Today in Cricket History (Part 8)
Sub-Topics: Sheffield Shield
Historical Events
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Famous Birthdays
Results 701 - 800 of 2,049
1930-12-15 - Alim-ud-Din, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1954-62)
1931-01-06 - Graeme Hole, cricketer (Australian batsman of the fifties)
1931-01-31 - Bill Watson, cricketer (NSW & Australian opening batsman mid-50s)
1931-02-06 - Fred Trueman, [Fiery Fred], English cricket player
1931-02-06 - Freddie Trueman, cricketer ("Fiery Fred", 307 wickets for England)
1931-02-16 - Gamini Goonesena, cricket leg-spinner (all-rounder for Ceylon, Notts)
1931-02-24 - Brian Close, cricketer (played for England between 1949 & 1976)
1931-03-08 - Neil Adcock, cricketer (South African pace bowler, 104 wkts 1953-62)
1931-07-04 - Peter Richardson, cricketer (England batsman mid-50's)
1931-07-28 - Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm chinaman bowler (60's)
1931-08-01 - Trevor Goddard, cricketer (S African opening batsman & opening bowler)
1931-08-02 - Eddie Fuller, cricketer (South African fast bowler in 7 Tests 1952-58)
1931-08-04 - Narendra Tamhane, dependable Indian cricket wicketkeeper (1950's)
1931-09-26 - Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (father of Sanjay, reliable Indian batsman)
1931-10-04 - Basil D'Oliveira, cricketer (England all-rounder of late 60's)
1931-10-21 - Jim Parks, cricketer (England batsman-keeper in 46 Tests 1954-68)
1931-11-09 - Tommy Greenhough, cricketer (English leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1959-60)
1931-12-18 - Noel McGregor, cricketer (batted in 25 Tests for NZ 1955-65)
1932-01-03 - Jaswick Taylor, cricketer (WI pace bowler 50s, 10 wkts in 3 Tests)
1932-01-29 - Raman Subba Row, CEO (Test/County Cricket Board)
1932-02-03 - J P "Pom-Pom" Felloes-Smith, cricketer (S Afr batsman v England 1960)
1932-02-29 - Gavin Stevens, cricket (Australian bat on 59-60 India/Pakistan tour)
1932-03-31 - Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer (S African fast bowler, 8-53 v NZ 1961)
1932-04-02 - Mahmood Hussain, Pakistani cricket swing bowler (68 wkts in 27 Tests)
1932-04-04 - Bapu Nadkarni, cricketer (economical Indian slow left-armer 1956-68)
1932-05-06 - John Bond, cricket umpire
1932-05-09 - Conrad Hunte, cricketer (great West Indian opener 1958-66)
1932-05-17 - Peter Burge, cricketer (dashing Australian batsman of 50's & 60's)
1932-06-01 - Francis Cameron, cricketer (NZ pace bowler took 61 wickets 1961-65)
1932-06-08 - Ray Illingworth, cricketer (England off-spin all-rounder & captain)
1932-06-23 - Bob Blair, cricketer (NZ pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s)
1932-06-26 - Henry Bromfield, cricketer (S Afr off-spinner in 9 Tests 1961-65)
1932-09-16 - Mickey Stewart, manager (England Cricket Team)
1932-10-05 - Madhav Apte, cricketer (bro of Arvind 7 Tests for India, 1 century)
1932-11-24 - Fred Titmus, cricketer (long-running England off-spinner)
1932-12-07 - Geoff Lawson, Australian cricket player
1932-12-24 - Colin Cowdrey, cricketer (in India England batsman, 1st to 100 Tests)
1932-12-24 - [Michael] Colin Cowdrey, English cricket player
1933-01-10 - Len Coldwell, cricket bowler (Engld medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64)
1933-01-10 - Leonard John Coldwell, cricketer
1933-03-06 - Kim Elgie, cricketer (S African bat v NZ 1961-62, Scotland RU intl)
1933-03-22 - Chris Duckworth, cricketer (South African batsman v England 1956-57)
1933-04-19 - Harold "Dickie" Bird, cricketer (noted England Test umpire)
1933-05-03 - Collie Smith, cricketer (exciting WI all-rounder all too briefly)
1933-05-14 - John Mortimore, cricketer (England off-spinner 1959-64)
1933-05-24 - Hemchandra Tukaram Dani, cricketer (Test Ind v Pak, 1-19, ct 1, DNB)
1933-06-01 - Ian Sinclair, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v WI 1956, bowling average 120.00)
1933-06-30 - Mike J K Smith, cricketer (England captain mid-60s)
1933-07-17 - Tony Pithey, cricketer (brother of David, S African batsman in 17 Tests)
1933-07-27 - Roger Harris, cricketer (NZ opening batsman vs England 1959)
1933-07-29 - Cammie Smith, WI cricket opening batsman (1960-62)
1933-08-03 - Pat Crawford, cricketer (Australian pace bowler 1956)
1933-08-06 - A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (India, 100* on debut v NZ 1959)
1933-10-19 - Brian Booth, cricketer (dual Australian cricket/hockey international)
1933-10-23 - Tom Dewdney, cricket pace bowler (WI of 50's)
1933-10-25 - Ron Archer, cricketer (Aussie all-rounder mid-50's)
1933-10-25 - Roy Swetman, cricketer (England wicket-keeper late 50's)
1933-11-10 - Seymour Nurse, cricketer (prolific WI batsman, 258 v NZ 1969)
1933-12-06 - Jim Pothecary, cricketer (S African pace bowler on 1960 England tour)
1933-12-10 - Grenville Alabaster, cricketer (NZ tourist to Aust 1973-74)
1933-12-17 - Bruce Morrison, cricketer (one Test NZ v England 1963)
1933-12-21 - Jackie Hendriks, cricketer (West Indian wicket-keeper of 60's)
1934-01-31 - Brian Bolus, cricketer (England opening batsman early 60's)
1934-02-26 - Ron Gaunt, cricketer (Australian fast bowler late 50s early 60s)
1934-03-07 - Nari Contractor, cricketer (Indian batsman & captain)
1934-03-11 - Sydney Burke, cricketer (S Afr quick, 11 wkts on Test debut v NZ 1961)
1934-04-14 - Bruce Pairaudeau, cricketer (WI opening bat in 13 Tests, 115 on debut)
1934-04-21 - Martin Horton, cricketer, England off-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 1959)
1934-06-19 - Hammond Furlonge, cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests 1955-56)
1934-06-25 - Willy Rodriguez, cricketer (occasional leg-spin bat for WI in 60's)
1934-06-28 - Roy Gilchrist, cricketer (volatile WI fast bowler of late 50s)
1934-07-02 - Ivan Madray, WI cricket leg-spin all rounder, 2 Tests 3 runs 0-108)
1934-07-10 - Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1959-62)
1934-07-13 - Ivor Mendonca, WI cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests 1962)
1934-07-20 - Doug Padgett, cricketer (England batsman twice in 1960)
1934-07-21 - Chandu Borde, cricket batsman (55 Tests for India 1959-67)
1934-07-29 - Alfred Scott, WI cricket leg-spinner (son of O C, Test 0-140)
1934-08-01 - J E F "John" Beck, cricketer (lefty bat in 8 Tests for NZ 1953-56)
1934-08-15 - Reg Scarlett, WI cricket off-spinner (3 Tests 1960)
1934-08-16 - Sam Trimble, cricketer (Queensland bat, 12th man for Aust, no Test)
1934-08-29 - John Guy, cricketer (solid left-handed batsman for NZ in late 1950's)
1934-08-29 - John Guy, New Zealand cricketer
1934-08-30 - B P "Baloo" Gupte, cricketer (brother of Fergie, Indian leggie)
1934-09-29 - Lance Gibbs, cricketer (prolific West Indian off-spinner, 309 wickets)
1934-09-29 - Lindsay Kline, cricketer (Australian chinaman bowler Hat-trick 1957)
1934-10-02 - Geoff Millman, cricketer (England wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1961-62)
1934-10-05 - David Smith, cricketer (England opening bowler v India 1961-62)
1934-10-10 - Sadashiv Patil, cricketer (pace bowler in Test India v NZ 1955-56)
1934-10-19 - Des Hoare, cricketer (Australian quickie in Test in 1961 v W Indies)
1934-10-24 - Arvind Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav Scored 8 & 7 in one Test)
1934-11-03 - Derek Richardson, cricketer (played one innings for England 1957)
1934-11-21 - Peter Philpott, cricketer (NSW & Australian leg spinner 1965-66)
1934-12-11 - Salim Durani, cricketer (successful Indian batsman of 60's)
1934-12-21 - Hanif Mohammad, cricketer (prolific Pakistani batsman 1952-69)
1935-02-04 - Wallis Mathias, cricketer (1st non-Muslim to play for Pakistan)
1935-02-28 - Clive Halse, cricketer (S Afr fast bowler on 1963-64 Aust/NZ tour)
1935-04-01 - John Murray, cricketer (Eng 1961-67, 1st wk called Murray to play Tests)
1935-04-04 - Easton Dudley Ashton St John McMorris, cricketer (WI batsman of 60's)
1935-04-08 - Donald Thompsett, cricket umpire
1935-05-15 - Ted Dexter, cricketer (in Milan Superb England batsman of 60's)
Famous Deaths
Results 701 - 800 of 922
1982-09-29 - H C Slinger Nitschke, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1931-32), dies
1982-12-13 - Jack Badcock, cricketer (7 Tests, 1 century but inconsistent), dies
1982-12-18 - Raymond Emery, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v WI 1952, 46 runs, 2 wkts), dies
1983-01-22 - Fred Bakewell, cricketer (dashing England bat of 30s, 6 Tests), dies
1983-02-02 - Bryan Valentine, cricketer (7 Tests for England, 454 runs), dies
1983-04-18 - Alan Melville, cricketer (11 Tests for South Africa, 894 runs), dies
1983-04-28 - Ron James, cricketer (NSW's Sheffield Shield capt 1949-50), dies
1983-05-01 - V N Swamy, Indian cricket pace bowler (without distinction), dies
1983-07-14 - Jack MacBryan, cricketer (Test for England 1924), dies
1983-07-27 - Mufasir-ul-Haq, cricketer (Pakistani left-arm quick 1965), dies
1983-07-28 - Alec Marks, cricketer (good NSW batsman 1928-37), dies
1983-08-12 - Henry Gifford Vivian, cricketer (7 Tests for NZ, 17 wkts), dies
1983-09-01 - Lennox Brown, cricket leg spinner (3 wickets at 63 for S Africa), dies
1983-09-07 - Henry Promnitz, cricketer (5-58 on debut for S Africa 1927-28), dies
1983-10-18 - Vijay Manjrekar, cricketer (55 Tests for India), dies
1983-11-30 - George Headley, cricket (10 tons in 22 Tests, 1st black WI capt), dies
1983-12-02 - Atholl Mckinnon, cricketer (S African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies
1983-12-31 - Bill Hunt, cricketer (Test for Aust, out 0, took 0-25 & 0-14), dies
1984-02-28 - Leslie Walcott, cricketer (Test for WI v England 1930), dies
1984-03-06 - Ian Cromb, cricketer (5 Tests for NZ, 123 runs, 8 wkts), dies
1984-03-13 - Dick Whitington, journalist/cricketer (South Aust & AIF bat), dies
1984-04-04 - John Arnold, cricketer (Eng bat v NZ 1931, scored 34 only Test), dies
1984-06-06 - Bill Voce, cricketer (key player of the Bodyline series), dies
1984-07-30 - Maurice Tremlett, cricketer (England pace bowler 1948-49), dies
1984-09-07 - Don Tallon, cricketer (great Queensland & Australian keeper), dies
1984-09-08 - Frank Lowson, cricketer (England opener 1951-55), dies
1984-09-15 - Jack Ikin, cricketer (England opener 1946-55), dies
1984-10-11 - Khanderao M Rangnekar, cricketer (33 runs at 5 50 for India), dies
1984-10-11 - Sid Carroll, cricketer (prolific NSW opener 1945-59 avg 39 59), dies
1985-01-09 - Don Brennan, cricket wicketkeeper (England in 2 Tests 1951), dies
1985-02-07 - Uday Merchant, cricket (bro of Vijay, prolific scorer), dies
1985-03-17 - Dattu Phadkar, cricketer (Indian all-rounder, 31 Tests 1947-58), dies
1985-04-05 - Tyrell Johnson, cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), dies
1985-06-15 - Len Hopwood, cricketer (took 0-155 in two Tests Eng v Aust 1934), dies
1985-06-15 - Percy Fender, cricketer (13 Tests for England, 380 runs 29 wkts), dies
1985-07-05 - Jack Robertson, S Afr cricket spinner (3 Tests v Aust 1935-36), dies
1985-07-23 - Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (b. 1923)
1985-07-31 - Murray Chapple, cricketer (14 Tests for NZ, 497 runs), dies
1985-08-02 - Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies
1985-08-22 - Ginty Lush, cricketer (NSW quickie of 30's), dies
1985-10-13 - Jack Wilson, cricketer (Test for Australia, 0-39 & 1-25, DNB), dies
1985-11-19 - Lall Singh, cricketer (Test for India 1932), dies
1985-11-21 - Ramnath Kenny, cricketer (5 Tests for India 1958-60), dies
1985-12-16 - Dick Pollard, cricketer (England fast-medium bowler 1946-48), dies
1985-12-16 - Merv Waite, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust 1938, 1 wkt avg 190), dies
1985-12-31 - Alexander Matheson, cricketer (2 wickets/2 Tests for NZ 1930-31), dies
1986-01-25 - Horace Smith, cricketer (1 Test NZ v Eng 1933, one wkt at 113), dies
1986-03-05 - Teddy Hoad, cricketer (West Indian captain 1930), dies
1986-04-05 - Colin McCool, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia, 36 wkts), dies
1986-04-23 - Jim Laker, cricketer (193 wkts for England at 21 24), dies
1986-04-24 - Bill Edrich, cricketer (39 Tests for England), dies
1986-06-15 - K K Tarapore, cricketer (Test for India 1948), killed by motor-scooter
1986-06-26 - Laurie Fishlock, cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies
1986-07-24 - Laurie Nash, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1932-36), dies
1986-07-28 - Syd Curnow, S African cricketer (168 runs in 7 Tests), dies
1986-08-03 - Rupert de Smidt, cricketer (Western Province 1911-13), dies at 102
1986-08-29 - Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indies 1933-35, "chinaman"), dies
1987-01-04 - Jack Martin, cricketer (Eng pace bowler, 1-111 & 0-18 in Test), dies
1987-01-08 - P G Joshi, cricketer (12 Tests for India 1951-60, ct 18 stp 9), dies
1987-01-20 - Tom Dollery, cricketer (4 Tests for Eng 1947-50), dies
1987-02-13 - M L "Curly" Page, cricketer (NZ Test capt 1933), dies
1987-05-03 - Dicky Fuller, cricketer (one Test for WI 1935, one run, 0-12), dies
1987-06-14 - Les Favell, cricketer (757 runs for Australia), dies
1987-06-15 - J A K Cochrane, cricketer (Test for S Afr 1931), dies
1987-06-24 - Hophnie Hobah Hines Johnson, cricketer (3 Tests for WI), dies
1987-06-26 - Glen Hall, cricketer (Test for South Africa 1965), commits suicide
1987-07-15 - Jack O'Hagan, cricketer/composer (Our Don Bradman), dies
1987-07-22 - A G Kripal Singh, cricketer (14 Tests for India), dies
1987-07-29 - Arthur Chipperfield, cricketer (14 Tests for Australia), dies
1987-08-26 - John Goddard, cricketer (West Indian captain 1948-53), dies
1987-09-05 - Bill Bowes, cricketer (Bodyline bowler, 68 wkts for England), dies
1987-10-27 - Vijay Merchant, cricketer (Test average 47 72, 1st-class avg 71), dies
1988-03-17 - Reg Sinfield, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1938), dies
1988-04-10 - Cliff Gladwin, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1947-49), dies
1988-04-16 - Clifford Roach, cricketer (16 Tests early in WI cricket history), dies
1988-04-24 - E S "Bob" Newson, cricketer (S African fast bowler in 1930's), dies
1988-05-24 - Tom Burtt, cricketer (NZ slow left-armer in 11 Tests 1947-53), dies
1988-06-07 - Joe Partridge, cricketer (S Afr pace bowler 1963-65), commits suicide
1988-07-23 - Jahangir Khan, cricketer (4 Tests for India 1932-36), dies
1988-08-28 - Paul Whitelaw, cricketer (2 Tests NZ v England 1933), dies
1988-12-16 - H "Stork" Hendry, cricketer (11 Tests for Australia 1921-29), dies
1989-01-15 - Wilf Slack, cricketer (whilst bat in Gambia England player 1986), dies
1989-04-14 - Lance Pierre, cricketer (Test WI v Engl 1948, DNB, 7 overs 0-28), dies
1989-05-05 - Frank Easton, cricket wicketkeeper (NSW 1933-39), dies
1989-05-31 - C L R James, cricket writer (distinguished Trinidadian), dies
1989-06-02 - Ted a'Beckett, cricketer (4 Tests 1928-32), dies
1989-09-10 - Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (32 Tests for WI), murdered
1989-09-14 - Edwin McLeod, cricketer (one Test for NZ), dies
1989-09-15 - Harry Cave, cricketer (New Zealand captain 1955-56), dies
1989-10-04 - Norman Yardley, cricketer (England captain 1947-50), dies
1989-10-26 - Andrew Roberts, cricketer (7 Tests for New Zealand 1976), dies
1989-11-22 - Rajindernath, Indian cricketer wicketkeeper (1 Test), dies
1989-11-25 - Ratu Sir George Cakobau, Fiji cricketer/Gov-General, dies
1989-11-29 - George Oswald Browning "Gubby" Allen, cricketer, dies
1990-01-01 - Joe Hardstaff Jr, cricketer (23 Tests for England, 1636 runs), dies
1990-02-14 - Graeme Hole, cricketer (18 Tests for Australia, 789 runs), dies
1990-02-26 - Leslie Ames, cricketer (47 Tests, 2434 runs 8 centuries), dies
1990-02-28 - Colin Milburn, cricketer (9 Tests for England, 654 runs), dies
1990-02-28 - Tuppy Owen-Smith, S Afr cricketer (batsman v England 1929), dies
1990-06-18 - Dennis Dyer, cricketer (scored 96 3 Tests for South Africa), dies
