Today in Cricket History (Part 7)
Sub-Topics: Sheffield Shield
Historical Events
Results 601 - 608 of 608
1996-10-28 - Goa upset Karnataka to win their 1st Ranji Cricket Trophy game ever
1996-11-07 - Wasim Jaffer gets 314* in 2nd cricket FC game for Mumbai v Saurashtra
1996-11-24 - Mashonaland defeat Matabeleland to win the Logan Cricket Cup
1996-11-24 - Mohammad Wasim scores 109 on Test Cricket debut, Pakistan v NZ Lahore
1996-12-01 - Lance Klusener takes 8-64 in debut Test Cricket to trounce India
1996-12-18 - Start of 1st Test Cricket match between Zimbabwe & England
1996-12-22 - Zimbabwe & England draw Bulawayo Test Cricket with Eng need 1 to win
1996-12-28 - India all out for 66 at Durban after making 100 in cricket 1st inning
Famous Birthdays
Results 601 - 700 of 2,049
1926-10-27 - P G "Nana" Joshi, cricket wicketkeeper (Indian during 1950's)
1926-11-22 - Zulfiqar Ahmed, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1952-56)
1926-12-14 - Frank King, cricketer (WI fast bowler in 14 Tests in 50's, 29 wkts)
1926-12-24 - Ronald Draper, cricketer (South African batsman v Australia 1949-50)
1926-12-28 - Donald Carr, cricketer (England player in 50's, later MCC honcho)
1927-01-11 - John Hayes, cricketer (NZ fast bowler in 15 Tests 1951-58)
1927-02-18 - Fazal Mahmood, cricketer (Pakistani medium-pace workhorse 1952-62)
1927-03-22 - George Thoms, cricketer (1 Test Aust against WI 1952, scored 16 & 28)
1927-03-30 - Wally Grout, cricketer (great Aussie wicket-keeper)
1927-04-18 - Jim De Courcy, cricketer (in Newcastle Australian batsman 1953)
1927-05-01 - Israr Ali, cricket pace bowler (Pakistani in 4 Tests 1952-59)
1927-05-05 - Sid O'Linn, cricketer (soccer for S Africa 1947, cricket 1960)
1927-05-06 - Michael Frederick, cricketer (one Test WI v Engld 1954, scored 0 & 30)
1927-05-22 - Eric Petrie, cricketer (NZ wicketkeeper of the late 1950's)
1927-06-11 - Eric St Eval Atkinson, cricketer (bro of Denis WI pace bowler 1958-59)
1927-06-16 - Thomas W "Tom" Graveney, English cricket batsman (50's & 60's)
1927-07-16 - John Warr, England, cricket bowler (avg 281)/president (MCC)
1927-07-18 - Zin Harris, cricketer (father of Chris NZ batsman in 50's & 60's)
1927-07-26 - G S Ramchand, cricketer (valuable all-rounder in 33 Tests for India)
1927-08-15 - Eddie Leadbeater, cricketer (England leg-spinner with an avg of 109)
1927-10-10 - Clairmonte Depeiaza, cricketer (world record partnership v Aust 1955)
1927-10-18 - Ramesh Divecha, cricketer (eleven wickets for India in early 50's)
1927-10-25 - Hedley Keith, cricketer (solid left-handed for S Africa in the 1950's)
1928-01-01 - Khan Mohammad, cricketer (Paki fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests)
1928-01-05 - Imtiaz Ahmed, cricketer (Pakistan wicket-keeper in 41 Tests 1952-62)
1928-01-07 - Rajindranath, cricketer (4 stumpings in his only Test for India)
1928-01-17 - Ken Archer, cricketer (Australian batsman, 5 Tests early 50s)
1928-02-03 - C V Gadkari, cricketer (Indian batsman in 6 Tests 1953-55)
1928-02-11 - Gerry Alexander, cricket wicketkeeper (WI of 50s & 60s)
1928-02-26 - Everton Weekes, cricketer (one of the 3 W's)
1928-03-10 - Arthur Milton, cricketer (England opening batsman late 50's)
1928-03-19 - Clive Van Ryneveld, cricketer (South African all-rounder 1951-58)
1928-05-31 - Pankaj Roy, cricketer (Indian opener, 413 partnership w/Vinoo Mankad)
1928-06-03 - John Reid, cricketer (prolific NZ batsman 1949-65)
1928-06-28 - Peter Heine, cricketer (solid South African fast bowler in 1950's)
1928-07-10 - Jack Nel, cricketer (South African opening bat in 6 Tests 1949-57)
1928-08-02 - Malcolm Hilton, Former England cricketer (d. 1990)
1928-10-08 - Neil Harvey, cricketer (prolific Australian lefty bat of 50's)
1928-10-18 - R H "Deepak" Shodhan, cricketer (century on Test debut for India)
1928-10-24 - Ken Hough, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in two Tests v England 1959)
1928-10-27 - Datta Gaekwad, cricketer (father of Anshuman, batted in 11 Tests 50's)
1928-11-11 - Trevor Meale, cricketer (batted in 2 Tests NZ v England 1958)
1928-11-17 - Colin McDonald, cricketer (stalwart Australian opening bat for 1950's)
1929-01-23 - Ian Thomson, cricketer (England seam bowler v South Africa 1964-65)
1929-01-30 - Hugh Tayfield, cricketer (celebrated S African off-spinner 1949-60)
1929-02-09 - Lennox Butler, cricketer (1 Test WI v Aust 1955, 16 & 2-151)
1929-03-06 - David Sheppard, bishop (Liverpool)/cricketer (England batsman)
1929-03-11 - Jackie McGlew, cricketer (dour South African opening bat of the 50')
1929-03-24 - Cuan McCarthy, cricketer (36 Test wkts for S Africa, 1 career no-ball)
1929-05-01 - Sonny Ramadhin, cricket spin bowler (great WI)
1929-05-02 - Sydney Gedye, cricketer (opening batsman in four Tests for NZ 1964)
1929-05-15 - Jack Flavell, cricketer (England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64)
1929-05-21 - Paul Winslow, cricketer (big-hitter for S Africa, 108 v England 1955)
1929-05-28 - Leslie Wight, cricketer (one Test WI v India 1953, scored 21)
1929-06-08 - Ventappa Muddiah, cricketer (Indian off-spinner in 2 Tests 1959-61)
1929-06-14 - Alan Davidson, cricketer (mighty Australian lefty quick all-rounder)
1929-06-21 - Agha Saadat Ali, cricketer (Paki bat in Test v NZ 1956, scored 8*)
1929-07-05 - Graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer
1929-07-05 - Tony Lock, cricketer (highly successful England slow lefty bowler)
1929-07-24 - Alfred Binns, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1953-56)
1929-09-25 - John Rutherford, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1956)
1929-10-06 - Les Favell, cricketer (stoic Australian batsman late 50's)
1929-10-25 - Peter Loader, cricketer (England quick in 13 Tests 1954-59, later WA)
1929-10-28 - Narotam Puna, cricketer (Bombay NZ off-spinner v England 1966)
1929-11-08 - Trevor McMahon, NZ cricket wicketkeeper (v India & Pak 1955-56)
1929-12-09 - Bob Hawke, cricketer (no relation to Lord 12th man for Oxford U 1954)
1929-12-11 - S P "Fergie" Gupte, cricketer (brilliant Indian leg-spinner)
1929-12-12 - Doug Ford, cricket wicket-keeper (successful NSW of 50's)
1929-12-15 - Keith Andrew, cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 2 Tests 1954-63)
1929-12-22 - Wazir Mohammad, cricketer (eldest of Pakistan's 4 Mohammed brothers)
1929-12-31 - Peter Barker Howard, cricketer
1929-12-31 - Peter May, cricketer (dashing English batsman of 50's)
1930-01-19 - John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper (great South African)
1930-03-01 - C D Gopinath, cricketer (batted in 8 Tests for India in the 1950's)
1930-03-14 - Ray Flockton, cricketer (prolific NSW batsman of 50's)
1930-03-29 - G R Sunderam, cricket pace bowler (2 Tests India v NZ 1955-56)
1930-04-10 - Shuja-ud-Din, cricketer (batted in 19 Tests for Pakistan 1954-62)
1930-04-20 - Alan Oakman, cricketer (England batsman against Australia 1956)
1930-04-25 - Roy Marshall, cricket opener (prolific Hampshire only 4 Tests for WI)
1930-04-29 - Alf Valentine, cricketer (great West Indian lefty spinner)
1930-04-29 - Alfred Lewis Valentine, Jamaican cricket player
1930-06-01 - Matt Poore, cricketer (NZ batsman in 14 tests 1953-56 average 15.43)
1930-06-03 - Michael Melle, cricketer (South African pace bowler of early 1950's)
1930-06-06 - Frank Tyson, cricketer ("Typhoon" England pace destroyer mid-50's)
1930-06-07 - Ian Leggat, cricketer (1 Test v S Africa 1953-54 without distinction)
1930-06-12 - Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener of 50s)
1930-06-16 - Brian Statham, cricketer (masterful England quick for two decades)
1930-06-17 - Brian Statham, cricketer
1930-07-09 - Roy McLean, cricketer (prolific S African batsman played 40 Tests)
1930-07-11 - John Alabaster, cricketer (NZ most prolific leg-spinner with 49 wkts)
1930-07-25 - Murray Chapple, cricketer (NZ Test batsman through the 1950's)
1930-08-23 - Jack Bannister, cricketer (Warwickshire stalwart)/commentator (BBC)
1930-08-26 - Joe Solomon, cricketer (WI batsman of 50's Cap fell on wkt v Aust)
1930-08-30 - Noel Harford, cricketer (brother of Roy NZ Test batsman in 1950's)
1930-09-29 - Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for India in 1950's)
1930-10-02 - J M Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India 1952-59 with little impact)
1930-10-06 - Richie Benaud, cricket capt (great Aussie leg-spinner, commentator)
1930-11-14 - Alan Moss, cricket pace bowler (England during 50's)
1930-11-24 - C T Patankar, cricketer (kept wicket in one Test India v NZ 1955-56)
1930-11-24 - Ken Barrington, cricketer (tough England batsman)
Famous Deaths
Results 601 - 700 of 922
1976-08-21 - Ken James, cricketer (kept wicket for NZ in 11 Tests), dies
1976-08-25 - Perc Hornibrook, cricketer (6 Tests 1928-30, 17 wickets), dies
1976-09-05 - A E R Gilligan, cricketer (11 Tests for England 1922-25), dies
1976-11-11 - E Q Davies, cricketer (9 runs & 7 wickets in 5 Tests for S Afr), dies
1976-12-18 - George Emmett, cricketer (Engld opener v Aust Old Trafford 1948), dies
1976-12-21 - Edward Bartlett, cricketer (WI Test batsman in 5 Tests 1928-31), dies
1976-12-25 - Arthur Mitchell, cricketer (batted in 6 Tests for Eng 1933-36), dies
1977-01-29 - E P "Buster" Nupen, cricketer (50 wickets for S Af, lost eye), dies
1977-02-22 - Jack O'Connor, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England 1929-30), dies
1977-04-03 - Jack Ryder, cricketer (20 Tests for Aust, 1394 runs), dies
1977-04-20 - Len Johnson, cricketer (one Test for Australia, 3-66 & 3-8), dies
1977-06-09 - Bill Merritt, cricketer (6 Tests of leg-spin for NZ, 12 wkts), dies
1977-07-29 - Austin Matthews, cricketer (Test Eng v NZ 1937), dies
1977-09-13 - Arthur Fagg, cricketer (5 Tests for England 1936-39/umpire), dies
1977-10-18 - Rolph Grant, cricketer (West Indian capt on 1939 England tour), dies
1977-11-22 - Reg Perks, England cricket pace bowler (1938-39), dies
1977-12-07 - Paul Gibb, cricketer (England batsman, 8 Tests), dies
1978-01-09 - Eddie Gilbert, cricket (Aboriginal Qld quick got Don for a duck), dies
1978-01-22 - Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketer (54 Tests for England 4555 runs), dies
1978-03-13 - Ghulam Mustafa Guard, cricketer (3 wkts in 2 Tests for India), dies
1978-03-17 - George Dickinson, cricketer (8 wickets in 3 Tests for NZ), dies
1978-03-29 - Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricketer (8 Tests for India), dies
1978-03-30 - George Paine, lefty cricket spinner (for England in WI 1935), dies
1978-03-30 - Harold Gimblett, cricketer (Batted in 3 Tests for England), suicide
1978-05-05 - Alfred H H Gilligan, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies
1978-05-13 - Albert Roberts, cricketer (5 Tests for NZ, 7 wickets), dies
1978-05-19 - George Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies
1978-08-21 - Vinoo Mankad, cricketer (44 Tests for India, 2,109 runs), dies
1978-10-18 - Frank Woolley, cricketer (58,969 1st-class runs), dies
1978-10-26 - George Grant, cricketer (WI Test captain through early 1930's), dies
1978-11-13 - George Hearne, S Afr cricketer (open bat in 3 Tests 1922-24), dies
1979-02-02 - Jim Burke, cricketer (Australian opener), commits suicide
1979-02-05 - Eddie Paynter, cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies
1979-02-09 - C I J Smith, cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies
1979-02-21 - Glendon Gibbs, cricketer (Test Cricket WI v Australia 1955), dies
1979-03-17 - Merv Inverarity, cricketer (father of John WA player 1925-40), dies
1979-04-02 - Ivan Barrow, cricketer (11 Tests for West Indies 1930-39), dies
1979-05-01 - Berkeley Bertram McGarrell Gaskin, cricketer (2 Tests for WI), dies
1979-05-31 - Nigel Howard, cricketer (England captain 1951-52 tour of India), dies
1979-06-04 - Edward Dawson, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1927-30), dies
1979-06-29 - Ben Barnett, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies
1979-07-07 - D P Conyngham, cricketer (one Test for S Africa), dies
1979-07-09 - Janardhan Gnanoba Navle, cricketer (2 Tests for India), dies
1979-07-17 - Doug Meintjes, S Afr cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies
1979-08-23 - Mian Mohammad Saeed, cricketer (1st Pakistan capt 1948-49), dies
1979-08-31 - E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911-14), dies
1979-09-12 - Denis Smith, cricketer (England left-handed batsman 1935), dies
1979-10-26 - Jackie Grant, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies
1979-11-14 - Bill Farrimond, England cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests 1930-35), dies
1979-12-14 - Nirode Ranjan Chowdhury, cricketer (2 Tests for India, avg 205), dies
1979-12-21 - Bill Anderson, cricketer (Test for NZ 1946, scored five & one), dies
1980-01-12 - Hans Ebeling, cricketer (Vict stalwart, bowled for Aust 1934), dies
1980-01-31 - J P Duminy, cricket (30 runs at 5 & 1 wkt at 39 in 3 Test S Af), dies
1980-02-28 - Ian Alexander Ross Peebles, cricketer (45 wkts for England), dies
1980-03-18 - Herman Griffith, cricketer (13 Tests for WI, 44 wickets), dies
1980-04-02 - Dick Howorth, cricketer (Engld slow lefty all-rounder late 40's), dies
1980-04-12 - Stanley De Silva, cricketer (motor bike Sri Lanka '79 World Cup), dies
1980-05-02 - Clarrie Grimmett, cricket (36 Tests for Australia, 216 wickets), dies
1980-05-20 - Jack Walsh, cricketer (at Wallsend)/commentator (NBN), dies
1980-06-10 - Denys Morkel, S Afr cricketer (batsman scored 663 runs 1927-32), dies
1980-07-18 - Naoomal Jeoomal, cricketer (3 Tests for India 1932-34, 108 runs), dies
1980-08-02 - Verdun John Scott, cricketer (ten Tests for NZ), dies
1980-08-09 - P K "Perker" Lee, cricketer (Australian bowler 1931-33, 2 Tests), dies
1980-08-21 - Jack Cheetham, cricketer (15 Tests as S Afr capt, won 7 lost 5), dies
1980-09-08 - Bruce Dooland, cricketer (prolific leggie for Notts), dies
1980-10-10 - Walter Keeton, cricketer (opening bat in 2 Test for Eng 1934-39), dies
1980-10-14 - S N Banerjee, cricketer (one Test for India), dies
1980-11-21 - Jim Parks Sr, Kent cricket all-rounder (only Test for England), dies
1980-11-22 - Herbert Wade, cricketer (S African batsman & captain 1935-36), dies
1980-11-23 - Herby Wade, cricketer (South African capt 10 Tests 1935-36), dies
1980-12-05 - Don Taylor, cricketer (3 Tests for NZ 1947-56, 159 runs), dies
1980-12-28 - Amir Elahi, cricketer, 1st Pakistani Test cricketer to die
1980-12-31 - Arthur Wellard, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng, legendary 6-hitter), dies
1981-02-15 - Jack Crapp, cricketer (7 Tests for England 1948-49, 319 runs), dies
1981-03-06 - George Geary, cricketer (14 Tests for England, 46 wickets), dies
1981-03-14 - Ken Barrington, cricketer (82 Tests for England, 6806 runs), dies
1981-03-26 - Tim Wall, cricketer (SA v NSW 1933 is Sheffield Shield record), dies
1981-03-30 - Noel Harford, cricketer (8 Tests for NZ 1955-58), dies
1981-04-16 - Eric Hollies, cricketer (13 Tests for England, 44 wickets), dies
1981-04-21 - Harry Lee, cricketer (scored 18 & 1 in only Test for England), dies
1981-05-08 - Maurice Fernandes, cricket capt (WI in 1st Test win, 1930 v Eng), dies
1981-05-09 - C E "Nip" Pellew, cricketer (10 Tests 484 runs at 37), dies
1981-06-03 - Eric Dalton, cricketer (698 runs for South Africa at 31 72), dies
1981-08-14 - Dudley Nourse, cricketer (34 Tests for South Africa, 2960 runs), dies
1981-08-31 - Victor Trumper Jr, cricketer (7 games for NSW, 74 runs 12 wkts), dies
1981-09-09 - Phiroz Edulji Palia, cricket (2 Tests for India, 29 runs & 0-13), dies
1981-11-22 - Jack Fingleton, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 1189 runs), dies
1982-01-03 - Derek Sealy, cricketer (West Indies 1930-39), dies
1982-02-10 - K R Meher-Homji, cricket wk (Test as Indian, catch no stumped), dies
1982-02-12 - Hal Hooker, cricket (307 partners with Kippax for last wicket), dies
1982-02-25 - J K Irani, cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests for India 1947-48), dies
1982-04-20 - Andrew Sandham, cricketer (325 Eng 1930, 879 runs in 14 Tests), dies
1982-04-28 - EW "Nobby" Clark, Engl cricketer (32 wickets in 8 Tests 1929-34), dies
1982-06-13 - Ken "Slasher" Mackay, cricketer (Aussie all-rounder 1956-63), dies
1982-07-15 - Donald Beard, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1952-56), dies
1982-07-30 - Frank Nicholson, S African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies
1982-08-24 - Jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies
1982-08-28 - G W A Chubb, cricketer (5 Tests for South Africa, 21 wickets), dies
1982-09-19 - Fred Badcock, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ 1930-33, 16 wkts), dies
1982-09-26 - Alec Hurwood, cricketer (Australian off-spinner v WI 1930-31), dies
