Cricket in History (Part 4)

Events 301 - 400 of 921

• 1953-08-19 England regains cricket Ashes from Australia after winning series 1-0

• 1954-03-30 Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers v England at Kingston
• 1954-07-02 England cricket batsman Denis Compton scores career best 278 in 287 mins in 2nd Test win over Pakistan at Nottingham

• 1955-03-01 Pakistan and India play out a draw in the 5th cricket Test at the National Stadium in Karachi; 5 Test series drawn 0-0
• 1955-03-28 NZ cricket all out for 26 v England at Eden Park
• 1955-03-31 West Indies cricket all-rounder Collie Smith scores 104 in his Test debut in a 9 wicket 1st Test defeat to Australia in Kingston, Jamaica
• 1955-04-11 Gary Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted
• 1955-05-16 Ray Lindwall scores his 2nd Test Cricket century 118 at Bridgetown
• 1955-06-09 Test Cricket debut of Ken Barrington, v South Africa at Trent Bridge
• 1955-07-26 Last day as Test Cricket umpire for Frank Chester
• 1955-11-20 Kripal Singh scores 100 on Test Cricket debut, India v NZ
• 1955-11-20 Polly Umrigar scores India's 1st Test Cricket double century, 223 v NZ
• 1956-03-13 NZ bowl out WI for 77 at Eden Park to score their 1st Test Cricket win
• 1956-05-16 England cricket spin bowler Jim Laker takes 10-88 for Surrey v Australia in tour match at The Oval, London
• 1956-07-27 England cricket spin bowler Jim Laker takes 9-37 in Australia's 1st innings in 4th Test at Manchester; best return ever in Test cricket; bettered in 2nd innings 10-53
• 1956-07-31 England cricket spin bowler Jim Laker takes 10-53 in Australia's 2nd innings; match figures 19-90 in 4th Test at Old Trafford; England win by innings & 170 runs
• 1956-08-28 Australia clings on for a draw in 5th Test at The Oval, London; England retain cricket Ashes with Jim Laker's 46 wickets a record series haul
• 1956-12-01 In front of 100,000 fans at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, a US Army baseball team beats an Australian all-star team, 11–5 in an Olympic exhibition game; Sergeant Vance Sutton belts a grand slam for Army
• 1957-05-30 Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai v England at Edgbaston
• 1957-06-04 England cricket batsmen Peter May (285no) & Colin Cowdrey (154) make 411 stand in drawn 1st Test v West Indies in Birmingham; WI spinner Sonny Ramadhin bowls mammoth 98 overs
• 1957-06-07 Mickey Stewart holds 7 cricket catches for Surrey v Northants
• 1957-07-05 England cricket batsman Tom Graveney scores a brilliant 258 in the drawn 3rd Test v West Indies at Trent Bridge
• 1957-07-25 Peter Loader takes a cricket hat-trick for England v WI at Headingley
• 1957-12-23 Test cricket debut for all-time great Australian wicketkeeper Wally Grout and future captain and coach Bobby Simpson, 1st Test v South Africa in Johannesburg
• 1958-01-03 Australian cricket fast bowler Lindsay Kline takes a hat-trick (Eddie Fuller, Hugh Tayfield, Neil Adcock) as South Africa dismissed for 99 in follow-on 2nd Test at Cape Town
• 1958-01-23 Pakistani cricket batsman Hanif Mohammad scores record 337 runs in 970 minutes in drawn 1st Test v West Indies at Bridgetown, longest innings in Test history
• 1958-02-05 Test cricket debut of outstanding West Indian spin bowler Lance Gibbs, 2nd Test v Pakistan in Port-of-Spain
• 1958-02-28 West Indies 1-504 in reply to Pakistan 328, day 3 of 3rd Test Cricket
• 1958-03-01 21 year old West Indian cricket all-rounder Gary Sobers turns his maiden Test century into a world record 365no in the Windies' 3rd Test win over Pakistan in Kingston, Jamaica; Sobers and Conrad Hunte (260) 446 run partnership for 2nd wicket
• 1958-07-07 England cricket batsman Arthur Milton scores an unbeaten 104 in his Test debut, drawn 3rd Test v NZ at Headingley
• 1958-07-24 Test Cricket debuts against NZ for Dexter, Illingworth & Subba Row
• 1958-11-28 Test Cricket debut for Wes Hall, v India at Bombay
• 1959-01-11 Pakistani cricket batsman Hanif Mohammad smashes 499 for Karachi v Bahawalpur, then 1st class world record
• 1959-02-11 Vinoo Mankad ends his final Test Cricket (v WI at Delhi)
• 1959-03-26 Test debut for Pakistani cricketer Mushtaq Mohammad v West Indies, aged 15 years
• 1959-03-29 Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore
• 1959-12-05 Future Pakistan cricket captain Intikhab Alam bowls Australian opener Colin McDonald with his first ball in Test cricket in drawn 3rd Test in Karachi

• 1959-12-20 Indian cricket spin bowler Jasubhai Patel takes 9-69 in Australia's 1st innings 219 in 2nd Test at Kanpur
• 1960-12-14 Australia v West Indies 1st Test Cricket at the Gabba ends in a tie
• 1961-01-31 West Indian cricket batsman Rohan Kanhai scores back-to-back centuries in the drawn 4th Test against Australia in Adelaide; follows 1st innings 117 with 115 in 2nd knock
• 1961-02-01 Australian cricket tail-enders Ken Mackay (62no) and Lindsay Kline (15no) hang on for 100 minutes to earn a famous draw on the final day vs West Indies in 4th Test in Adelaide
• 1961-02-12 Pakistani cricketer Mushtaq Mohammad scores his 1st test cricket century for Pakistan at 17 years of age
• 1961-02-15 Australia beat West Indies 2-1 in one of best Test Cricket series ever
• 1961-06-08 Test cricket debut of future Australian captain Bill Lawry, 1st Test v England in Birmingham

• 1962-03-23 Nawab of Pataudi captains India cricket v WI age 21 years 77 days
• 1962-03-28 Devastating 8 for 6 spell by West Indian spin bowler Lance Gibbs gives home side innings & 30 run 3rd Test win over India in Bridgetown
• 1962-04-07 Indian cricketer Polly Umrigar slams 172 not out vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain in 248 minutes
• 1962-07-31 England fast bowler Brian Statham becomes Test cricket's leading wicket-taker with world-record tally of 237 as Australian wicketkeeper Barry Shepherd is caught by Fred Truman for 10 in drawn 4th Test in Adelaide
• 1962-12-29 Australian cricket batting champion Doug Walters makes 1st-class debut for NSW v Queensland in Sydney at just 17 years, 8 days; scores 50 in NSW 2nd innings
• 1963-02-20 Australian cricket greats Neil Harvey and Alan Davidson play final Test match in drawn 5th Test vs England at the Sydney Cricket Ground
• 1963-05-01 First one-day cricket competition is played (Gillette Cup); Lancashire beats Leicestershire by 101 at Old Trafford
• 1963-05-25 Great Britain ends its amateur-professional classes in cricket
• 1963-06-25 Famous cricket draw at Lord's as England hang on against the Windies
• 1963-08-26 West Indies beat England 2-1 in series, 1st holders of Wisden Cricket Trophy
• 1963-10-27 Australian cricket opening batsman Bob Simpson scores 359 for NSW v Queensland in a Sheffield Shield match at the Gabba in Brisbane
• 1963-12-06 Test Cricket debut of Graeme Pollock at the Gabba
• 1964-02-12 End of Richie Benaud's 63-Test cricket career in drawn 5th Test v South Africa in Sydney
• 1964-06-04 Test Cricket debut of Geoff Boycott v Australia at Trent Bridge, 48
• 1964-07-25 Australian cricket captain and opening batsman Bob Simpson hits 311 v England in the drawn 4th Test in Manchester
• 1964-08-15 Fred Trueman takes 300th Test Cricket wicket (Neil Hawke)
• 1964-08-17 Boycott scores his 1st Test Cricket century, 113 v Aust at the Oval
• 1964-08-20 Rex Sellers bowls 5-1-17-0 v India in only Test Cricket innings
• 1964-10-24 Test cricket debut of Pakistani standouts Asif Iqbal, Majid Khan and Khalid Ibadulla in drawn 1st Test vs Australia in Karachi; Khalid "Billy" Ibadulla scores 166 on debut
• 1964-10-29 Bobby Simpson completes cricket century in each innings v Pakistan
• 1964-12-04 Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, v Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31
• 1965-03-06 Bruce Taylor hits 105 for NZ v India in 1st Test Cricket innings
• 1965-05-11 West Indies becomes 1st holders of the Frank Worrell Cricket Trophy
• 1965-06-22 Freddie Trueman ends his Test cricket career, v NZ at Lord's
• 1965-08-05 South African cricket batsman Graeme Pollock scores a classic 125 to set the Proteas on the way to a 2nd Test win against England at Trent Bridge
• 1965-12-10 Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters v England at the Gabba
• 1966-02-16 Australian cricket batsman Bob Cowper makes a patient 307 (727 mins, 20 x 4s) in drawn 5th Test v England in Melbourne
• 1966-02-16 End of Wally Grout's Test Cricket career, 187 dismissals as Australian wicketkeeper
• 1966-05-15 1st day of Sunday play in County Cricket, Essex v Somerset
• 1966-06-30 England spin bowler Derek Underwood goes wicketless in his Test cricket debut v West Indies at Nottingham; captures 297 wickets in illustrious 86 Test career
• 1966-07-02 West Indian cricket batsman Basil Butcher scores career best 209 not out to guide tourists to a 139-run 3rd Test win over England at Trent Bridge
• 1966-08-05 West Indies cricket captain Gary Sobers scores 174 including a century between lunch & tea to set up a 4th Test win v England at Headingley
• 1966-12-31 Test Cricket debut of Bishen Singh Bedi, India v WI Calcutta, 2-92
• 1967-01-01 Second day's play in Calcutta 2nd cricket Test, India v W Indies is cancelled by riots; ticket holders denied access starts trouble outside ground; escalates with fires in stands and pitch damage; WI win by 45
• 1967-10-22 Ian Brayshaw (W Aus v Vic, Perth) takes all 10 cricket wkts
• 1968-08-31 Gary Sobers becomes the first cricketer to hit 6 sixes in one over
• 1969-03-14 West Indies cricket batsman Seymour Nurse scores career high 258 in his last Test innings in 3rd Test win over NZ at Christchurch
• 1969-06-28 John Hampshire scores 107 on Test cricket debut v WI at Lord's
• 1969-07-02 Ireland cricketers dismiss West Indies for just 25 (Dougie Goodwin 5 for 6, Alec O'Riordan 4 for 18) to set up a huge upset in Londonderry
• 1969-10-24 Pakistani cricketing brothers Hanif, Mushtaq and Sadiq Mohammad start their only Test together; drawn 1st Test v NZ in Karachi
• 1969-11-20 Gundappa Viswanath scores 137 on Test Cricket debut v Australia Kanpur
• 1970-02-05 1st Test Cricket ton of Barry Richards, 126, 164 balls, 20 fours 1 six
• 1970-02-05 Test Cricket debut of John Traicos, South Africa v Australia, Durban
• 1970-03-10 South Africa cricket team complete 4-0 series drubbing of Australia in South Africa, in the country's last official international cricket test for 22 years
• 1970-11-27 Test Cricket debut of Rodney "Iron Gloves" Marsh v England, Brisbane
• 1970-11-29 England cricket batsman Colin Cowdrey reaches 22 on Day 3 of the drawn 1st Test against Australia in Brisbane to become Test Cricket's leading run scorer; passes countryman Wally Hammond's world Test-record aggregate of 7,249 runs
• 1970-12-31 Would have been start of Aust/Eng Test Cricket at MCG, washed out
• 1971-01-14 Cricketer John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs
• 1971-02-12 Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 & 0 Aust v England
• 1971-02-17 England regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win

• 1971-03-21 Indian cricket great Sunil Gavaskar scores first of his 34 Test Cricket centuries; 116 in drawn 3rd Test at Georgetown, Guyana

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Birthdays 301 - 400 of 2,039

• 1900-10-06 Stan Nichols, English cricketer (d. 1961)
• 1900-10-14 Eddie McLeod, New Zealand cricketer (played in NZ's 2nd-ever Test 1930), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1989)

• 1900-10-23 Douglas Jardine, English cricket batsman (22 Tests, 1 x 100, 10 x 50, HS 127; England's Bodyline Series captain; Oxford Uni CC, Surrey CCC, MCC), born in Bombay, British India (d. 1958)
• 1900-11-03 Roger Blunt MBE, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and broadcaster (9 Tests; BBC), born in Durham, England (d. 1966)
• 1900-12-25 W L "Tich" Cornford, English cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests, 8 dismissals; Sussex CCC), born in Hurst Green, England (d. 1964)
• 1901-05-02 Bob Wyatt, English cricketer (1927-37), born in Surrey (d. 1995)
• 1901-05-09 George Duckworth, English cricket wicket-keeper (24 Tests, 60 dismissals), born in Warrington, Lancashire, England (d. 1966)
• 1901-08-04 Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1972)
• 1901-09-21 Learie Constantine, West Indian cricket all-rounder, lawyer and politician (UK's first black peer), born in Diego Martin, Trinidad (d. 1971) [1]
• 1901-11-05 Eddie Paynter, English cricketer (England batting hero in Bodyline series), born in Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, England (d. 1979)
• 1902-01-01 Buster Nupen, South African cricket all-rounder (17 Tests, 50 wickets; one eye only), born near Alesund, Norway (d. 1977)
• 1902-04-01 Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; captain Bombay in inaugural Ranji Trophy win 1935), born in Bombay, India (d. 1968)
• 1902-04-08 Arthur Wellard, English cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 7 wickets, BB 4/81; Somerset CCC), born in Southfleet, England (d. 1980)
• 1902-05-08 Milford "Curly" Page, New Zealand cricket batsman & captain (14 Tests, 1 x 100, 2x 50, 5 wickets) and rugby union halfback (Canterbury RU), born in Lyttelton, New Zealand (d. 1987)
• 1902-06-17 Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (Australian off-spinner v WI 1930-31), born in Kangaroo Point, Queensland, Australia (d. 1982)
• 1902-07-03 Jack Newman, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; Test selector 1958-63; president NZ Cricket Council 1964-67), born in Brightwater, NZ (d. 1996)
• 1902-07-28 Vibart Wight, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests; v/c WI first touring team v England 1928), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 1969)
• 1902-07-31 Sir G O "Gubby" Allen, English cricket all-rounder (25 Tests; refused to bowl 'Bodyline' tactics 1932), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1989)
• 1902-09-04 Tommy Mitchell, English cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, 8 wickets; Derbyshire CCC), born in Cresswell, England (d. 1996)
• 1902-09-13 Arthur Mitchell, English cricket batsman (6 Tests, 2 x 50; Yorkshire CCC), born in Baildon, England (d. 1976)
• 1902-10-14 Shunter Coen, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests, HS 41no, @ 50.50; Orange Free State), born in Heilbron, South Africa (d. 1967)
• 1902-10-26 Hugh Chilvers, Australian cricketer (great leggie of 30's for NSW but not Aust), born in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England (d. 1994)
• 1902-11-03 Charles Jones, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 1959)
• 1902-12-07 Janardan Navle, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests, 1 dismissal; first Indian wicket-keeper; Hindus CC), born in Pulgaon, India (d. 1979)
• 1903-02-06 John Dunning, New Zealand cricketer (NZ medium-fast bowler of 30's), born in Omaha, New Zealand (d. 1971)
• 1903-03-11 George Dickinson, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 8 wickets; Otago, Wellington) and rugby union five-eighth (NZ 5 x tour matches; Otago RFU), born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 1978)
• 1903-05-13 Jim Sims, English cricket spin bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets; Middlesex), born in Leyton, England (d. 1973)
• 1903-06-19 Wally Hammond, England cricket batsman (7,249 Test runs @ 58.45), born in Dover, England (d. 1965)
• 1903-09-15 Syed Wazir Ali, Indian cricket batsman (7 Tests; Southern Punjab; Muslims), born in Jalandhar, India (d. 1950)
• 1903-11-09 Edward van der Merwe, South African cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests in 30's), born in Rustenburg, Transvaal (d. 1971)
• 1903-11-15 Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricket batsman (10 Tests, 2 x 100s; Wellington CA, Leicestershire CCC, Warwickshire CCC), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 1974)
• 1904-03-12 Ken James, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests, 16 dismissals; Wellington, Northamptonshire CCC), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 1976)
• 1904-04-14 Lionel Birkett, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 50; Barbados, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago), born in Saint Michael, Barbados (d. 1998)
• 1904-04-17 Naoomal Jeoomal, Indian cricketer (pioneer Indian Test opening batsman), born in Karachi, British India (d. 1980)
• 1904-05-13 Tim Wall, Australian cricket fast bowler (18 Tests, 56 wickets, BB 5/14; South Australia), born in Semaphore, Australia (d. 1981)
• 1904-06-23 Quintin McMillan, South African cricket spin bowler (13 Tests, 36 wickets; Transvaal), born in Germiston, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1948)
• 1904-11-14 Harold Larwood, England cricket fast bowler (21 Tests, Bodyline Series v Australia 1932-33), born in Nuncargate, England (d. 1995)
• 1904-12-12 Jim Christy, South African cricket batsman (10 Tests; top score 103 1932; Transvaal, Queensland), born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1971)
• 1905-03-06 Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Victoria CA), born in Bendigo, Australia (d. 1971)
• 1905-04-14 Slinger Nitschke, Australian cricket batsman (S Aus & Test), born in Adelaide, South Australia (d. 1982)
• 1905-05-18 Hedley Verity, English cricket spin bowler (40 Tests, 144 wickets @ 24.37), born in Leeds, Yorkshire (d. 1943)
• 1905-06-09 Harry Alexander, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, Bodyline series 1933, 1 wicket; Victoria), born in Ascot Vale (d. 1993)
• 1905-06-13 K. S. Duleepsinhji, English-Indian cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), born in Nawanagar State, Kathiawar, British India (d. 1959)
• 1905-06-25 Ian Cromb, New Zealand cricket fast bowler and captain (5 Tests, 8 wickets; Canterbury), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1984)
• 1905-07-05 Jock "Herbie" Cameron, South African cricket wicketkeeper and captain (26 Tests; 51 dismissals), born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province (d. 1935)
• 1905-08-21 Stan Worthington, English cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 128, 8 wickets, BB 2/19; Derbyshire CCC, Northumberland CCC), born in Bolsover, England (d. 1973)
• 1905-08-28 Cyril Walters, Welsh cricketer (solid England batsman of 30's), born in Bedlinog, Glamorgan, Wales (d. 1992)
• 1905-09-03 John Mills, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 241 runs, 1 x 100), born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 1972)
• 1905-09-14 Herby Wade, South African cricket batsman & captain (10 Tests, 327 runs; Natal), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 1980)
• 1905-11-05 George Bissett, South African cricketer (successful South African quick in 1927-28), born in Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa (d. 1965)
• 1905-11-17 Arthur Chipperfield, Australian cricketer (batsman & leggie 99 on Test debut), born in Ashfield, New South Wales (d. 1987)
• 1905-12-03 Les Ames, English cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (47 Tests, 97 dismissals, 2,434 runs @ 40.56), born in Elham, Kent, England (d. 1990)
• 1905-12-20 Bill O'Reilly, Australian cricketer (mighty Australian leg-spinner), born in White Cliffs, Australia (d. 1992)
• 1905-12-28 Maharajkumar of Vizianagram "Vizzy", Indian cricket batsman, captain, administrator, broadcaster and politician (3 Tests), born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India (d. 1965)
• 1906-01-28 Henry Foley, New Zealand cricketer (batted in New Zealand's 1st Test 1930), born in Wellington (d. 1948)
• 1906-02-27 Mal Matheson, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (2 Tests) and rugby union Test referee (Australia v NZ 1946), born in Omaha, New Zealand (d. 1985)
• 1906-04-15 Sandy Bell, South African cricket fast bowler (16 Tests, 48 wickets, BB 6/99; Western Province, Rhodesia), born in East London, South Africa (d. 1985)
• 1906-05-16 Ernie McCormick, Australian cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 36 wickets, BB 4/101; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1991)
• 1906-05-21 Keith Rigg, Australian cricket batsman (8 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 127; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Victoria (d. 1995)
• 1906-06-03 Norman Gallichan, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (1 Test, HS 30, 3 wickets; Manawatu, Wellington), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand (d. 1969)
• 1906-06-03 Walter Robins, English cricketer (dynamic England leg-spin all-rounder), born in Stafford, England (d. 1968)
• 1906-06-08 Nazir Ali, Indian cricket all-rounder (2 Tests; first Indian Test 1932; Southern Punjab, Sussex CCC), born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India (d. 1975)
• 1906-06-16 Alan Fairfax, Australian cricket all-rounder (10 Tests, 4 x 50, 21 wickets, BB 4/31; NSWCA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1955)
• 1906-08-25 Jim Smith, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests), born in Corsham, Wiltshire (d. 1979)
• 1906-12-02 Eric Dalton, South African cricket batsman (15 Tests, top score 117), born in Durban, Natal, South Africa (d. 1981)
• 1907-02-11 E. W. Swanton, English author and sports commentator (cricket - BBC Radio), born in London, England (d. 2000)
• 1907-04-20 Miran Bakhsh, Pakistani cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 2 wickets; Punjab), born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan (d. 1991)
• 1907-07-02 Leo O'Brien, Australian cricket batsman (5 Tests; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1997)
• 1907-08-11 Ted à Beckett, Australian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests, 3 wickets; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1989)
• 1907-08-21 Betty Archdale OBE, Anglo-Australian educationalist and English cricket batsman and captain (5 Tests), born in London, England (d. 2000)
• 1907-09-11 Oscar Da Costa, West Indian cricket all-rounder (5 Tests), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1936)
• 1907-10-21 Pieter Van der Bijl, South African cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 125; Western Province, Oxford University CC), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1973)
• 1907-12-16 Syd Curnow, South African cricket batsman (7 Tests, HS 47; Transvaal), born in Benoni, South Africa (d. 1986)
• 1908-01-17 Bryan Valentine, British cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 100; Kent CCC, Cambridge University CC), born in Blackheath, England (d. 1983)
• 1908-01-20 Ian Peebles, English cricketer (Scottish leg-spinner, England 1927-31), born in Aberdeen, United Kingdom (d. 1980)
• 1908-01-25 Hopper Levett, English cricketer (England in 1 Test in Calcutta), born in Goudhurst, United Kingdom (d. 1995)
• 1908-02-21 Neville Quinn, South African cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 35 wickets), born in Tweefontein, South Africa (d. 1934)
• 1908-02-29 Alf Gover, English cricket fast bowler (4 Tests; Surrey CCC) and coach (Frank Tyson, Viv Richards, Andy Roberts, Ian Bishop; Surrey), born in Epsom, Surrey, England (d. 2001)
• 1908-03-23 Ben Barnett, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (1938 England tour), born in Auburn, Victoria, Australia (d. 1979)
• 1908-04-28 Jack Fingleton, Australian cricket batsman (18 Tests, 1,189 runs @ 42.46, 5 x 100s), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1981)
• 1908-06-02 Gordon Weir, New Zealand cricket batsman (11 Tests, 3 x 50; Auckland CA), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2003)
• 1908-06-11 George Paine, English cricket spin bowler (4 Tests, 17 wickets; Warwickshire CCC), born in London, England (d. 1978)
• 1908-07-25 Bill Bowes, English cricketer (Bodyline bowler, 68 wkts for England), born in Elland, Yorkshire, England (d. 1987)
• 1908-08-18 Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (6 Tests, 12 wickets; Canterbury, Northamstonshire CCC), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1977)
• 1908-08-26 Bill Hunt, Australian cricketer (NSW slow left-armer, Test for Australia 1933), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1983)

• 1908-09-01 Amir Elahi, Pakistani cricket spin bowler (1 Test India, 5 Tests Pakistan), Lahore, Punjab (d. 1980)
• 1908-09-08 Johnny Lindsay, South African cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests, 5 dismissals; North Eastern Transvaal), born in Barkly East, South Africa (d. 1990)
• 1908-11-02 Fred Bakewell, English cricket batsman (6 Tests, top score 107; Northamptonshire), born in Walsall, Staffordshire (d. 1983)
• 1909-01-01 Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests, 3 dismissals; Bombay), born in Bombay, India (d. 1949)
• 1909-01-08 Bruce Mitchell, South African cricket opening batsman (42 Tests), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1995)
• 1909-04-05 Gerald Bond, South African cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1938, 0 & 0-16), born in Cape Town (d. 1965)
• 1909-04-26 Dick Howorth, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests, 19 wickets; Worcestershire CCC), born in Bacup, England (d. 1980)
• 1909-05-12 Frank DeCaires, West Indian cricket batsman (3 Tests, 2 x 50; British Guiana), born in British Guiana (d. 1959)

• 1909-06-06 M. J. Gopalan, Indian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 1 wicket; Madras) and hockey representative, born in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (d. 2003)
• 1909-06-20 Robert Marley, Jamaican cricketer (Jamaican batsman 1928-1946, WICBC pres), born in Half Way Tree, Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1995)
• 1909-07-20 Eric Rowan, South African cricket batsman (26 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 236; Transvaal, Eastern Province), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1993)
• 1909-08-08 Bill Voce, English cricket fast bowler (27 Tests, 98 wickets, BB 7/70; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Annesley Woodhouse, England (d. 1984)

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Deaths 301 - 400 of 1,164

• 1946-04-25 Joseph Vine, cricketer (batted in two Tests Eng v Aust 1911-12), dies
• 1946-05-07 Joe Humphries, English cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests for England 1907-08), dies at 69
• 1946-07-15 Razor Smith, English cricket spin bowler (245 first class matches, Surry CCC), dies at 68
• 1946-08-09 Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (South Africa, 15 Tests, 64 wkts), dies at 69
• 1946-11-18 John King, cricketer (scored 60 & 4 in only Test Eng v Aus 1909), dies
• 1946-11-22 Bertie Rose-Innes, cricketer (South Africa's Test), dies
• 1947-01-23 Roy Park, Australian cricketer (prolific Victorian bat & official), dies at 54
• 1947-01-29 Fred Barratt, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 5 wickets; Nottinghamshire), dies at 52
• 1947-02-27 Francis MacKinnon, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Kent CCC) and 35th Chief of MacKinnon clan, dies at 98
• 1947-03-09 Stanley Jackson, English cricketer (20 Tests for England 1893-1905), dies at 76
• 1947-03-27 Charles Smith, cricketer (batted for South Africa in 1902-03), dies
• 1947-04-02 Joe Hardstaff Sr., English cricket batsman (5 Tests; 3 x 50; Nottinghamshire CCC) and umpire (21 Tests), dies at 64
• 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 at 68
• 1947-07-30 George Challenor, West Indian cricketer (played in 1st WI Test side 1928), dies at 59
• 1947-10-12 Nelson Betancourt, cricket wicket-keeper (WI Test 1930), dies at 42

• 1948-02-10 Ewart Astill, England cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, Leicestershire), dies at 59
• 1948-03-05 Charles Prince, cricketer (5 & 1 in only Test for South Africa), dies
• 1948-04-17 Percy Sherwell, South African cricket wicketkeeper and captain (13 Tests, 1 x 100, 36 dismissals; Transvaal), dies at 67
• 1948-06-08 Sammy Carter, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (28 Tests, 65 dismissals; NSWCA), dies at 70
• 1948-07-03 Quintin McMillan, South African cricket spin bowler (13 Tests, 36 wickets; Transvaal), dies at 44
• 1948-07-08 Dave Nourse, South African cricket all-rounder (45 Tests, 1 x 100, 41 wickets; Natal, Transvaal, Western Province), dies at 69
• 1948-07-26 Charles Mills, South African cricketer (Test v England 1891-92), dies
• 1948-09-11 Albert Powell, South African cricketer and Rugby player (one Test South Africa v England 1898-99), dies at 75
• 1948-10-16 Henry Foley, New Zealand cricketer (one Test for NZ, scored 2 & 2), dies at 42
• 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 Hindlekar, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests, 3 dismissals; Bombay), dies at 40
• 1949-04-06 Stanley Christopherson, cricketer (1884, MCC President during WWII), dies
• 1949-05-06 Arthur Ochse, South African cricketer (10 wickets in 3 Tests for South Africa 1927-29), dies at 49
• 1949-06-29 Walter Giffen, Australian cricketer "one of the worst Test batsmen of all time" (brother of George, 3 Tests), dies at 87
• 1949-07-14 Frank Hearne, English cricket batsman (2 Tests England, 4 South Africa; Kent, Western Province), dies at 90
• 1949-08-30 Arthur Fielder, English cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies at 72
• 1949-11-01 Leslie Gay, English cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test; Cambridge Uni, Hampshire CCC) and soccer goalkeeper (3 caps; Cambridge Uni), dies at 78
• 1950-01-08 George Rowe, cricketer (15 wckts in 4 Tests for S Af 1895-1902), dies
• 1950-02-16 David Denton, English cricket batsman (11 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 104; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 75

• 1950-03-23 Douglas Carr, England cricket spin bowler (1 Test, 7 wickets; Kent CCC), dies at 78
• 1950-06-04 Sam Staples, English cricket medium pace bowler (3 Tests, 15 wickets; Nottinghamshire), dies at 57
• 1950-06-17 Syed Wazir Ali, Indian cricket batsman (7 Tests; Southern Punjab; Muslims), dies from appendicitis at 46
• 1950-06-20 Claude Jennings, cricketer (Aust opening bat in 1912 Triangular), dies
• 1950-09-11 Sorabji Colah, Indian cricketer (69 runs in India's 1st 2 tests 1932-33), dies at 47
• 1951-04-27 Philip Hands, South African cricketer (7 Tests for South Africa), dies at 61
• 1951-06-06 Lionel Hallam, English cricket batsman and captain (9 Tests, 4 x 50; Hampshire CCC) and politician (Member House of Lords, Lord Temporal 1928–51), dies at 61
• 1951-06-11 Montagu Odd, cricket bat-maker (W. G. Grace), dies
• 1951-07-14 Sammy Jones, Australian cricket batsman (12 Tests; NSW, Queensland, Auckland), dies at 89
• 1951-08-03 Neville Tufnell, cricket wicket-keeper (Test for England 1910), dies
• 1951-10-13 Willie Quaife, British cricketer who set county records for his age (7 Tests for England, 228 runs), dies at 79
• 1952-01-05 I. A. K. Pataudi, Indian cricket batsman (3 Tests England, 3 India; 1 x 100; Oxford University CC, Worcestershire CCC, Southern Punjab), dies from a heart attack at 41
• 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, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1894; Kent), dies at 88
• 1952-07-27 Roland Pope, cricketer (Test for Australia 1885), dies
• 1952-07-31 N B F "Tufty" Mann, cricketer (South African slow lefty 1947-51), dies
• 1952-11-08 Claude Carter, South African cricket spin bowler (19 Tests, 28 wickets, BB 6/50; Natal, Transvaal), dies at 71
• 1952-12-19 Harry Makepeace, English cricketer (4 Tests for England v Australia 1920-21), dies at 71
• 1953-05-07 Ormy Pearse, South African cricketer (55 runs & 3 wkts in 3 Tests for S Af), dies at 68

• 1953-05-18 Tom Killick, English cricketer (at the crease 2 Tests for Eng 1929), dies at 69
• 1953-06-25 Algy Gehrs, Australian cricketer (6 Tests for Australia 1904-11), dies at 72
• 1953-09-12 Frederick Kuys, cricketer (one Test South Africa v England 1898), dies
• 1953-09-22 William Brann, South African cricketer (3 Tests for South Africa), dies at 54
• 1953-12-02 Ernie Hayes MBE, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; Surrey, Leicestershire), dies at 77
• 1954-01-20 Fred Root, English cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 8 wickets; Derbyshire CCC, Worcestershire CCC), dies at 63
• 1954-01-20 Warren Bardsley, Australian cricket batsman (41 Tests, 6 x 100, 14 x 50, HS 193no; NSWCA), dies at 71
• 1954-02-01 Henry Leveson-Gower, English cricket batsman & captain (3 Tests; Surrey CCC, Oxford University CC), dies at 80
• 1954-03-18 Walter Mead, cricketer (one Test for England 1899), dies
• 1954-05-10 George Hirst, English cricketer (36,323 1st-class runs, 2739 wickets), dies at 82
• 1954-05-23 H R Bromley-Davenport, cricketer (batted in 4 Tests for England), dies
• 1954-10-27 Frank Druce, English cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 50; Surrey CCC), dies at 79
• 1955-01-07 Gerald Hartigan, South African cricketer (batsman in 5 Tests 1911-14), dies at 70
• 1955-04-18 Don Blackie, Australian cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1928-29), dies at 46
• 1955-05-11 Gilbert Jessop, English cricket batsman (18 Tests; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1898), dies at 80
• 1955-05-17 Alan Fairfax, Australian cricket all-rounder (10 Tests, 4 x 50, 21 wickets, BB 4/31; NSWCA), dies of war wounds at 48
• 1955-05-17 Leslie Hylton, Jamaican cricketer and West Indies fast bowler, executed and hanged for murder at 50
• 1955-06-22 Sadashiv Garpatrao Shinde, cricketer (7 Tests for India), dies at 31
• 1955-10-21 Roy Minnett, Australian cricketer (all-rounder prior to WWI), dies
• 1955-12-23 Len Braund, English cricket all-rounder (23 Tests, 3 x 100, 47 wickets; Surrey CCC, Somerset CCC), dies at 80
• 1956-05-18 Maurice Tate, English cricket all-rounder (39 Tests, 155 wickets, 1 x 100, 5 x 50), dies at 60
• 1956-07-20 Ken Burn, Australian cricketer (Tasmanian rep on 1890 Ashes tour, 2 Tests), dies at 93
• 1956-07-27 Mick Commaille, South African cricketer and soccer rep (12 Tests for South Africa 1910-28), dies at 73
• 1956-08-13 Harry Donnan, Australian cricketer (5 Tests for Australia 1891-96), dies at 91

• 1956-09-07 C. B. Fry, English cricket batsman (26 Tests, 2 x 100s; Sussex, Hampshire), dies at 84
• 1957-01-24 Daniel Taylor, cricketer (bro of Herbie, 2 Tests for S Af 1914), dies
• 1957-03-12 Harry Dean, English cricketer (England left-arm bowler in 3 Tests, 1912), dies at 72
• 1957-04-08 Frank Chester, English cricketer and distinguished 1-armed Test umpire, dies at 62
• 1957-05-21 Edwin St Hill, Trinidadian cricketer (two Tests for West Indies 1930-31), dies at 53
• 1957-07-09 Manfred Julius Susskind, South 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), dies at 67
• 1958-03-19 Vernon Ransford, cricketer (20 Tests for Australia, 1211 runs), dies
• 1958-03-26 Phil Mead, English cricket batsman (17 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 182no; Hampshire CCC, MCC, Suffolk CCC), dies at 71
• 1958-04-26 Joe Small, West Indian cricketer (WI all-rounder in 1928 series), dies at 65
• 1958-05-03 Frank Foster, English cricket all-rounder (11 Tests, 3 x 50, 45 wickets, BB 6/91; Warwickshire CCC), dies at 69
• 1958-05-25 Rolland Beaumont, South African cricket batsman (5 Tests; Transvaal), dies at 74
• 1958-06-07 Roger Hartigan, cricketer (2 Tests for Aust in 1908), dies
• 1958-06-18 Douglas Jardine, English cricket batsman (22 Tests, 1 x 100, 10 x 50, HS 127; England's Bodyline Series captain; Oxford Uni CC, Surrey CCC, MCC), dies at 57
• 1958-06-29 George Gunn, English cricket batsman (15 Tests, 2 x 100, 7 x 50, HS 122no; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 79
• 1958-07-22 Karl Nunes, cricketer (1st WI Test captain 1928), dies
• 1958-09-09 Charles Macartney, Australian cricket all-rounder (35 Tests, 2,131 runs @ 41.78, 7 x 100s, 45 wickets), dies at 72
• 1958-10-15 Jack Mason, English cricketer (England all-rounder v Australia 1897-98), dies at 84
• 1958-10-17 Charlie Townsend, English cricketer (2 Tests for England 1899), dies at 81

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