Today in Cricket History (Part 5)

Sub-Topics: Sheffield Shield

Historical Events

Results 401 - 500 of 608

1982-03-14 - Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
1982-03-27 - Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match v Sri Lanka at Lahore
1982-09-22 - Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka v India
1982-10-25 - David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 mins, SA v Victoria
1982-11-12 - Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket v India, goes to 215
1982-11-27 - Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 v England)
1982-12-30 - England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG
1983-03-15 - Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
1983-04-22 - Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy)
1983-04-23 - David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* v Sri Lanka
1983-06-09 - Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, v Australia
1983-06-12 - Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match v Australia
1983-06-25 - India beat West Indies by 43 runs to win Cricket World Cup
1983-08-01 - New Zealand score their 1st Test Cricket match victory in England
1983-09-24 - Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of Hanif, v India Jullundur
1983-11-11 - Wayne Phillips scores 159 on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan at WACA
1983-11-24 - Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson, WI v India Bombay
1983-12-26 - Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, v Pakistan MCG
1983-12-29 - Gavaskar makes the highest Test Cricket score by an Indian, 236* v WI
1983-12-29 - Graeme Yallop completes 268 v Pakistan at cricket MCG
1984-01-02 - Darryl Cullinan, 16, scores his 1st first-class cricket century
1984-01-06 - Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh & Lillee
1984-02-12 - West Indies beat Australia 2-0-1 to win cricket World Series Cup receiving all perfect scores for quality & gold medal
1984-03-13 - Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
1984-03-21 - Border scores 100* v WI Trinidad after 98* in 1st cricket innings
1984-04-13 - India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah
1984-05-31 - Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) v England, ODI cricket record
1984-11-08 - 1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test
1984-11-09 - 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B v N Tvl B
1984-11-10 - Australia all out 76 v West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21
1984-11-16 - Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket
1984-11-23 - Limited-over intl cricket debut for Wasim Akram, v NZ
1984-11-23 - Test Cricket debut of David Boon age 23 & Bob Holland age 38 (v WI)
1984-11-26 - Kim Hughes tearfully resigns as Australian cricket captain
1984-11-29 - Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, v NZ, Hyderabad
1984-12-07 - Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide)
1984-12-22 - Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, v WI at the MCG
1984-12-23 - Viv Richards scores 208 in Test Cricket at MCG
1984-12-31 - Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, v England at Calcutta
1985-02-01 - Azharuddin scores 3rd Test century in 3rd Test Cricket (122 v Eng)
1985-02-08 - 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica v Barbados
1985-02-11 - Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, NZ still wins
1985-02-12 - West Indies beat Australia 2-1 to win cricket World Series Cup
1985-03-10 - India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket"
1985-03-19 - NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket
1985-03-24 - Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Aust, Sharjah)
1985-06-01 - Viv Richards scores 300 in a day on the way to 322 v Warwicks cricket
1985-09-03 - England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval
1985-09-11 - Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs v India
1985-10-31 - Last day in Test cricket for Zaheer Abbas
1985-11-12 - R Hadlee takes 15-123 for Cricket match v Australia at Brisbane
1985-12-26 - Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, v India at the MCG
1986-01-06 - Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland
1986-02-12 - 1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is v Guyana
1986-04-15 - Viv Richards century off 56 balls v England in Antigua Test Cricket
1986-08-21 - Ian Botham takes world-record 356th Test Cricket wkt (v NZ, The Oval)
1986-09-18 - David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 v India at Madras
1986-09-22 - India v Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie
1986-10-21 - 1st-class cricket debut of Andy Flower, ZCU Presidents XI v Young WI
1986-12-22 - India score 7-676 v Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket
1987-03-07 - Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs
1987-03-15 - Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes & Joel Garner
1987-03-15 - NZ beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket
1987-03-24 - WA win the Sheffield Shield by drawing cricket final vs Victoria
1987-04-19 - Brendon Kuruppu scores 201* on Test Cricket debut (Sri Lanka v NZ)
1987-04-21 - Richard Hadlee makes highest Test Cricket score of 151* (v Sri Lanka)
1987-07-04 - Imran Khan takes 300th Test Cricket wicket, only Pakistani to do so
1987-10-13 - West Indies score 4-360 in 50 overs in Cricket World Cup v Sri Lanka
1987-11-08 - Australia beat England by 7 runs to win cricket World Cup
1987-12-05 - David Boon's 5th Test Cricket century, 143 v NZ at Brisbane
1988-01-22 - 1st-class cricket debut of Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago v Leeward Is
1988-01-22 - 1st-class cricket debut of Hansie Cronje, OFS v Transvaal
1988-02-02 - David Boon's 6th Test Cricket century, 184* v England at Sydney
1988-02-29 - Mark Greatbatch scores 107* v England on Test Cricket debut
1988-04-02 - Test Cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, WI v Pakistan, Georgetown
1988-04-21 - 1st four-day games in County Cricket Championship commence
1988-05-29 - Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season
1988-09-15 - Test Cricket debut of Ian Healy, vs Pakistan at Karachi
1988-09-16 - Javed Miandad completes 211, his 5th Test Cricket double, v Australia
1988-09-28 - Javed Miandad scores his 19th Test Cricket century (v Aus, Faisalabad)
1989-01-20 - Wayne Holdsworth takes a wicket 1st ball in 1st-class cricket
1989-01-30 - Last day of 1st class cricket for Dav Whatmore
1989-02-03 - Start 1st Test Cricket, NZ v Pak, washed out
1989-02-10 - Test Cricket debut of Aaqib Javed, Pak v NZ age 16 years 189 days
1989-03-27 - Delhi beat Bengal by innings & 210 to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1989-08-01 - Australia take 3-0 series lead over England to regain Cricket Ashes
1989-08-10 - Australia 0-301 at end of day one, 5th Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
1989-11-01 - Pakistan beat West Indies by 4 wickets to win Cricket's Nehru Cup
1989-11-15 - Test Cricket debut of Waqar Younis & Sachin Tendulkar at Karachi
1989-11-24 - Tendulkar scores a Test Cricket fifty age 16 years 214 days, a record
1989-11-25 - David Boon scores 200 v NZ at cricket WACA
1989-12-16 - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket play at Bellerive Oval, Hobart (v SL)
1989-12-17 - Michael Bevan scores cricket century on 1st-class debut (114 SA v WA)
1989-12-26 - ODI debut for Mark Taylor & Sanath Jayasuriya at cricket MCG
1990-02-04 - Richard Hadlee takes his 400th Test Cricket wicket (Sanjay Manjrekar)
1990-02-22 - 1st day India v NZ cricket at Auckland NZ 5-78 at lunch, 9-387 stumps
1990-02-25 - Australia beat Pakistan 2-0 to win the Cricket World Series Cup
1990-03-28 - Bengal beat Delhi in rained-out cricket Ranji Trophy final on quotient
1990-04-10 - Curtly Ambrose takes 8-45 in cricket vs England at Bridgetown
1990-07-09 - Richard Hadlee takes 5-53 to end his Test Cricket career with 431 wkts

Famous Birthdays

Results 401 - 500 of 2,049

1913-03-12 - Harold Butler, cricketer (England pace bowler late 40's)
1913-03-19 - William Chatterton, cricketer (48 in only Test for England 1892)
1913-08-28 - Lindsay Hassett, cricketer (great Australian bat & capt after Bradman)
1913-08-29 - Len Butterfield, cricketer (NZ all-rounder, Test)
1913-10-14 - Ginty Lush, cricketer (NSW quick of the 30's who didn't play for Aust)
1913-10-14 - Victor Trumper Jr, cricketer (son of Mr & Mrs Trumper NSW 1940-41)
1913-10-24 - Molly Mary Hyde, cricketer
1914-02-25 - John Arlott, cricketer (the doyen of cricket commentators & writers)
1914-03-22 - Cec Burke, cricketer (NZ leg-spinner v Australia 1946, 1 & 3, 2-30)
1914-04-08 - John Cameron, cricketer (brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour)
1914-04-10 - E A V "Foffie" Williams, cricketer (WI all-rounder 1939-48)
1914-04-10 - Jack Badcock, cricketer (Tasmania Australian batsman of 30's)
1914-04-18 - C S Nayudu, cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie)
1914-05-02 - Dennis Dyer, cricketer (opened batting for S Africa v England 1947)
1914-06-16 - Stewart Cathie "Billy" Griffith, cricketer (140 for England, 1948)
1914-06-18 - Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper (S African in 11 Tests 1938-50)
1914-07-09 - Bill Tallon, cricketer (brother of Don, Queensland leggie)
1914-08-21 - Doug Wright, cricketer (England's leg-spinning genius of 30's & 40's)
1914-10-19 - Harold Gimblett, cricketer (legendary Somerset & England batsman)
1914-12-06 - Cyril Washbrook, cricketer (stalwart Lancs & England opener)
1914-12-07 - Winston Place, cricketer (England opener in West Indies 1948)
1914-12-12 - Denis Begbie, cricketer (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50)
1914-12-15 - Ernie Toshack, cricket pace bowler (Aussie left-arm post-WWII)
1914-12-17 - Mushtaq Ali, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman of 30's & 40's)
1915-01-22 - Tom Burtt, cricketer (slow left-armer took 33 wickets for NZ)
1915-03-11 - Vijay Hazare, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54)
1915-03-19 - Norman Yardley, English cricket captain (late 40's)
1915-03-22 - George Cresswell, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ aged 35)
1915-03-28 - Raymond Emery, cricketer (NZ Test batsman vs West Indies 1952)
1915-06-04 - Walter Hadlee, cricketer (father of Richard & Dayle), New Zealand batsman 40's
1915-06-18 - Arthur Fagg, cricketer (dual double-centuries in a game for Kent 1938)
1915-06-30 - Charles Rowe, cricketer (scored a pair in only Test (NZ v Aust 1946))
1915-07-27 - Jack Iverson, Australian cricket mystery spinner (late 40's)
1915-10-29 - Dennis Brookes, cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7)
1915-11-25 - George Mudie, cricketer (WI all-rounder in one Test 1935, 5 & 3-40)
1915-11-25 - Ron Hamence, cricketer (Australian batsman post-WWII)
1915-12-04 - Fred Freer, cricketer (Australian pace bowler played one Test in 1946)
1915-12-09 - Colin McCool, cricketer (Australian leg-spin all rounder late 40s)
1916-01-18 - Alec Coxon, cricketer (England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 & 1-82)
1916-01-24 - Vic Stollmeyer, cricketer (bro of Jeff Scored 96 in only Test innings)
1916-02-17 - Don Tallon, cricketer (perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper)
1916-02-26 - Ross Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman 1936-37, died in WW II)
1916-03-26 - Bill Edrich, cricketer (Middlesex & England bat, Compton's mate)
1916-04-14 - Commandur Rajagopalachari Rangachari, cricketer (India 1947-48)
1916-06-05 - Syd Barnes, cricketer (Australian batsmen of 30's/40's)
1916-06-23 - Len Hutton, cricketer (England opener, 364 v Australia The Oval 1938)
1916-07-31 - Verdun Scott, NZ cricketer/rugby player
1916-08-27 - Tony Harris, cricketer (Springbok 5/8th, Test batsman))
1916-11-05 - Len Wilkinson, cricketer (England leg-spinner just before WW II)
1916-11-21 - Esmond Kentish, cricketer (WI fast bowler in 2 Tests 1948 & 1954)
1916-12-19 - Mervyn Wallace, cricketer (13 Tests for NZ, latterly as capt)
1917-02-22 - Jack Robertson, cricketer (superb Engld batsman only played 11 Tests)
1917-03-06 - Roy Scott, cricketer (one Test NZ v England 1947, 18, 1-74)
1917-04-12 - Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time)
1917-05-05 - Ron Saggers, cricket wicket-keeper (effective NSW & Aussie late 40's)
1917-06-06 - Prior Jones, cricketer (WI pace bowler in 9 Tests 1948-52)
1917-06-27 - K M Rangnekar, cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48)
1917-07-06 - Hugo Yarnold, cricketer (Worcestershire keeper & Test umpire)
1917-07-24 - Jack Moroney, Australian cricketer (d. 1999)
1917-09-06 - George Mann, captain English cricket team
1917-10-17 - Martin Donnelly, cricketer (brilliant lefty bat for NZ post-war)
1917-10-20 - Ken Cranston, cricketer (England all-rounder captained once in 1948)
1917-10-27 - Jack Plimsoll, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick, 3-143 in only Test 1947)
1917-12-14 - Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg-spinner (West Indian of post-WWII years)
1918-01-07 - Colin Snedden, cricketer (Test NZ v England 1947, 0-46, did not bat)
1918-03-05 - Ranga Sohoni, Indian cricketer (pace bowler of late 40's avg 101)
1918-04-07 - C B Bertie Clarke, cricketer (Barbados & West Indian leg-spinner)
1918-04-29 - Mervyn Roye Harvey, cricketer (brother of Neil, Test for Australia)
1918-05-14 - Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper (England 3 times early 50's)
1918-05-23 - Denis Compton, cricketer (England batsman 1938-56 & Arsenal forward)
1918-07-04 - Alec Bedser, cricketer (mighty post-war England medium-pacer)
1918-07-04 - Eric Bedser, cricketer (bro of Alec, Surrey bowler but not England)
1918-10-14 - Doug Ring, cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's)
1918-11-10 - Martin Hanley, cricketer (took 1-88 with off-spin in Test for S Afr)
1918-11-24 - Roley Jenkins, cricketer (English leg-spinner 1948-52)
1918-12-08 - Ian Johnson, cricketer (Australian Test captbetween Hassett & Craig)
1919-01-26 - K C Ibrahim, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests India v WI 1948-49)
1919-02-06 - Lindsay Tuckett, cricketer (son of Len, 9 Tests for S Africa 1947-49)
1919-03-18 - Len Johnson, cricketer (Australian fast bowler played Test in 1948)
1919-03-28 - Tom Brooks, cricketer (NSW fast bowler of the 30's, later Test umpire)
1919-04-19 - Gil Langley, cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1951-56)
1919-04-21 - John Goddard, cricketer, West Indian all-rounder 1948-57)
1919-05-15 - Charles Palmer, cricketer (one Test 1955, later MCC president)
1919-06-08 - Guy Overton, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 3 Tests on 1953-54 SA tour)
1919-07-17 - Alex Moir, cricketer (New Zealand leg-spinner in 17 Tests 1950-59)
1919-07-31 - Hemu Ramchandra Adhikari, cricketer (Indian righty batsman 1947-59)
1919-10-08 - Bill Anderson, cricketer (played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946)
1919-10-10 - Gerald Etheridge Gomez, cricketer (post-war WI all-rounder)
1919-10-17 - John Moroney, cricketer (Australian opener 1949-51)
1919-11-06 - Alan Lisette, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer vs West Indies 1956)
1919-11-28 - Keith Miller, cricketer (one of Australia's best ever all-rounders)
1919-12-30 - Dick Spooner, England, cricket wicketkeeper (Godfrey Evans' shadow)
1920-01-05 - Mohammad Aslam Khokhar, cricket (Pak bat scored 16 & 18 in only test)
1920-01-14 - Donald Beard, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in the 1950's)
1920-02-27 - Reg Simpson, cricketer (prolific England opener 1948-55)
1920-03-07 - Willie Watson, cricketer (England batsman & soccer international)
1920-03-16 - Percy Mansell, cricketer (leg-spin all-rounder in 13 Tests for S Afr)
1920-05-26 - Jack Cheetham, cricketer (South African batsman, Test capt early 50's)
1920-06-22 - Chandrasekhar Sarwate, cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52)
1920-07-16 - Anwar Hussain, cricketer (four Tests for Pakistan v India 1952-53)

Famous Deaths

Results 401 - 500 of 922

1956-07-20 - Ken Burn, cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies
1956-07-27 - J M M Commaille, cricketer (12 Tests for S Africa 1910-28), dies
1956-08-13 - Harry Donnan, cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies
1956-09-07 - Charles Burgess Fry, English athlete/cricketer/journalist, dies at 84
1957-01-24 - Daniel Taylor, cricketer (bro of Herbie, 2 Tests for S Af 1914), dies
1957-03-12 - Harry Dean, cricketer (England left-arm bowler in 3 Tests, 1912), dies
1957-04-08 - Frank Chester, cricketer (distinguished 1-armed Engl Test ump), dies
1957-05-21 - Edwin St Hill, cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies
1957-07-09 - Manfred Julius Susskind, S African cricketer (1924 Test series), dies
1957-07-21 - Rockley Wilson, cricketer (bro of Clem, Test for England 1921), dies
1957-12-29 - Tom Richmond, cricketer (Notts leg-spinner took 2-86 in Eng Test), die
1958-03-19 - Vernon Ransford, cricketer (20 Tests for Australia, 1211 runs), dies
1958-03-26 - Phil Mead, cricketer (55061 1st-class runs 1905-36), dies
1958-04-26 - Joe Small, cricketer (WI all-rounder in 1928 series), dies
1958-05-03 - Frank Foster, cricketer (England all-rounder, 11 Tests 1911-12), dies
1958-05-25 - Rolland Beaumont, cricketer (5 Tests for S Africa), dies
1958-06-07 - Roger Hartigan, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust in 1908), dies
1958-06-18 - Douglas Jardine, cricketer (22 Tests for England), dies
1958-06-28 - George Gunn, cricketer (15 Tests for England), dies at 50
1958-07-22 - Karl Nunes, cricketer (1st WI Test captain 1928), dies
1958-09-09 - Charles Macartney, cricket (35 Tests 1907-26, 2131 runs 45 wkts), dies
1958-10-15 - Jack Mason, cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies
1958-10-17 - C L Townsend, cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies
1958-11-18 - Sivert Samuelson, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1910), dies
1959-01-17 - Abdul Aziz, cricket, dies at 17 struck by ball in fc match for Karachi
1959-02-02 - Frank DeCaires, cricketer (WI bat v Eng 1930, 3 Tests 232 runs), dies
1959-03-28 - James Neblett, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935), dies
1959-04-04 - Stanley Snooke, cricketer (bro of S J, duck in S African Test), dies
1959-05-28 - Bert Collins, cricketer (19 Tests for Aust 1920-26), dies
1959-06-26 - Audley Miller, cricketer (Test for England 1896), dies
1959-07-11 - C W L Parker, cricketer (3,776 1st-class wickets, 2nd best ever), dies
1959-09-09 - O'Neil Gordon Collie Smith, WI cricket all-rounder, dies in car crash
1959-10-28 - Abe Waddington, cricketer (Yorks left-arm quick, Test avg 119), dies
1959-11-15 - Alex Kennedy, cricketer (31 wkts in 5 Tests for England 1922-23), dies
1959-12-05 - K S Duleepsinhji, cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies
1959-12-10 - Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies
1960-01-05 - Donald Knight, cricketer (54 runs in 2 Tests for England 1921), dies
1960-02-05 - Louis Stricker, cricketer (S Afr open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies
1960-07-09 - Vallance Jupp, cricketer (28 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1921-28), dies
1960-08-16 - Errol Holmes, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for England 1935), dies
1960-09-18 - A J Evans, cricketer (only England Test v Aus 1921), dies
1960-09-26 - William Ling, cricketer (S African batsman in 6 Tests 1921-23), dies
1960-11-12 - John Trim, cricketer (occasional WI quick 1948-52, 18 wkts), dies
1960-11-27 - Frederick Fane, cricketer (682 runs in 14 Tests for Eng 1905-10), dies
1961-01-02 - Bob Catterall, cricketer (1555 runs/24 Tests for S Afr 1922-31), dies
1961-01-26 - Morris Nichols, cricketer (41 wkts in 14 Tests for Eng 1930-39), dies
1961-02-23 - Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies
1961-03-23 - A C Russell, cricketer (10 Tests for England 910 runs), dies
1961-05-02 - J C White, cricketer (49 wickets in 15 Tests for Engld 1921-31), dies
1961-06-16 - O C Scott, cricketer (WI leg-spinner in 8 Tests), dies
1961-09-05 - Ernest Bock, cricketer (Test for S Africa, 1935), dies
1961-09-16 - A P F Chapman, cricketer (26 Tests for England), dies
1961-10-02 - Reggie Spooner, cricketer (England centurion v S Africa 1912), dies
1961-10-26 - Edgar Mayne, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies
1961-12-26 - Charlie Frank, cricketer (S Af Test centurion v Aust 1921-22), dies
1962-02-07 - Arthur Carr, cricketer (11 Tests for Eng 22-29), dies shovelling snow
1962-05-05 - Ernest Tyldesley, cricketer (990 runs in 14 Tests for England), dies
1962-10-04 - E H Hendren, cricketer (57,611 1st-class runs, 3rd-best ever), dies
1963-01-18 - Johnnie Moyes, journalist/cricketer (S Aust batsman), dies
1963-01-30 - P F "Plum" Warner, cricketer (England mgr during Bodyline tour), dies
1963-03-08 - John Hartley, cricketer (bowl avg 115 in 2 Tests for Eng 1906), dies
1963-03-11 - Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies
1963-04-08 - Len Tuckett, cricketer (no runs no wkts in 1 Test for S A), dies
1963-05-02 - Jack Crawford, cricketer (469 runs & 39 wickets in 12 Tests), dies
1963-07-18 - A H C Cooper, S Africa cricketer (Test v England 1914), dies
1963-07-29 - Dave Smith, cricketer (2 Tests in 1912 Australian side), dies
1963-08-21 - John Gunn, cricketer (England all-rounder in 6 Tests 1901-05), dies
1963-09-12 - Ben Sealey, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1933), dies
1963-09-22 - Fred Le Roux, cricketer (S Afr all-rounder in only Test), dies
1963-11-22 - Claude Floquet, cricketer (Test for S Africa), dies
1963-12-21 - Jack Hobbs, cricketer (61 Tests for England), dies
1964-01-01 - Alf Hall, cricketer (S Afr lefty quick took 40 wkts in 7 Tests), dies
1964-01-12 - C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (WI in 4 Tests, 6 wkts), dies
1964-02-06 - W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests v NZ 1930), dies
1964-02-20 - R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicketkeeper (S Africa 1927-28), dies
1964-04-14 - Bert McGirr, cricketer (2 Tests for NZ, 51 runs), dies
1964-04-19 - Cyril Merry, cricketer (WI batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies
1964-06-07 - Charlie Llewellyn, cricketer (544 runs in 15 Tests for S Africa), dies
1964-07-12 - William Solomon, S Africa cricketer (Test 1898-99), dies
1964-09-15 - Robert Dower, cricketer (Test for South Africa), dies
1964-10-06 - F T Mann, cricketer (father of F G, 281 runs in 5 Tests 1922-23), dies
1964-12-03 - George Brown, cricketer (7 Tests for England), dies
1964-12-12 - H I "Sailor" Young, cricketer (left-arm bowler Eng v Aust 1899), dies
1965-01-28 - Tich Freeman, cricket (3776 FC wickets leg-spin, 304 in 1928), dies
1965-01-30 - Vic Jackson, cricketer (NSW/Leicerstershire off-spinner), dies in car
1965-04-08 - Jack Durston, cricketer (one Test for England, 4-102 & 1-34), dies
1965-05-08 - H T W Hardinge, cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for Engld), dies
1965-07-01 - Wally Hammond, S African cricketer (7,249 runs for England), dies
1965-07-07 - Bill Hitch, England cricket fast-bowler (7 Tests 1911-21), dies
1965-08-10 - Rayford Robinson, cricketer (Test Aust v England 1937), dies
1965-08-11 - Bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies
1965-08-27 - Gerald Bond, cricketer (South Africa 1938-39), dies
1965-09-14 - Jack Hearne, cricketer (806 runs in 24 Tests for England), dies
1965-09-26 - Otto Nothling, cricketer (did next to nothling in Aust), dies
1965-10-17 - Barton King, cricketer (America's greatest cricket all-rounder), dies
1965-11-14 - George Bissett, cricketer (25 wickets in 4 Tests for S Africa), dies
1965-12-02 - The Rajkumar of Vizianagram, cricketer (Indian Test capt 1936), dies
1966-01-05 - George Duckworth, cricketer (24 Tests for England, ct 45 stp 15), dies
1966-01-10 - George Cresswell, cricketer (Took 13 wkts in 3 Tests for NZ), suicide
1966-05-22 - Tom Goddard, cricketer (22 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1930-39), dies


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