Cricket in History (Part 3)

Events 201 - 300 of 921

• 1937-01-05 Australian cricket batsmen Jack Fingleton (136) and Don Bradman (out 270 the following day) make then record stand of 346 for 6th wicket in 3rd Test vs England in Melbourne
• 1937-02-03 Don Bradman scores 212 (in 441 minutes!) in 5th cricket test v England
• 1937-02-27 Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores 169 in 5th Test match v England in 223 minutes, ensuring Australia wins the Ashes 3-2
• 1937-06-26 Test cricket debut of all-time great English batsman Len Hutton v New Zealand in 1st Tests at Lord's; scores 0 & 1
• 1937-12-20 Australian cricket spin bowler Bill O'Reilly takes career best 9-41 for NSW in a Sheffield Shield match against South Australia at Adelaide Oval
• 1937-12-21 Australian cricket spin bowler Bill O'Reilly takes 5-57 to complete match figures of 14-98 as NSW beats South Australia by 33 runs in a Sheffield Shield match in Adelaide
• 1938-05-16 In cricket Bradman scores 278 Aust v MCC, 349 mins, 35 fours 1 six
• 1938-05-27 Cricket batting genius Don Bradman scores 145 not out for Australia v Hampshire at Southampton, completing 1,000 runs before the end of May for the second time, the only touring batsman to England ever to perform the feat
• 1938-05-31 Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's
• 1938-06-11 Compton scores 1st Test Cricket ton (102 v Aust) aged 20 yrs 19 days
• 1938-06-11 England cricket team declare at 8 for 658 v Australia at Trent Bridge
• 1938-06-13 Great Cricket innings of 232 by Stan McCabe v England at Trent Bridge
• 1938-06-14 Bradman scores 144* in 1st Test Cricket at Trent Bridge
• 1938-06-28 Bradman scores 102* in drawn 2nd Test cricket at Lord's
• 1938-07-08 Would be start of England v Australia Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
• 1938-07-15 Arthur Fagg becomes first batsman in first-class cricket history to score double centuries in both innings of a match; 244 and 202 for Kent v Essex at Colchester
• 1938-07-23 Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores 103 in 178 mins on a Headingley sticky, 3rd Test
• 1938-12-26 Tom Goddard takes a cricket hat-trick for England v South Africa
• 1938-12-28 Paul Gibb scores 106 on Test Cricket debut v South Africa
• 1939-01-02 Master batsman Don Bradman scores 107 for South Australia in a Sheffield Shield match against Victoria for his 4th consecutive century in first-class cricket

• 1939-09-01 Last day of 1st-class cricket in England before the declaration of war against Germany; great slow left-armer Hedley Verity finishes with amazing figures of 7 for 9 v Sussex to give Yorkshire the County Championship
• 1939-12-30 Bradman scores 267 South Australia v Vic, world record 34th double cricket century
• 1940-12-25 Cricket master batsman Don Bradman is dismissed for a Xmas Day first ball duck (0) for South Australia v Victoria in a Sheffield Shield match at the Adelaide Oval
• 1940-12-26 1st-class cricket debut of Arthur Morris, who scores 148
• 1940-12-28 Cricketer Arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148

• 1942-07-20 Barbados dismiss Trinidad for 16 in 69 minutes, Derek Sealy taking 8-8; West Indian cricket domestic first class record
• 1945-05-19 Start of the 1st Victory Test Cricket between England & Aust Services
• 1945-05-20 Keith Miller scores 105 in the 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's
• 1945-05-21 Australian Services win 1st Victory Test Cricket at Lord's by 6 wickets
• 1945-06-26 England win the second Victory test cricket at Bramall Lane by 41 runs
• 1945-07-16 Australian Services win 3rd Victory Test Cricket by 4 wickets
• 1945-08-06 Australian Test cricket all-rounder Keith Miller scores 110 not out for Australian Services on Day 1 of drawn 4th Victory Test against England at Lord's
• 1945-11-03 Australian Test cricket batsman Lindsay Hassett is 124 not out as Australian Services draws with Prince's XI at Delhi; follows his 187 in 1st innings
• 1945-11-28 Australian Services draw second Victory Test Cricket v India at Calcutta
• 1945-12-10 Aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts
• 1946-03-29 1st Test Cricket between Australia & NZ
• 1946-03-29 Australian cricket bowlers Bill O'Reilly (5/14) and Ernie Toshack (4/12) rout NZ for 42 in one-off Test in Wellington; Test debuts of greats Ray Lindwall, Keith Miller & Don Tallon
• 1946-03-30 Australia beats NZ in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day
• 1946-03-30 Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 & 3-19)

• 1946-11-30 Bradman scores 187 in 1st Test Cricket v England at the Gabba
• 1947-01-07 Australia v England at MCG drawn in 6 days, 1st cricket draw in Australia since 1882
• 1947-02-03 Bradman bowled by Alec Bedser for a duck in 4th Test Cricket
• 1947-02-06 Compton & Arthur Morris both complete dual tons in same Test Cricket
• 1947-03-21 Test Cricket debut of Bert Sutcliffe, NZ v England at Christchurch
• 1947-03-25 Last day of Test cricket for Walter Hammond (v NZ, Christchurch)
• 1947-09-04 Champion Middlesex cricket batsman Denis Compton scores 101 for South of England in tour match defeat to South Africa at Lord's; his record 17th century of the English season
• 1947-11-08 Bradman scores his 99th 1st-class cricket century, 100 South Australia v Victoria
• 1947-12-01 In first cricket Test match between the 2 nations, India is dismissed for 58 by Australia in Brisbane; fast bowler Ernie Toshack takes 5 for 2 off 2.3 overs; Don Bradman scores 185 as Australia wins by an innings & 226 runs
• 1947-12-04 In the first cricket Test match between the 2 nations, India is dismissed for 98 by Australia in Brisbane to lose by an innings & 226 runs; fast bowler Ernie Toshack takes 6 for 29 for match figures of 11 for 31
• 1948-01-01 Australian cricket master batsman Don Bradman scores 132 on first day of 3rd Test v India; follows up with 127no in 2nd innings; Australia wins by 233
• 1948-01-03 Australian cricket batting maestro Don Bradman completes dual Test centuries (132 & 127* [26th Test 100]) in 3rd Test v India in Melbourne
• 1948-01-21 Three of the greats of cricket make their debut in a drawn 1st Test match at Bridgetown, Barbados; Sir Clyde Walcott and Sir Everton Weekes for the West Indies, and Jim Laker for England
• 1948-01-22 All time great England cricket spin bowler Jim Laker takes 7-103 in his first Test innings in 1st Test v West Indies in Bridgetown, Barbados
• 1948-01-23 Australian cricket captain Don Bradman scores 201 in 4th Test win v India in Adelaide; Sid Barnes 112 and Lindsay Hassett 198no in Australian total 674
• 1948-02-06 Bradman retires hurt, 57 in his last Test Cricket innings in Australia
• 1948-02-11 Billy Griffith scores cricket century on debut Eng v WI, out for 140
• 1948-02-11 Test cricket debut of Frank Worrell for the West Indies vs. England at Port-of-Spain
• 1948-02-13 West Indian batsman Andy Ganteaume scores 112 for W Indies in his only Test Cricket innings
• 1948-04-01 Fast bowler Hines Johnson has match figures of 10-96 on debut in West Indies 4th cricket Test win v England in Kingston, Jamaica; first fast bowler to take 10 wickets in a single Test for West Indies
• 1948-06-12 In his farewell Ashes Tour, Australian cricket batting maestro Don Bradman scores 138 in 1st Test against England at Trent Bridge
• 1948-06-15 In his farewell Ashes Tour, Don Bradman is out for a duck (0) in the Australian 2nd innings, but tourists win 1st Test against England by 8 wickets at Nottingham
• 1948-07-01 Australian cricket captain Don Bradman scores 128 in 141 mins with 15 fours in a tour match vs Surry
• 1948-07-27 Bradman's 29th and last Test Cricket century, part of winning 3-404
• 1948-08-14 Australian fast bowler Ray Lindwall takes 6-20 as England dismissed for a record low 52 in 5th cricket Test at the Oval; Don Bradman out for 0 in final Test innings
• 1948-09-01 Australian Test batsmen Don Bradman (143), Lindsay Hassett (151) & Neil Harvey (110) score centuries in Australia's 1st innings of drawn cricket tour match v South of England at Hastings
• 1948-09-10 Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores 153 in his last 1st-class cricket innings in England
• 1948-12-03 Australian cricket icon Don Bradman scores 123 for the Bradman XI in his own testimonial match against the Lindsay Hassett's XI in front of 52,360 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
• 1949-01-01 Arguably cricket's greatest ever batsman, ex-Australian captain Don Bradman is knighted; first time a cricketer is bestowed with the honour solely for his contribution to the game

• 1949-03-05 Bradman plays his last innings in 1st-class cricket, gets 30
• 1949-03-15 Cricket's master batsman Don Bradman receives his knighthood from the Governor-General of Australia, the Rt Hon. WJ McKell at the investiture in Queen’s Hall, Parliament House, Melbourne
• 1949-07-23 Test Cricket debut of England's Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days
• 1950-02-14 Moroney scores cricket twin centuries for Australia at Johannesburg
• 1950-06-08 Test Cricket debut of famous West Indian spin twins Alf Valentine and Sonny Ramadhin in 1st Test v England at Manchester; Valentine takes 8-104 on Day 1 but WI lose by 202 runs
• 1950-06-29 West Indies dismiss England for 274 to win 2nd cricket Test at Lord's by 326 runs thanks to rookie spinners Sonny Ramadhin (6/86) & Alf Valentine (3/79)
• 1951-03-17 Test cricket debut of great English fast bowler Brian Statham, England v NZ at Christchurch; goes on to play 70 Tests, 252 wickets @ 24.84
• 1951-07-02 Worcestershire cricket wicket-keeper Hugo Yarnold makes a record 6 stumpings in an innings in a 1st-class match vs Scotland at Dundee
• 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 1st-class cricket debut of future great Pakistani batsman Hanif Mohammad; scores 26 in drawn tour match, Pakistan XI v MCC, Lahore
• 1951-12-01 Legendary Australian cricket fast bowler Ray Lindwall takes his 100th Test wicket when he bowls West Indian spinner Sonny Ramadhin in the 2nd Test in Sydney; Australia wins by 7 wickets
• 1951-12-22 Australia cricket all out 82 v West Indies at Adelaide
• 1951-12-25 West Indies wrap up 6 wicket defeat of Australia on first Christmas Day of Test cricket, the 3rd day of 3rd Test at the Adelaide Oval

• 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 completes twin cricket centuries for Pakistan v North Zone (India) in Amritsar; 121 & 109 no
• 1952-10-25 Nazar Mohammad scores Pakistan's first ever Test cricket century (124no) in 2nd Test v India in Lucknow

• 1952-12-14 R H Shodhan scores 110 on Test Cricket debut v Pakistan, Calcutta
• 1953-01-23 Future Australian cricket captain and coach Bobby Simpson makes his 1st-class debut for NSW at 16 years and 357 days
• 1953-02-06 Ian Craig makes Test Cricket debut at 17 yrs 239 days, youngest Aussie
• 1953-03-07 South African cricket opening batsman Jackie McGlew scores an unbeaten 255 in 1st Test win against New Zealand in Wellington
• 1953-04-01 West Indian cricket batsmen Frank Worrell (237), Clyde Walcott (118) and Everton Weekes (109) all make centuries in 1st innings of drawn 5th Test v India in Kingston, Jamaica
• 1953-06-11 Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge

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Birthdays 201 - 300 of 2,039

• 1884-08-13 Harry Dean, English cricketer (England left-arm bowler in 3 Tests, 1912), born in Burnley, Lancashire, England (d. 1957)
• 1884-10-10 Ormy Pearse, South African cricketer (3 Tests for South Africa in Australia 1910-11), born in Pietermaritzberg, Natal (d. 1953)
• 1885-12-24 Arthur Dolphin, English cricketer (Yorkshire & England keeper, later Test ump), born in Wilsden, United Kingdom (d. 1942)
• 1886-01-03 Arthur Mailey, Australian cricket spin bowler (21 Tests, 99 wickets; 10/66 v Gloucestershire 1921), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1967)
• 1886-02-06 E J "Tiger" Smith, English cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests, 20 dismissals; Warwickshire CCC) and umpire (8 Tests 1933-38), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1979)
• 1886-02-16 Andrew Ducat, English cricketer and footballer international (Test for Eng 1921), born in London, England (d. 1942)
• 1886-06-27 Charles Macartney, Australian cricket all-rounder (35 Tests, 2,131 runs @ 41.78, 7 x 100s, 45 wickets), born in West Maitland, Australia (d. 1958)
• 1886-06-28 Joe Cox, South African cricket fast medium bowler (3 Tests; Natal), born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (d. 1971)
• 1886-08-15 Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (left-arm bowler 1909-12), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1974)
• 1886-11-25 Percy Holmes, English cricket batsman (7 Tests; Yorkshire CCC), born in Huddersfield, England (d. 1971)
• 1886-12-01 Jack Crawford, English cricket all-rounder (12 Tests; Surrey, South Australia, Otago), born in Cane Hill, Surrey, England (d. 1963)
• 1886-12-10 William Booth, England Test cricket batsman (WWI 2 Tests), born in Pudsey, England (d. 1916)
• 1887-03-09 Phil Mead, English cricket batsman (17 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 182no; Hampshire CCC, MCC, Suffolk CCC), born in Battersea, England (d. 1958)
• 1887-05-27 Frank Woolley, English cricket all-rounder (64 Tests, 5 x 100, 23 x 50, HS 154, 83 wickets, BB 7/76; Kent CCC), born in Tonbridge, England (d. 1978)
• 1887-08-02 Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket-keeper (23 Tests, 32 dismissals, 2 x 50; Transvaal), born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan (d. 1936)
• 1887-10-06 George Brown, English cricket wicketkeeper/batsman (7 Tests; Hampshire), born in Cowley, Oxford, England (d. 1964)

• 1887-10-07 A.C. "Jack" Russell, English cricket batsman (10 Tests, 5 x 100s; Essex CCC), born in Leyton, England (d. 1961)
• 1887-12-12 Nigel Haig, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; 1,000 runs and 100 wickets 1921, 27, 29 Middlesex CCC), born in London, England (d. 1966)
• 1888-01-21 Herbie Collins, Australian cricket all-rounder and captain (19 Tests, 1,352 runs @ 45.06, 4 x 100s), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1959)
• 1888-03-01 Ewart Astill, England cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, Leicestershire), born in Ratby, Leicestershire, England (d. 1948)
• 1888-03-27 George Hearne, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests; Western Province), born in Catford, England (d. 1978)
• 1888-04-03 Neville Cardus, English writer and cricketer, born in Rusholme, Manchester, England (d. 1975)
• 1888-05-17 Tich Freeman, English cricket leg-spin bowler (12 Tests, 66 wickets; Kent CCC), born in Lewisham, England (d. 1965)
• 1888-06-28 George Challenor, West Indian cricketer (pioneering West Indian batsman), born in St. Michael, Barbados (d. 1947)
• 1888-07-24 Arthur Richardson, Australian cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 100, 12 wickets; South Australia, Western Australia), born in Sevenhill, Clare, Australia (d. 1973)
• 1888-07-28 Sidney Pegler, South African cricket leg spinner (16 Tests), (d. 1972)
• 1889-01-31 Frank Foster, English cricket all-rounder (11 Tests, 3 x 50, 45 wickets, BB 6/91; Warwickshire CCC), born in Birmingham, England (d. 1958)
• 1889-02-05 E H (Patsy) Hendren, English cricket batsman (51 Tests, 7 x 100s, HS 205no; 57,611 1st-class runs, 3rd-best ever; Middlesex CCC), born in Turnham Green, England (d. 1962)
• 1889-02-05 Ernest Tyldesley, English cricket batsman (14 Tests, 3 x 100, 6 x 50, HS 138; Lancashire CCC), born in Worsley, England (d. 1962)
• 1889-04-25 Charles Kelleway, Australian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, 3 x 100s, 52 wickets, 24 catches), born in Lismore, Australia (d. 1944)
• 1889-05-01 John Evans, English cricket batsman (1 Test) and author ('The Escaping Club'), born in Newtown, Hampshire (d. 1960)
• 1889-05-05 Herbie Taylor, South African cricket batsman and captain (42 Tests; 2,936 runs @ 40.77; 7 x 100s), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 1973)
• 1889-08-08 Jack Ryder, Australian cricket all-rounder (20 Tests, 1,394 runs @ 51.62), born in Collingwood, Victoria (d. 1977)
• 1889-11-07 Lionel Hallam, English cricket batsman and captain (9 Tests, 4 x 50; Hampshire CCC) and politician (Member House of Lords, Lord Temporal 1928–51), born in London, England (d. 1951)
• 1890-04-16 Fred Root, English cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 8 wickets; Derbyshire CCC, Worcestershire CCC), born in Somercotes, England (d. 1954)
• 1890-06-30 Horace Chapman, South African cricket all-rounder (2 Tests), born in Durban, Natal (d. 1941)

• 1890-07-06 Andy Sandham, English cricket batsman (14 Tests; 1st triple centurion 325 v WI 1930), born in London, England (d. 1982)
• 1890-08-26 Tommy Andrews, Australian cricketer (NSW & Aussie player of the 1920's), born in Newtown, Australia (d. 1970)
• 1890-10-08 Snuffy Browne [Cyril Rutherford Browne], West Indian cricketer (pioneer WI Test player), born in St. Michael, Barbados (d. 1973)
• 1890-10-17 Roy Kilner, English cricketer (d. 1928)
• 1891-01-06 Ted McDonald, Australian cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 43 wickets, BB 5/32; Tasmania, Victoria, Lancashire CCC), born in Launceston, Australia (d. 1937)
• 1891-02-11 J. W. Hearne, English cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 30 wickets, 1 x 100; Middlesex), born in Hillingdon, England (d. 1965)
• 1891-02-12 Cec Dixon, South African cricket fast-medium bowler (1 Test; 3 wickets; Transvaal), born in Potchefstroom, South Africa (d. 1969)
• 1891-02-19 J C White, English cricket spin bowler (15 Tests, 49 wickets; 10-76 Somerset v Worcestershire 1921), born in Holford, England (d. 1961)
• 1891-07-28 Ron Oxenham, Australian cricketer (Australian all-rounder 1928-32), born in Nundah, Queensland (d. 1939)
• 1891-11-02 Harry Elliott, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests, 11 dismissals; Derbyshire CCC), born in Scarcliffe, England (d. 1976)
• 1891-11-05 Herb McGirr, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (played in NZ's 1st Test series; 2 Tests, 1 x 50; Wellington), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 1964)
• 1891-12-25 Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricket spin bowler (37 Tests; 216 wickets @ 24.21; ICC Cricket Hall of Fame), born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 1980)
• 1892-07-22 Jack MacBryan, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Cambridge University CC, Somerset CCC) and field hockey player (Olympic gold GB & Ireland 1920), born in Box, England (d. 1983)
• 1892-07-30 Roy Park, Australian cricketer (one Test Aust v Eng 1920, out 1st ball), born in Charlton, Victoria (d. 1947)
• 1892-08-11 Archie Wiles, West Indian cricketer (d. 1957)
• 1892-08-22 Percy Fender, English cricket all-rounder (13 Tests, 29 wickets, BB 5/90, HS 60; Sussex CCC, Surrey CCC, MCC), born in London, England (d. 1985)
• 1892-09-18 Sam Staples, English cricket medium pace bowler (3 Tests, 15 wickets; Nottinghamshire), born in Newstead Colliery, England (d. 1950)
• 1893-05-21 Arthur Carr, English cricket batsman and captain (11 Tests, 1 x 50; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Mickleham, England (d. 1963)
• 1893-07-06 Wilton St Hill, West Indian cricketer (3 Tests 1928-30), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad (d. 1957)
• 1893-07-09 George Geary, English cricket fast bowler (14 Tests, 46 wickets), born in Barwell, Leicestershire, England (d. 1981)

• 1893-07-11 Jack Durston, English cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 5 wickets; Middlesex CCC) and soccer goalkeeper (Queens Park Rangers, Brentford), born in Clophill, England (d. 1965)
• 1893-08-22 George Wood, England cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 6 dismissals; Cambridge University CC, Kent CCC), born in Blackheath, England (d. 1971)
• 1893-10-12 Freddie Martin, West Indian cricket batsman, (9 Tests, 1 x 100; Jamaica), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1967)
• 1893-12-01 Herman Griffith, West Indian cricket fast bowler (13 Tests; 44 wickets; best 6-103), born in Arima, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1980)
• 1893-12-31 Jimmy Blanckenberg, South African cricket medium pace bowler (18 Tests, 60 wickets; Western Province), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1955)
• 1894-04-12 Fred Barratt, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 5 wickets; Nottinghamshire), born in Annesley, England (d. 1947)
• 1894-09-09 Bert Oldfield, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (54 Tests, 130 dismissals, 4 x 50; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1976)
• 1894-11-24 Herbert Sutcliffe, English cricketer (all-time great opening batsman for England), born in Summerbridge, England (d. 1978)
• 1894-12-23 Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer (England captain in 1920's), born in London, England (d. 1976)
• 1895-04-04 Charlie Hallows, English cricket batsman (Lancs played for England 1921-28), born in Little Lever, Lancashire (d. 1972)
• 1895-05-24 Hunter "Stork" Hendry, Australian cricket all-rounder (11 Tests, 1 x 100, 16 wickets; NSW CA, Victoria CA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1988)
• 1895-05-30 Maurice Tate, English cricket all-rounder (39 Tests, 155 wickets, 1 x 100, 5 x 50), born in Brighton, England (d. 1956)
• 1895-06-14 Cliff Edwards, American singer, aka "Ukulele Ike" (Walt Disney's Pinocchio - "Jiminy Cricket"; "When You Wish Upon a Star"), born in Hannibal, Missouri (d. 1971)
• 1895-07-04 Eric Marx, South African cricket all-rounder (3 Tests, 3 wickets; 240 on FC debut for Transvaal), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1974)
• 1895-07-21 H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket batsman (17 Tests [12 as captain], 3 x 50; Natal, Transvaal), born in Eshowe, South Africa (d. 1939)
• 1895-08-02 Matthew Henderson, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (1 Test; New Zealand's first-ever Test match 1930), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1970)
• 1895-08-09 Ted Badcock, New Zealand cricketer (swing bowler in NZ's 1st Test matches), born in Abbottabad, India (d. 1982)
• 1895-08-10 Hammy Love, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1969)
• 1895-08-14 Jack Gregory, Australian cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 2 x 100, 7 x 50, 85 wickets, BB 7/69; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1973)
• 1895-10-10 Johnny Taylor, Australian cricket batsman (20 Tests; 1 x 100, 8 x 50) and rugby union fly-half (2 caps), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1971)
• 1895-10-31 C. K. Nayudu, Indian cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), born in Nagpur, Maharashtra (d. 1967)
• 1896-01-23 Alf Hall, South African cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 40 wickets), born in Bolton, Lancashire, England (d. 1964)
• 1896-01-29 Teddy Hoad, West Indies cricket batsman, captain (4 Tests; Barbados), born in Richmond, Saint Michael, Barbados (d. 1986)
• 1896-04-05 Norman Callaway, Australian cricket batsman (207 in only FC innings), born in Hay, Australia (d. 1917)

• 1896-06-16 Cota Ramaswami, Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests, 1 x 50; Madras) and tennis player (Davis Cup 1922), born in Chennai, India (d. presumed 1990)
• 1896-10-07 Cyril Allcott, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (6 Tests, 113 runs @ 22.6, 6 wickets; Auckland), born in Lower Moutere, New Zealand (d. 1973)
• 1897-03-11 Dick Tyldesley, English cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 19 wickets, BB 3/50; Lancashire CCC), born in Westhoughton, England (d. 1943)
• 1897-05-10 Dalton Conyngham, South African cricket medium-pace bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Natal, Transvaal, Western Province), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 1979)
• 1897-05-25 Alan Kippax, Australian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 2 x 100, 8 x 50, HS 145; NSW CA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1972)
• 1897-06-20 Cyril Francois, South African cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 252 runs, 6 wickets), born in Lewisham, England (d. 1944)
• 1897-08-22 Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer (Australian captain in the Bodyline series), born in Maldon, Australia (d. 1965)
• 1897-11-06 Jack O'Connor, English cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, 1 x 50; Derbyshire CCC), born in Cambridge, England (d. 1977)
• 1897-12-16 Jacobus Petrus Duminy, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests; Western Province, Transvaal, Oxford University CC) and academic (principal & vice-chancellor University of Cape Town), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1980)
• 1898-02-17 Tom Lowry, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 50s; first NZ Test captain), President NZ Thoroughbred Breeders Association 1951-65, born in Fernhill, New Zealand (d. 1976)
• 1898-08-25 Arthur Wood, English cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests, 11 dismissals), born in Bradford, England (d. 1973)
• 1899-04-04 William Brann, South African cricketer (South African batsman v England 1922-23), born in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province (d. 1953)
• 1899-07-27 Perc Hornibrook, Australian cricket slow-medium bowler (6 Tests; 17 wickets; best 7-92 1930), born in Obi Obi, Australia (d. 1976)
• 1899-08-12 Ben Sealey, West Indian cricketer (d. 1963)
• 1899-10-11 Arthur Ochse, South African cricketer (no relation to A E South African fast bowler), born in Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province (d. 1949)
• 1900-07-10 Bob Catterall, South African cricket batsman (24 Tests, 3 x 100s), born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa (d. 1961)
• 1900-07-20 Maurice Leyland, English cricket batsman (41 Tests, 2764 runs @ 46.06; Yorkshire 1920-46, 1,000+ runs in 17 consecutive seasons), born in Harrogate, England (d. 1967)
• 1900-08-01 Otto Nothling, Australian rugby union player and cricketer (Test for Australia 1928, 52 runs aver 26), born in Witta, Queensland, Australia (d. 1965)
• 1900-09-03 Percy Chapman, English cricket batsman (26 Tests, captain 1926-31, 1 x 100; Kent CCC), born in Reading, England (d. 1961)
• 1900-10-01 Tom Goddard, English cricket off-spin bowler (8 Tests; 22 wickets @ 26.72; Gloucestershire), born in Gloucester, Gloucestershire (d. 1966)

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Deaths 201 - 300 of 1,164

• 1935-10-11 Frank Mitchell, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng then 3 for South Africa), dies
• 1935-11-02 Jock "Herbie" Cameron, South African cricket wicketkeeper and captain (26 Tests; 51 dismissals), dies of typhoid at 30
• 1935-11-19 Freddie Calthorpe, English cricketer (England captain v WI 1930), dies of cancer at 43
• 1935-12-04 Hylton Philipson, English cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests, 11 dismissals), dies at 69
• 1935-12-13 John Nicolson, cricketer (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies
• 1936-01-07 Howard Francis, South African cricketer (2 Tests S Af v Eng 1898-99, 39 runs), dies at 67
• 1936-01-10 Charles Wright, English cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Cambridge Uni CC, Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 72
• 1936-01-15 Henry Forster, British politician (Governor-General of Australia 1920-25) and cricketer (Oxford blue 1887-89), dies at 70
• 1936-02-16 Tommy Ward, South African cricket wicket-keeper (23 Tests, 32 dismissals, 2 x 50; Transvaal), dies from accidental electrocution at 48
• 1936-03-20 Durant Clifford Parkin, cricketer (Tests for South Africa 1891-92), dies
• 1936-06-19 John Sharpe, cricketer (1-eyed fast bowler for England 1891-92), dies
• 1936-10-01 Oscar Da Costa, West Indian cricket all-rounder (5 Tests), dies at 29
• 1936-10-02 George Simpson-Hayward, English cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, 23 wickets @ 18.26; last great underarm bowler; Cambridge University CC, Worcestershire CCC), dies at 61
• 1936-10-12 Bernard Bosanquet, English cricketer (1st great googly bowler, England), dies at 58
• 1936-10-30 Teddy Wynyard, cricketer (three Tests for England 1896-1906), dies
• 1936-12-10 Bobby Abel, English cricket batsman (13 Tests, 2 x 100, HS 132no; Surrey CCC), dies at 79

• 1937-01-13 Walter Brearley, cricketer (17 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1905-12), dies
• 1937-02-20 Barlow Carkeek, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (6 Tests, 6 dismissals; Victoria), dies when struck by a car at 58
• 1937-02-23 Claude Buckenham, cricketer (21 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng 1909-10), dies
• 1937-03-26 Albert Relf, English cricket all-rounder (13 Tests, 1 x 50, 25 wickets, BB 5/85; Sussex CCC, Auckland CA), commits suicide at 52
• 1937-07-22 Ted McDonald, Australian cricket fast bowler (11 Tests, 43 wickets, BB 5/32; Tasmania, Victoria, Lancashire CCC), dies in car crash at 46
• 1937-11-17 Jack Worrall, Australian cricket batsman (11 Tests, 5 x 50s; Victoria CA) and VFL premiership coach (Carlton 1906, 07, 08; Essendon 1911, 12), dies at 76
• 1937-12-18 Sandford Schultz, English cricket all-rounder (1 Test, 1 wicket, 20 runs; Cambridge University, Lancashire CCC), dies at 80
• 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, South African cricketer (took 2-99 lefty in test for South Africa), dies at 54
• 1938-05-10 Percy McAlister, Australian cricket batsman (8 Tests; Big Six cricket dispute 1912), dies at 68
• 1938-06-17 Ranji Hordern, Australian cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 46 wickets, BB 7/90; NSW CA), dies at 55
• 1938-06-24 "Digger" Robertson, Australian cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, played in California), dies at 76
• 1938-07-05 John McIlwraith, cricketer (Tests for Australia), dies
• 1938-07-14 Robert Poore, British cricket batsman (3 Tests for South Africa in 1895-96 series), dies at 72
• 1938-08-14 Hugh Trumble, Australian cricket spin bowler and captain (32 Tests, 141 wickets; 2 x Test hat-tricks), dies of a heart attack at 71
• 1938-08-14 Jim Kelly, Australian cricketer (36 Tests for Aust 1896-1905, stumped 20), dies at 71
• 1938-10-10 Lord Hawke [Martin Hawke], English cricket batsman (5 Tests; Yorkshire CCC, Cambridge Uni CC, MCC), dies at 78
• 1938-10-12 Hugh Massie, Australian cricket batsman and captain (9 Tests; NSW), dies at 84

• 1938-11-15 George Glover, cricketer (Test for South 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
• 1939-04-05 William Cooper, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1882-84), dies
• 1939-06-13 Arthur Coningham, Australian cricketer (one Test for Australia 1894), dies at 75
• 1939-07-19 Tom Hayward, English cricket batsman (35 Tests, 3 x 100; HS 137; Surrey CCC), dies at 68
• 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 H G "Nummy" Deane, South African cricket batsman (17 Tests [12 as captain], 3 x 50; Natal, Transvaal), dies from a heart attack at 44
• 1939-12-15 Tom McKibbin, Australian cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, 17 wickets; NSW CA), dies at 69
• 1940-02-07 Francis Ford, cricketer (5 Tests for England v Australia 1894-95), dies
• 1940-03-15 Alfred Marr, Australian cricketer (Test for Australia 1885, scored 0 & 5), dies at 77
• 1940-05-20 Amar Singh, Indian cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 28 wickets; India's first half-century in Test cricket), dies of pneumonia at 29
• 1940-06-22 Monty Noble, Australian cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies at 67
• 1940-07-03 George Shepstone, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal), dies at 64
• 1940-07-14 Bill Howell, Australian cricket medium pace bowler (18 Tests, 49 wickets, BB 5/81; NSWCA), dies at 70
• 1940-11-21 Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies
• 1940-12-06 Charlie Hime, cricketer (one Test for South 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 wicket-keeper (v Aus 1879), dies at 86
• 1941-04-22 (Arthur) "Dooley" Briscoe MC, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal) and soldier (Military Cross, 1941), dies in action in Ethiopia at 30
• 1941-08-12 Bobby Peel, English cricket all-rounder (20 Tests, 3 x 50, 101 wickets, BB 7/31; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 84
• 1941-08-23 Jack O'Connor, Australian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 13 wickets, BB 5/40; NSW CA, SA CA), dies at 65
• 1941-10-20 Ken Farnes English cricketer (15 Tests for England), dies in a plane crash during WWII at 30
• 1941-12-01 Horace Chapman, South African cricket all-rounder (2 Tests), dies at 51
• 1942-01-12 George Francis, cricketer (WI Test fast-bowler, 23 wkts in 10), dies
• 1942-06-10 Ross Gregory, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests, 2 x 50; Victoria), dies in action during WWII at 26
• 1942-07-15 Denis "Sonny" Moloney, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Otago, Wellington, Canterbury), dies in WWII action at El Alamein at 31
• 1942-07-23 Andrew Ducat, English cricketer (England 1921) and footballer, dies whilst batting at Lords Cricket Ground at 56
• 1942-10-24 Arthur Dolphin, cricketer (1 Test England 1921, 1 run, 1 catch), dies
• 1942-10-25 Ted Arnold, English cricketer (England all-rounder in 10 Tests 1903-05), dies at 65
• 1942-11-27 Arthur Langton, South African cricket medium pace bowler (15 Tests, 40 wickets), dies in a military air crash at 30
• 1943-03-03 George Thompson, English cricket batsman (6 Tests, 2 x 50; Nottinghamshire CCC, Auckland CA), dies at 65
• 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 H B G Austin, cricketer (capt of 1923 WI team to England), dies
• 1943-07-31 Hedley Verity, English cricket spin bowler (40 Tests, 144 wickets @ 24.37), dies in POW camp in Italy at 38
• 1943-08-06 Tom Garrett, Australian cricket all-rounder (19 Tests, TS 51no, 34 wickets; NSW CA), dies at 85
• 1943-09-17 Dick Tyldesley, English cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 19 wickets, BB 3/50; Lancashire CCC), dies at 46
• 1943-09-28 Charles Vintcent, cricketer (played in South Africa's 1st 3 tests), dies
• 1943-10-14 Jimmy Matthews, Australian cricket spin bowler (8 Tests, 16 wickets; Victoria; only player to take 2 hat-tricks in same Test 1912), dies at 59
• 1943-11-23 Ernie Jones, Australian cricket fast bowler (19 Tests, 64 wickets; first bowler to be called for throwing in a Test), dies at 74
• 1944-01-01 Charles Turner, Australian cricket fast bowler (17 Tests; 101 wickets @ 16.53; fastest to 50 Test wickets; NSWCA), dies at 81

• 1944-04-17 Jack Hearne, English cricket spin bowler (12 Tests, 49 wickets; England's first hat-trick vs Australia 1899), dies at 76
• 1944-05-26 Cyril Francois, South African cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 252 runs, 6 wickets), dies in a motor accident at 46
• 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, Welsh cricketer (England) rugby player (Wales), dies fighting in WWII at 38
• 1944-08-17 John Trumble, Australian cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 10 wickets; brother of Hugh), dies at 80
• 1944-08-30 (William) Crickett Smith, American ragtime, and jazz cornetist and trumpeter (James Reese Europe's Clef Club; Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolics; Louis Mitchell's Jazz Kings), and band leader, dies at 53
• 1944-09-26 Julien Cahn, cricketer (private cricket promoter during 30's), dies
• 1944-11-16 Charles Kelleway, Australian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, 3 x 100s, 52 wickets, 24 catches), dies at 58
• 1944-11-17 Archie MacLaren, English cricket batsman and captain (35 Tests; 424 Lancashire v Somerset 1895), dies at 72
• 1945-02-13 George Studd, English cricket batsman (4 Tests; Middlesex), dies at 85
• 1945-07-20 Arthur Seccull, South African cricketer (Test v England 1896), dies
• 1945-09-05 Clem Hill, Australian cricket batsman and captain (49 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 191; South Australia CA), dies in a traffic accident at 68
• 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, Australian cricket batsman and captain (34 Tests, 21 as captain; 3 x 100s, TS 178; South Australia CA), dies following a gall bladder operation at 75
• 1946-04-17 John Iddon, cricketer (car accident 5 Tests for Eng 1934-35), dies
• 1946-04-21 Robert Graham, cricketer (3 wkts for South Africa in 2 Tests 1898-99), dies
• 1946-04-25 Albert Knight, cricketer (3 Tests for England on 1903-04 tour), dies

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