enterprise, approach & lands Test Cricket (ALT) flight (5m28s)
1976-10-09 - Test Cricket debut of Javed Miandad (Pakistan), scores 163 on 1st day
1976-10-24 - Sadiq & Mushtaq Mohammad score tons in same Test Cricket innings v NZ
1976-12-19 - John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, v India Delhi
1977-02-18 - Test Cricket debuts of Colin Croft & Joel Garner v Pakistan Bridgetown
1977-03-17 - Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877
1977-07-28 - Test Cricket debut of Ian Botham v Aust Trent Bridge, 5-74 1st innings
1977-08-15 - England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Aust
1977-09-13 - 2nd Test Cricket of Space Shuttle Enterprise
1977-12-14 - Test Cricket debut of Abdul Qadir, v England at Lahore
1978-02-15 - England all out 64 for 1st loss to NZ in cricket (Boycott capt)
1978-02-25 - Botham scores 1st Test Cricket century, 103 v NZ Christchurch
1978-03-03 - 1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI v Australia)
1978-04-02 - Basil Williams scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, v Aust Georgetown
1978-05-03 - Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston
1978-05-03 - WI all set to lose cricket test v Aust at Kingston till riots end game
1978-06-01 - Cricket Test debut of David Gower, v Pakistan, Edgbaston, scores 58
1978-06-19 - Ian Botham takes 8-34 v Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling
1978-11-19 - Gavaskar gets twin cricket tons for India for 2nd time
1978-12-01 - Test Cricket debut of Rodney Hogg, v England at the Gabba
1978-12-08 - Commencement of the 1st day/night WSC cricket supertest at VFL Park
1978-12-15 - Test Cricket debut of Malcolm Marshall, v India at Bangalore
1978-12-29 - Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, v England at the MCG
1979-02-10 - Border is named 12th man for Australia, only Test Cricket he missed
1979-03-24 - 1st appearance as Australian cricket capt for Kim Hughes
1979-03-29 - Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1979-03-29 - Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad
1979-05-23 - 1st edition of "Wisden Cricket Monthly"
1979-06-14 - Canada all out 45 in Cricket World Cup v England, in 40 3 overs
1979-06-18 - Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset
1979-06-23 - West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1979-11-27 - 1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia v WI at SCG
1979-12-11 - Geoff Boycott scores cricket century in a limited-over international
1979-12-25 - Opening day of 4th Test Cricket, India 8-112 v Pakistan at Kanpur
1980-02-13 - NZ beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin
1980-02-19 - Botham a century & 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay
1980-02-26 - R Hadlee scores Test Cricket century v Roberts, Garner, Holding, Croft
1980-03-11 - Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust v Pak cricket draw
1980-03-23 - Border completes 150 in each inning of Test Cricket v Pakistan
1980-10-23 - McCosker (168) & Dyson (152) make 319 opening stand cricket, NSW v WA
1980-11-25 - Imran Khan scores his 1st Test Cricket ton, 123 v WI Lahore
1981-02-10 - Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249
1981-03-24 - Bombay beat Delhi by innings & 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy
1981-06-18 - Test cricket debut of Terry Alderman, v England at Trent Bridge
1981-08-31 - Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, v England at Lord's
1981-12-23 - Boycott becomes leading run-scorer in Test Crickets with 8033
1981-12-26 - One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Aust v WI
1981-12-27 - Lillee becomes the leading wicket-taker in Test Crickets with 310
1982-02-17 - Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, v England
1982-02-26 - Test Cricket debut of Martin Crowe, v Australia Wellington, run out 9
1982-03-10 - Salim Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
Famous Birthdays
Results 301 - 400 of 2,049
1905-11-05 - George Bissett, cricketer (successful S African quick in 1927-28)
1905-11-17 - Arthur Chipperfield, cricketer (Aus batsman & leggie 99 on Test debut)
1905-12-03 - Leslie Ames, cricketer (England wicket-keeper of 30's Outstanding bat)
1905-12-20 - "Tiger" Bill O'Reilly, cricketer (mighty Australian leg-spinner)
1906-01-28 - Henry Foley, cricketer (batted in New Zealand's 1st Test 1930)
1906-02-27 - Alexander Matheson, NZ cricket pace bowler (2 Tests 1930-31)
1906-04-15 - A J "Sandy" Bell, S Afr cricket fast bowler (16 Tests 1929-35)
1906-05-16 - Ernie McCormick, cricketer (Australian quickie of late 30's)
1906-05-21 - Keith Rigg, cricketer (Australian Test batsman in the thirties)
1906-06-03 - Norman Gallichan, cricketer (all-rounder in 1 Test NZ v England 1937)
1906-06-03 - Walter Robins, cricketer (dynamic England leg-spin all-rounder)
1906-06-08 - S Nazir Ali, cricketer (bro of Wazir Ali, India's 1st Test 1932)
1906-06-16 - Alan Fairfax, cricketer (Australian all-rounder late 20's early 30's)
1906-08-25 - Jim Smith, England cricketer (d. 1979)
1906-12-02 - Eric Dalton, cricketer (2 centuries in 15 Tests for S Africa 1929-39)
1907-04-20 - Miran Bux, cricketer (his one season of Test & 1st-class play 1954-55)
1907-07-02 - Leo O'Brien, cricketer (Australian batsman in 5 Tests 1932-36)
1907-08-11 - Ted a'Beckett, cricketer (Australian Test player)
1907-12-16 - Syd Curnow, cricketer (South African batsman in 7 Tests 1930-32)
1908-01-20 - Ian Peebles, cricketer (Scottish leg-spinner, England 1927-31)
1908-01-25 - W H V "Hopper" Levett, cricket keeper (England in 1 Test in Calcutta)
1908-02-29 - Alf Gover, cricketer (bowled in 4 Tests for England/famous coach)
1908-03-30 - Leslie O'Brien "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith, Chinese cricket bowler
1908-04-28 - Jack Fingleton, cricketer (Australian opener of 30's)
1908-06-02 - Gordon Weir, cricketer (NZ batsman in 11 Tests 1930-37)
1908-07-25 - Bill Bowes, English cricketer (d. 1987)
1908-08-18 - Bill Merritt, cricketer (early NZ Test leg-spinner, also Northants)
1908-08-23 - Ben Barnett, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (1938 England tour)
1908-08-26 - Bill Hunt, cricketer (NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933)
1908-08-27 - Donald [George] Bradman, Australian cricketer (6,996 runs)
1908-09-01 - Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricketer (d. 1980)
1909-01-01 - D D Hindlekar, cricketer (Indian batsman & wicket-keeper 1936-46)
1909-01-08 - Bruce Mitchell, cricketer (S African bat, their top run-scorer (3471))
1909-02-19 - Charlie Walker, South Aust cricket wicket-keeper (toured but no Tests)
1909-02-23 - Frank Ward, cricketer (Australian leggie late 30s)
1909-04-05 - Gerald Bond, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1938, 0 & 0-16)
1909-04-26 - Richard Howorth, cricketer (English all-rounder, three county doubles)
1909-05-30 - George Headley, cricketer (in Panama All-time great WI batsman)
1909-06-06 - M J Gopalan, cricketer (1 Test India v England 1933-34)
1909-06-20 - Cecil Marley, cricketer (Jamaican batsman 1928-1946, WICBC pres)
1909-07-15 - John Cochrane, South African cricket pace bowler (one Test 1931)
1909-07-20 - Eric Rowan, S African cricketer (prolific batsman pre- & post-WWII)
1909-08-08 - Bill Voce, cricketer (England left-arm bodyline bowler)
1909-08-14 - Len Darling, cricketer (South Australian & Test batsman of 30's)
1909-08-20 - Albert Roberts, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37)
1909-08-23 - Syd Buller, England First Class Cricketer and English test umpire (d. 1970)
1909-08-24 - Ronnie Grieveson, S Afr cricket keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939)
1909-08-26 - Eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler (5 Tests for S Africa 1935-39)
1909-09-05 - Archie Jackson, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
1909-11-25 - Manny Martindale, cricketer (fiery WI pace bowler of 30's)
1909-12-06 - Alan McGilvray, cricketer (20 games for NSW mid 1930's) and commentator (ABC)
1909-12-16 - Lall Singh, cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match)
1909-12-23 - Don Cleverley, cricketer (two Tests for NZ 1932 & 1946, took 0-130)
1910-02-01 - Jahangir Khan, cricketer (father of Majid, Indian player 1932-36)
1910-02-10 - Paul Whitelaw, cricketer (NZ opening batsman v England 1933)
1910-03-16 - Iftikhar Ali Khan, cricketer (Nawab of Pataudi, England & India)
1910-04-08 - Wendell Bill, cricketer (NSW bat 1929-36 Century on debut 1930)
1910-05-02 - Laurie Nash, cricketer (Tasmanian fast-bowler, 2 Tests for Australia)
1910-05-09 - P E Palia, cricketer (appeared in India's 1st Test-Lord's 1932)
1910-05-19 - Alan Melville, cricketer (graceful South African batsman 1938-49)
1910-07-16 - Stan McCabe, cricketer (exciting NSW & Australian batsman of 30's)
1910-08-01 - Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests)
1910-08-11 - Denis Moloney, NZ cricket all-rounder (1937 England tour)
1910-10-15 - Xenophon Balaskas, cricketer (South African leg-spinner of 30's)
1910-11-12 - A "Dudley" Nourse, cricketer (son of Dave, brilliant S African bat)
1910-11-24 - Lennox Brown, cricketer (S Afr leg-spinner on 1931-32 Aust/NZ tour)
1910-12-04 - Amar Singh, cricketer (dashing Indian all-rounder of thirties)
1910-12-16 - Freddie Brown, Peru, cricketer ("Lettuces! Hearts as big as ")
1910-12-17 - Keki Khursedji Tarapore, cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India)
1910-12-18 - Eric Tindall, cricketer (All Black rep who kept wicket in 5 Tests)
1910-12-28 - John Kerr, NZ, cricketer (opening batsman in 1930s)
1911-01-07 - Merv Waite, cricketer (S Australian all-rounder)
1911-01-27 - George Pope, cricketer (Eng pace bowler, 1-49 & 0-36 in his only Test)
1911-02-06 - A W "Dooley" Briscoe, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests for S Africa 30's)
1911-04-12 - Geoff Chubb, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler v England 1951-52 aged 40)
1911-05-05 - Norman Oldfield, cricketer (Engl batsman one Test v WI 1939, 80 & 19)
1911-05-28 - Bob Crisp, cricketer (South African pace bowler of 30's)
1911-06-10 - C P "Chilla" Christ, cricketer (Qld spinner late 30's)
1911-07-03 - Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (son of Joseph, 23 Tests for England)
1911-07-08 - Ken Farnes, cricket bowler (fast England in pre-WW II years)
1911-07-20 - Baqa Jilani, Indian cricket fast bowler (Test 1936)
1911-08-06 - Norman Gordon, S Afri cricket pace bowler (against England 1938-39)
1911-08-09 - Khurshed Meher-Homji, cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936)
1911-10-12 - Vijay Merchant, cricketer (all-time great Indian batsman)
1912-01-24 - Ken Weekes, cricketer (WI batsman v England 1939, 137 at The Oval)
1912-03-02 - Arthur Beaumont C Langton, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler of 1930's)
1912-03-30 - Jack Cowie, cricketer (successful NZ fast bowler either side of WWII)
1912-04-20 - David Townsend, cricketer (3 Tests Eng v WI 1935)
1912-06-05 - Eric Hollies, cricketer (England leggie, bowled Bradman)
1912-06-24 - Brian Johnston, cricketer (BBC radio commentator & cake connoisseur)
1912-07-31 - Bill Brown, cricketer (Australian opener of the 30's & 40's)
1912-09-02 - Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967)
1912-10-14 - Jack Crapp, cricketer (England batsman 1948-49)
1912-10-14 - Jack Young, cricketer (Middlesex & England slow left-armer post-WW2)
1912-11-04 - H "Giff" Vivian, cricketer (father of Graham 1st Test for NZ at 18)
1912-12-04 - Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler (didn't rep Aust)
1912-12-25 - Donald McRae, cricketer (Test for NZ, the 1946 debacle vs Australia)
1913-01-08 - Horace Smith, cricketer (NZ, only Test wkt off his 1st ball (Paynter))
1913-01-17 - Yuvraj of Patiala, cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India v Eng)
1913-01-30 - Dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935, 1, 0-12)
Famous Deaths
Results 301 - 400 of 922
1944-05-26 - C M Francois, cricketer (WWII, 252 runs in 5 Tests for S Africa), dies
1944-06-13 - Christopher Heseltine, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1895-96), dies
1944-06-19 - Bill Bradley, cricketer (bowled for England in two Tests 1899), dies
1944-06-26 - Billy Newham, cricketer (England Test 1887), dies
1944-08-05 - Maurice Turnbull, cricketer (England)/rugby (Wales), dies
1944-08-17 - John Trumble, cricketer (brother of Hugh 7 Tests 1885-86), dies
1944-09-26 - Julien Cahn, cricketer (private cricket promoter during 30's), dies
1944-11-16 - Charles Kellaway, cricketer (26 Tests 1910-1928), dies
1944-11-17 - A C MacLaren, cricketer (England batsman from turn of century), dies
1945-02-13 - George Studd, cricketer (4 Tests with brother v Aus 1882-83), dies
1945-02-16 - Billy Frank, cricketer (Test S Afr v Eng 1896, 5 & 2, 1-52), dies
1945-05-09 - Clem Hill, cricketer (49 Tests for Australia 1896-1912), dies
1945-07-20 - Arthur Seccull, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies
1945-11-07 - Alfred Dipper, cricketer (England batsman scored in only Test), dies
1945-12-20 - Charles Eady, cricketer (Tasmanian player for Aust 1896-1901), dies
1946-01-02 - Joe Darling, cricketer (Aussie captain 21 Tests, won 7 lost 4), dies
1946-04-17 - John Iddon, cricketer (car accident 5 Tests for Eng 1934-35), dies
1946-04-21 - Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for S Afr in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies
1946-04-25 - Albert Knight, cricketer (3 Tests for England on 1903-04 tour), dies
1946-04-25 - Joseph Vine, cricketer (batted in two Tests Eng v Aust 1911-12), dies
1946-05-07 - Joe Humphries, cricket wicket keeper (3 Tests for Engld 1907-08), dies
1946-07-15 - Razor Smith, English cricketer (b. 1877)
1946-08-09 - A E E Vogler, cricketer (South Africa, 15 Tests, 64 wkts), dies
1946-11-18 - John King, cricketer (scored 60 & 4 in only Test Eng v Aus 1909), dies
1946-11-22 - Bertie Rose-Innes, cricketer (S Africa's Test), dies
1947-01-23 - Roy Park, cricketer (prolific Victorian bat & official), dies
1947-01-29 - Fred Barratt, cricket (5 wkts at 47 in 5 Tests for Eng 1929-30), dies
1947-02-27 - Mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89
1947-03-09 - Stanley Jackson, cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies
1947-03-27 - Charles Smith, cricketer (batted for S Afr in 1902-03), dies
1947-04-02 - Joseph Hardstaff, cricket (311 runs in 5 Tests for Eng 1907-08), dies
1947-06-06 - Norman Reid, cricketer (Test S Af v Aust 1921-22, 11 & 6, 2-63), dies
1947-07-13 - Warwick Armstrong, cricketer (50 Tests 1901-21, 2863 runs), dies
1947-07-30 - George Challenor, cricketer (played in 1st WI Test side 1928), dies
1947-10-12 - Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicketkeeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42
1948-02-10 - Ewart Astill, cricket all-rounder (9 Tests for England 1927-30), dies
1948-03-05 - Charles Prince, cricketer (5 & 1 in only Test for S Africa), dies
1948-04-17 - Percy Sherwell, cricketer (S Afr captain in 13 Tests 1905-11), dies
1948-06-08 - Hanson Carter, cricket (28 Tests for Aust, caught 44 stumped 21), dies
1948-07-03 - Quintin McMillan, cricketer (13 Tests for South Africa), dies
1948-07-08 - Dave Nourse, cricketer (45 Tests for South Africa 1902-24), dies
1948-07-26 - Charles Mills, S Afr cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies
1948-09-11 - Albert Powell, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1898-99), dies
1948-10-16 - Henry Foley, cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 & 2), dies
1948-12-09 - Sir Timothy O'Brien, cricketer (Bart 5 Tests England 1884-96), dies
1948-12-20 - Ladha Ramji, cricketer (bro of Amar Singh, Test Ind 1933-34), dies
1949-03-30 - Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar, cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
1949-04-06 - Stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC Pres during WWII), dies
1949-05-06 - A L Ochse, cricketer (10 wickets in 3 Tests for S Afr 1927-29), dies
1949-06-29 - Walter Giffen, cricketer (brother of George, 3 Tests), dies
1949-07-14 - Frank Hearne, cricketer (2 Tests for England, 4 Tests for S Afr), dies
1949-08-30 - Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies
1949-11-01 - Leslie Gay, cricket wicket-keeper/goalkeeper (England in 1890's), dies
1950-01-08 - George Rowe, cricketer (15 wckts in 4 Tests for S Af 1895-1902), dies
1950-02-16 - David Denton, cricketer (England batsman in 11 Tests 1905-10), dies
1950-03-23 - Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies
1950-06-04 - Sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies
1950-06-17 - Syed Wazir Ali, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies
1950-06-20 - Claude Jennings, cricketer (Aust opening bat in 1912 Triangular), dies
1950-09-06 - Arthur Hill, cricketer (3 Tests), dies
1950-09-11 - S M H Colah, cricketer (69 runs in India's 1st 2 tests 1932-33), dies
1951-01-29 - Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (b. 1880)
1951-04-27 - Philip Albert Myburgh Hands, cricketer (7 Tests for S Africa), dies
1951-06-06 - Lionel Hallam, cricketer (England capt 1921), dies
1951-06-11 - Montagu Odd, cricket bat-maker (W G Grace), dies
1951-07-14 - Sammy Jones, cricketer (last survivor of the 1882 Oval Test), dies
1951-08-03 - Neville Tufnell, cricket wicket keeper (Test for England 1910), dies
1951-09-03 - Arnold Warren, cricketer (only Test for England), dies
1951-10-13 - W G (Billy) Quaife, cricketer (7 Tests for England, 228 runs), dies
1952-01-05 - Nawab of Pataudi, cricket (play polo 3 Tests for Eng 3 for Ind), dies
1952-02-05 - Reginald Allen, cricketer (uncle of Gubby, Test Aust v Eng 1887), dies
1952-05-16 - Alec Hearne, cricketer (scored 9 in Test for Eng v S Afr 1892), dies
1952-07-27 - Roland Pope, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
1952-07-31 - N B F "Tufty" Mann, cricketer (S African slow lefty 1947-51), dies
1952-11-08 - Claude Carter, cricketer (took 28 wkts 10 Tests for S Africa), dies
1952-12-19 - Harry Makepeace, cricketer (cricket & soccer intl for England), dies
1953-05-07 - Ormerod Pearse, cricketer (55 runs & 3 wkts in 3 Tests for S Af), dies
1953-05-18 - Tom Killick, cricketer (at the crease 2 Tests for Eng 1929), dies
1953-06-25 - Algy Gehrs, cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1904-11), dies
1953-09-12 - Frederick Kuys, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1898), dies
1953-09-22 - William Brann, cricketer (3 Tests for S Africa), dies
1953-10-27 - Thomas Wass, English cricketer (b. 1873)
1953-12-02 - Ernest Hayes, cricketer (Surrey bat played 5 Tests for England), dies
1954-01-20 - Fred Root, cricketer (Engld pace bowler in 3 Tests v Aus 1926), dies
1954-01-20 - Warren Bardsley, cricketer (41 Tests for Australia, 2469 runs), dies
1954-03-08 - Percy Twentyman-Jones, cricketer (pair in only Test for S Afr), dies
1954-03-18 - Walter Mead, cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies
1954-05-10 - George Hirst, cricketer (36,323 1st-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies
1954-05-23 - H R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies
1954-09-30 - Percie Charlton, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1890), dies
1954-10-27 - Frank Druce, cricketer (252 runs in 5 Tests for England), dies
1955-01-07 - Gerald Hartigan, cricketer (S Afr batsman in 5 Tests 1911-14), dies
1955-04-18 - Don Blackie, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1928-29), dies at 46
1955-05-11 - G L Jessop, cricketer (match-winning batsman, brilliant field), dies
1955-05-17 - Alan Fairfax, cricketer (10 Tests for Australia 1928-31), dies
1955-05-17 - Leslie Hylton, cricketer (West Indies quickie 1939), hung for murder
1955-06-22 - Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies at 31
1955-10-21 - Roy Minnett, cricketer (Australian all-rounder prior to WW I), dies
1955-12-22 - Len Braund, cricketer (23 Tests for England 987 runs 47 wkts), dies
1956-05-18 - Maurice Tate, cricketer (39 Tests for England, 155 wickets), dies
