Cricket in History (Part 6)

Events in Sport

Events 501 - 600 of 921

Cricket History

1980-03-23 Australian cricketer Allan Border becomes the first and only batsman to reach 150 in each innings of a test, in the 3rd test vs Pakistan in Lahore

Cricket History

1980-09-02 Australian cricket batsman Kim Hughes becomes 3rd player to bat on all 5 days of a Test match as the rain affected Centenary Test peters out to a draw at Lord's; BBC's John Arlott calls his final match

  • 1980-10-23 Rick McCosker (168) and John Dyson (152) make record 319 opening stand in a Sheffield Shield cricket match for NSW v WA in Sydney

Cricket History

1980-11-25 Imran Khan scores his 1st Test Cricket ton, 123 v WI Lahore

  • 1981-01-03 Australian cricket captain Greg Chappell scores a masterly 204 v India in the 1st Test in Sydney; home side wins by an innings and 4 runs
  • 1981-02-10 Dennis Lillee becomes Australian Cricket's top wicket-taker with 249
  • 1981-03-24 Bombay beat Delhi by innings & 46 to win Ranji Cricket Trophy
  • 1981-06-18 Test cricket debut of Terry Alderman, v England at Trent Bridge

Cricket History

1981-07-07 England cricket captain Ian Botham resigned after no wins in 12 matches under his reign and a pair in the 2nd Test v Australia at Lord's

  • 1981-08-02 England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham takes 5 for 11 to end Australia's chase of 151 target, all out 121 for 29 run defeat in 4th Test at Edgbaston
  • 1981-08-13 Test Cricket debut of Mike Whitney for Australia versus England at Old Trafford
  • 1981-08-31 Dirk Wellham scores 103 on Test Cricket debut, v England at Lord's
  • 1981-09-01 Fast bowler Terry Alderman takes his 42nd wicket of the series on the last day of the 5th cricket Test vs England at The Oval; haul remains record by an Australian bowler in England; England wins series 3-1
  • 1981-09-01 Mike Brearley's last day as England cricket captain in 6th Test draw v Australia at The Oval; maintains his unbeaten record at home as England's 3-1 series win confirmed
  • 1981-12-23 Geoffrey Boycott becomes leading run-scorer in Test Cricket with 8033
  • 1981-12-26 One of the great day's Test Cricket at the MCG Australia v West Indies
  • 1981-12-27 Australian Dennis Lillee becomes the leading wicket-taker in test cricket with 310
  • 1982-02-17 Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, v England

Cricket Debut

1982-02-26 Test Cricket debut of batsman Martin Crowe, playing for New Zealand v Australia in Wellington, run out for 9

  • 1982-03-10 Saleem Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
  • 1982-03-14 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket century
  • 1982-03-27 Imran takes 14-116 for cricket match v Sri Lanka at Lahore
  • 1982-09-22 Duleep Mendis completes twin cricket tons for Sri Lanka v India

Cricket History

1982-10-05 Pakistan cricket leg-spin bowler Abdul Qadir takes 7-142 as Australia is dismissed for 330 in 2nd Test in Faisalabad; Greg Ritchie scores maiden Test century (106 no) but home side prevails by an innings & 3 runs

  • 1982-10-25 David Hookes scores Cricket century in 34 balls 43 mins, SA v Victoria
  • 1982-11-12 Zaheer Abbas gets his 100th 100 in Test Cricket for Pakistan v India, goes to 215
  • 1982-11-27 Kepler Wessels scores century in 1st Test Cricket (162 v England)
  • 1982-12-30 England defeat Australia by three runs at cricket MCG
  • 1983-03-15 Karnataka beat Bombay on 1st innings to win cricket Ranji Trophy
  • 1983-04-22 Start of 1st Sri Lanka-Australia Test Cricket match (at Kandy)
  • 1983-04-23 David Hookes scores his only Test Cricket century, 143* v Sri Lanka
  • 1983-06-09 Zimbabwe win their 1st one-day cricket international, v Australia
  • 1983-06-12 Winston Davis takes 7-51 in Cricket World Cup match v Australia
  • 1983-06-25 Cricket World Cup, Lord's, London: India upsets West Indies by 43 runs to win first title; Mohinder Amarnath 3/12 off 7 overs, Player of the Match

Cricket History

1983-08-01 Despite brave 112no by David Gower, New Zealand wins 2nd Test at Headingley by 5 wickets, first ever NZ Test cricket victory in England

  • 1983-09-24 Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of champion Pakistan batsman Hanif Mohammad; scores 6 in drawn 2nd Test v India in Jullundur; goes on to play 45 Tests
  • 1983-11-11 Australian cricket wicketkeeper/batsman Wayne Phillips scores 159 on Test debut vs Pakistan at WACA, Perth
  • 1983-11-24 Test Cricket debut of Richie Richardson for the West Indies vs India in Bombay
  • 1983-12-26 Test Cricket debut of Gregory Richard John Matthews, v Pakistan at the MCG
  • 1983-12-29 Australian cricket batsman Graham Yallop completes a painstaking 268 (716 mins) v Pakistan in the drawn 4th Test in Melbourne

Cricket Record

1983-12-29 Indian cricket opening batsman Sunil Gavaskar scores an unbeaten 236 in drawn 6th Test v West Indies at Chennai; his 4th Test double century and 30th century, surpassing Don Bradman's record of 29

  • 1984-01-02 16 year old future South African Test cricket batsman Darryl Cullinan scores his 1st first-class century (106 no) for Border against Natal B in East London
  • 1984-01-06 Last day of Test cricket for Chappell, Marsh & Lillee
  • 1984-03-13 Last day of 1st-class cricket for G Chappell, R Marsh, B Laird
  • 1984-03-21 Australian Allan Border scores 100* vs West Indies in a cricket test at Trinidad after scoring a 98* in his 1st innings
  • 1984-04-13 India beat Pak by 58 runs to win 1st Asia Cricket Cup in Sharjah

Cricket Record

1984-05-31 Viv Richards hits 189* (170 balls) v England, ODI cricket record

  • 1984-07-03 After 22 years, England Test cricket spinner Derek Underwood hits a maiden 1st class century (111) for Kent v Sussex at Hastings
  • 1984-07-03 West Indies cricket opener Gordon Greenidge scores brilliant 214 off 242 balls in 9-wicket Lord's Test win v England
  • 1984-07-06 New Zealand sisters Liz and Rose Signal become the first twins to play in the same cricket Test match, v England at Headingley
  • 1984-07-27 West Indies cricket opening batsman Gordon Greenidge smashes 223 in innings & 64 run win over England in 4th Test at Manchester; Windies lead series, 4-0
  • 1984-09-01 Middlesex beats Kent off the last ball of the Nat West Trophy cricket final in London; John Emburey hits Kent seamer Richard Ellison to square leg for 4 for the winning runs

Cricket Debut

1984-11-08 1st-class cricket debut of Wasim Akram, 2 months before his 1st Test for Pakistan

  • 1984-11-09 1st-class cricket debut for Brian McMillan, Transvaal B v N Tvl B
  • 1984-11-10 Australia all out for 76 v West Indies at cricket WACA, Holding 6-21
  • 1984-11-16 Imran Khan makes his 1st appearance for NSW Cricket
  • 1984-11-23 Limited-over international cricket debut for Wasim Akram for Pakistan, v New Zealand

Cricket Debut

1984-11-23 Test Cricket debuts of Australians David Boon aged 23 & Bob Holland aged 38 (v WI)

  • 1984-11-26 Kim Hughes tearfully resigns as Australian cricket captain
  • 1984-11-29 Javed Miandad completes twin Test Cricket tons, v NZ, Hyderabad
  • 1984-12-02 Australian Test cricket spin bowler Bob Holland takes a career best 9-83 for NSW in the Sheffield Shield match against South Australia in Sydney
  • 1984-12-07 Allan Border's 1st Test Cricket match as captain (v WI Adelaide)
  • 1984-12-22 Test Cricket debut of Craig McDermott, v WI at the MCG
  • 1984-12-23 West Indies batsman Viv Richards scores 208 vs Ausatralia in test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
  • 1984-12-31 Test Cricket debut of Mohammad Azharuddin, v England at Calcutta
  • 1985-01-03 Future Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin scores 110 on debut in drawn 3rd Test against England in Kolkata
  • 1985-01-15 Mike Gatting (207) and Graeme Fowler (201) become first pair of England batsmen to complete double centuries in the same innings during 9-wicket 4th cricket Test win against India at Madras
  • 1985-02-01 Patient innings from Dilip Vengsarkar (137) and Mohammad Azharuddin (122) set India up for 5th cricket Test draw vs England in Kanpur; Azharuddin, 3 centuries in 1st 3 Tests
  • 1985-02-08 1st-class cricket debut of Jimmy Adams (age 17), Jamaica v Barbados
  • 1985-02-11 Wasim Akram takes 10 wickets in his 2nd Test Cricket, NZ still wins
  • 1985-03-10 India beat Pakistan to win "World Championship of Cricket"
  • 1985-03-19 NSW wins cricket Sheffield Shield by beating Queensland by 1 wicket
  • 1985-03-24 Norman Gifford makes cricket ODI debuts at age 44 (v Aust, Sharjah)
  • 1985-06-01 West Indian cricket batsman Viv Richards scores 300 in a day on the way to 322 in a tour match against Warwickshire at Taunton; 42 fours and 8 sixes of 258 balls
  • 1985-08-02 England captain David Gower scores his 5,000th run in Test cricket during the drawn 4th Test v Australia at Old Trafford
  • 1985-09-03 England cricket swing bowler Richard Ellison with 5 for 76 helps dismiss Australia for 129 in 6th Test win at the Oval; England regains Ashes 3-1
  • 1985-09-11 Sri Lanka score their 1st Test Cricket victory, by 149 runs v India
  • 1985-10-31 Last day in Test cricket for Pakistan's Zaheer Abbas

Cricket History

1985-11-12 Richard Hadlee takes 15-123 for cricket match New Zealand v Australia at Brisbane

  • 1985-12-13 Australian cricketer David Boon's 1st Test century, 123 v India at Adelaide
  • 1985-12-13 Test debut of cricketers Merv Hughes, Geoff Marsh and Bruce Reid (v India)
  • 1985-12-26 Test Cricket debut of Steve Waugh, v India at the MCG
  • 1986-01-06 Last day in Test cricket for Bob Holland
  • 1986-02-12 1st-class cricket debut of Curtly Ambrose, Leeward Is v Guyana
  • 1986-04-01 Ranji Trophy Men's Cricket, Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi: Delhi beats Haryana by innings & 141; Manoj Prabhakar 113, Kirti Azad 107, Mohinder Amarnath 194, Ajay Sharma 110
  • 1986-04-15 Viv Richards century off 56 balls v England in Antigua Test Cricket
  • 1986-07-04 England cricket captain Mike Gatting smashes 183 not out in the drawn 3rd Test vs India at Birmingham
  • 1986-08-21 Ian Botham takes world-record 356th Test Cricket wkt (v NZ, The Oval)
  • 1986-09-18 David Boon's 3rd Test cricket century, 122 v India at Madras
  • 1986-09-19 Australian cricketer Dean Jones scores 210 v India at Madras
  • 1986-09-22 India v Australia Test Cricket at Madras finishes in a tie
  • 1986-10-19 Allan Border scores the 1,000,000th run in all test cricket (vs India in Bombay)
  • 1986-10-21 1st-class cricket debut of Andy Flower, ZCU Presidents XI v Young WI
  • 1986-10-29 Pakistan cricket leg-spin bowler Abdul Qadir takes 6-16 as the West Indies dismissed for 53 in 186 run defeat in 1st Test at Faisalabad

Cricket History

1986-12-03 Chasing the West Indies 248/5, Sri Lanka is sensationally dismissed for just 55 in cricket's Champions Trophy in Sharjah; Windies pace bowler Courtney Walsh takes 5 for 1 in 4.3 overs

  • 1986-12-12 Australian cricketer David Boon's fourth Test century, 103 v England at Adelaide
  • 1986-12-22 India score 7-676 v Sri Lanka at Kanpur in Cricket
  • 1987-03-07 Gavaskar becomes 1st cricket batsman to score 10,000 Test runs
  • 1987-03-15 Last day in Test cricket for Larry Gomes & Joel Garner
  • 1987-03-15 NZ beat WI by 5 wickets in Jeremy Coney's last Test Cricket

Birthdays in Sport

Birthdays 501 - 600 of 2,039

  • 1916-06-23 Len Hutton, English cricket batsman (79 Tests, 19 x 100, HS 364, BA 56.67; Yorkshire CCC), born in Fulneck, Pudsey, England (d. 1990)
  • 1916-07-31 Verdun Scott, New Zealand cricket batsman, rugby league utility back (10 Tests; 1 cap), born in Devonport, Auckland (d. 1980)
  • 1916-08-27 Tony Harris, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Transvaal) and rugby union five-eighth (5 Tests), born in Kimberley, South Africa (d. 1993)
  • 1916-11-05 Len Wilkinson, English cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 7 wickets; Lancashire CCC), born in Northwich, England (d. 2002)
  • 1916-12-19 Merv Wallace, New Zealand cricketer (13 Tests for NZ, latterly as captain), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2008)
  • 1917-01-10 Tyrell Johnson, West Indian cricketer (WI left-arm quickie, one Test 1939), born in Tunapuna, Trinidad (d. 1985)
  • 1917-02-22 Jack Robertson, English cricketer (superb England batsman, played 11 Tests), born in London, England (d. 1996)
  • 1917-03-06 Roy Scott, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (1 Test, 1 wicket; Canterbury), born in Clyde, New Zealand (d. 2005)
  • 1917-04-12 Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer (India's greatest all-rounder to his time), born in Jamnagar, Bombay Presidency, British India (d. 1978)
  • 1917-05-05 Ron Saggers, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (effective NSW & Aussie late 40's), born in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1987)
  • 1917-06-06 Prior Jones, West Indian cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 25 wickets; Trinidad), born in Princes Town, Trinidad (d. 1991)
  • 1917-06-27 K. M. Rangnekar, Indian cricketer (batted in 3 Tests India v Australia 1947-48), born in Bombay, India (d. 1984)
  • 1917-07-06 Hugo Yarnold, English cricketer (Worcestershire keeper & Test umpire), born in Worchester, England (d. 1974)
  • 1917-07-24 Jack Moroney, Australian cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 100, HS 118; NSWCA), born in Macksville, Australia (d. 1999)
  • 1917-09-06 George Mann, English cricketer, born in Byfleet, Surrey, England (d. 2001)
  • 1917-10-17 Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 206; Wellington, Canterbury) and rugby union centre (1 Test England 1947), born in Ngāruawāhia, New Zealand (d. 1999)
  • 1917-10-20 Ken Cranston, English cricket all-rounder (8 Tests, 18 wickets, BB 4/12; Lancashire CCC), Liverpool, England (d. 2007)
  • 1917-10-27 Jack Plimsoll, South African cricket fast bowler (1 Test, BB 3-143; manager RSA team to England 1965), born in Kalk Bay, South Africa (d. 1999)
  • 1917-12-08 Ian Johnson, Australian cricket spin bowler and captain (45 Tests; 109 wickets), born in North Melbourne, Victoria (d. 1998)
  • 1917-12-14 Wilf Ferguson, West Indian cricket leg-spinner (West Indian of post-WWII years), born in Longdenville, Trinidad (d. 1961)
  • 1918-01-07 Colin Snedden, New Zealand cricketer (Test NZ v England 1947, 0-46), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 2011)
  • 1918-03-05 Ranga Sohoni, Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, top score 29 no, 2 wickets), born in Nimbahera, Rajasthan, India (d. 1993)
  • 1918-04-07 Bertie Clarke, West Indian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests, 6 wickets; Barbados, Northamptonshire CCC, Essex CCC), born in Lakes Folly, Barbados (d. 1993)
  • 1918-04-29 Merv Harvey, Australian cricketer (brother of Neil, Test for Australia), born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia (d. 1995)
  • 1918-05-14 Arthur McIntyre, English cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 8 dismissals; Surrey CCC, MCC), born in London, England (d. 2009)
  • 1918-05-23 Dennis Compton, England cricket batsman & footballer (5,807 Test runs, Arsenal 1950 FA Cup), born in Hendon, England (d. 1997)

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1918-07-04 English cricket medium-pace bowler (51 Tests, 236 wickets, BB 7/44; Surrey CCC), born in Reading, England

  • 1918-10-14 Doug Ring, Australian cricketer (Australian leggie of the late 40's early 50's), born in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia (d. 2003)
  • 1918-11-24 Roley Jenkins, English cricket spin bowler (9 Tests, 32 wickets), born in Worcester, England (d. 1995)
  • 1919-01-26 K C Ibrahim, Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 50, HS 85; Bombay CA), born in Mumbai, India (d. 2007)
  • 1919-02-06 Lindsay Tuckett, South African cricketer (son of Len, 9 Tests for South Africa 1947-49), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 2016)
  • 1919-03-18 Len Johnson, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 6 wickets, BB 3/8; Queensland), born in Ipswich, Australia (d. 1977)
  • 1919-03-28 Tom Brooks, Australian cricket umpire (23 Tests 1970-78), born in Paddington, Australia (d. 2007)
  • 1919-04-19 Gil Langley, Australian cricketer (Australian wicket-keeper 1951-56), born in Adelaide, Australia (d. 2001)
  • 1919-04-21 John Goddard, West Indian cricket all-rounder and captain (27 Tests @ 30.67; 33 wickets; Barbados), born in St Michael, Barbados (d. 1987)
  • 1919-05-15 Charles Palmer, English cricket batsman (1 Test; Leicestershire CCC, Worcestershire CCC) and administrator (President MCC 1978–79, chairman Test and County Cricket Board 1983-85), born in Sandwell, England (d. 2005)
  • 1919-06-08 Guy Overton, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 9 wickets), born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 1993)
  • 1919-07-17 Alex Moir, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (17 Tests, 28 wickets, BB 6/155; Otago), born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 2000)
  • 1919-07-29 Vic Lewis, British jazz guitarist, bandleader, composer, and artist manager (NEMS), and cricket club owner, born in London, England (d. 2009)
  • 1919-07-31 Hemu Adhikari, Indian cricket batsman (21 Tests; HS 114 1st Test v WI 1948), born in Pune, Maharashtra (d. 2003)
  • 1919-10-08 Mac Anderson, New Zealand cricketer (played in 1st NZ-Aust Test 1946), born in Westport, West Coast, New Zealand (d. 1979)
  • 1919-10-10 Gerry Gomez, West Indian cricketer (post-war WI all-rounder), born in Trinidad (d. 1996)
  • 1919-11-06 Alan Lisette, New Zealand cricketer (NZ slow left-armer vs West Indies 1956), born in Morrinsville, New Zealand (d. 1973)
  • 1919-11-28 Keith Miller, Australian cricket all-rounder (55 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 147, 70 wickets, BB 7/60; Victoria, NSWCA), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2004)
  • 1919-12-30 Dick Spooner, English cricket wicket-keeper (7 Tests; 12 dismissals), born in Thornaby-on-Tees, England (d. 1997)
  • 1920-01-05 Mohammad Aslam Khokhar, Pakistani cricketer (Pak bat scored 16 & 18 in only test), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2011)
  • 1920-01-14 Donald Beard, New Zealand cricketer (NZ pace bowler in the 1950's), born in Palmerston North, New Zealand (d. 1982)
  • 1920-02-27 Reg Simpson, English cricket batsman (27 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 156no; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Sherwood, England (d. 2013)
  • 1920-03-07 Willie Watson, English cricket batsman (23 Tests, 2 x 100s) and soccer midfielder (4 caps; Sunderland), born in Bolton upon Dearne, England (d. 2004)
  • 1920-03-16 Percy Mansell, Rhodesian cricket all-rounder (13 Tests South Africa, 11 wickets, 2 x 50; Rhodesia), born in St George's, Shropshire, England (d. 1995)
  • 1920-05-26 Jack Cheetham, South African cricket batsman and captain (24 Tests; Western Province), born in Cape Town, South Africa (d. 1980)
  • 1920-06-22 Chandu Sarwate, Indian cricketer (batted in 9 Tests for India 1946-52), born in Sagar, British India (d. 2003)
  • 1920-07-16 Anwar Hussain, Pakistani cricketer (four Tests for Pakistan v India 1952-53), born in Lahore, British India (d. 2002)
  • 1920-07-19 Robert Christiani, West Indian cricketer (brother of Cyril WI batsman in 22 Tests), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 2005)
  • 1920-08-18 Godfrey Evans, English cricket wicket-keeper (91 Tests; 219 dismissals; Kent), born in Finchley, England (d. 1999)
  • 1920-10-04 George Tribe, Australian cricket spin bowler (3 Tests; Northamptonshire; 66 VFL games Footscray), born in Yarraville, Victoria (d. 2009)
  • 1921-01-22 Andy Ganteaume, cricketer (WI batsman, 112 in his sole Test innings 1948), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad (d. 2016)
  • 1921-02-07 Athol Rowan, South African cricket spin bowler (15 Tests, 54 wickets, BB 5/68; Transvaal), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1998)
  • 1921-03-13 Cyril Poole, English cricketer (Notts 1946-62, England 1951-52 in 3 Tests), born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1996)
  • 1921-03-17 Mick Harvey, Australian cricketer (in Newcastle Brother of Neil Test umpire), born in Newcastle, Australia (d. 2016)
  • 1921-03-29 Sam Loxton, Australian cricket batsman (12 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 101; Victoria; National team selector 1970-81), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 2011)
  • 1921-04-05 Les Jackson, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 7 wickets; Derbyshire), born in Whitwell, England (d. 2007)
  • 1921-04-11 Jeff Stollmeyer, Trinidad and Tobago cricketer (WI batsman pre/post-war), born in Santa Cruz, Trinidad (d. 1989)
  • 1921-05-26 Frank Mooney, New Zealand cricket wicketkeeper (13 Tests, 30 dismissals; Wellington), born in Wellington, New Zealand (d. 2004)
  • 1921-06-05 Lancelot Pierre, West Indian cricketer (1 Test WI v England 1948, 0-28), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad (d. 1989)
  • 1921-08-05 Nazar Mohammad, Pakistani cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 100 Pakistan's 1st centurion), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 1996)
  • 1921-08-20 Jack Wilson, Australian cricket spin bowler (1 Test; 43 wickets on England Tour 1956), born in Albert Park, Victoria (d. 1985)
  • 1921-08-23 Sam Cook, English cricketer (England slow left-armer in only Test), born in Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England (d. 1996)
  • 1921-10-03 Ray Lindwall, Australian cricket fast bowler (61 Tests, 228 wickets @ 23.03), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1996)
  • 1921-10-15 Gul Mahomed, Pakistani cricketer (Indian & Pakistani batsman), born in Lahore, Punjab, British India (d. 1992)
  • 1921-11-06 Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricket all-rounder, captain (NZ 12 Tests @ 31.22, 16 wickets), born in Gore, Southland (d. 2006)
  • 1922-01-19 Arthur Morris, Australian cricket batsman (46 Tests, 12 x 100, HS 206, BA 46.48; NSWCA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 2015)
  • 1922-02-01 Clifford McWatt, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests, 10 dismissals; British Guiana), born in Georgetown, Guyana (d. 1997)
  • 1922-02-09 Jim Laker, English cricket spin bowler (46 Tests; 193 wickets; world best 19-90 4th Test v Australia 1956), born in Bradford, Yorkshire (d. 1986)
  • 1922-02-24 Kanwar Rai Singh, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; Services, Southern Punjab), born in Darkati, India (d. 1993)
  • 1922-02-26 Bill Johnston, Australian cricket fast/spin bowler (40 Tests, 160 wickets @ 23.91; Victoria), born in Beeac, Australia (d. 2007)
  • 1922-03-05 Ebrahim Maka, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests, 3 dismissals; Gujarat, Mumbai), born in Daman, India (d. 1994)
  • 1922-03-13 Brun Smith, New Zealand cricket batsman (4 Tests @ 47.40), born in Rangiora, Canterbury (d. 1997)
  • 1922-04-21 Allan Watkins, Welsh cricket all-rounder, (15 Tests, England @ 40.15, 11 wickets; Glamorgan), born in Usk, Wales (d. 2011)
  • 1922-04-30 Anton Murray, South African cricket all-rounder (10 Tests; 1 x 100; 18 wickets), born in Grahamstown, South Africa (d. 1995)
  • 1922-05-13 Michael Ainsworth, British cricketer (d. 1978)
  • 1922-06-21 Jim McConnon, English cricketer (England off-spinner against Pakistan 1954), born in Burnopfield, England (d. 2003)
  • 1922-07-04 Ghulam Ahmed, Indian cricketer (off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in 1950's), born in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India (d. 1998)
  • 1922-08-17 Roy Tattersall, English cricketer (brilliant England off-spinner early 50's), born in Bolton, England (d. 2011)
  • 1922-09-30 Allan Rae, Jamaican cricketer (prolific WI opening batsman 1948-53), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2005)
  • 1922-10-10 Harry Cave, New Zealand cricketer (NZ bowler & Test captain in the 1950's), born in Whanganui, New Zealand (d. 1989)
  • 1922-12-08 George Fullerton, South African cricketer (South African keeper-batsman 1947-51), born in Kensington, South Africa (d. 2002)
  • 1923-01-08 Johnny Wardle, English cricketer (Yorkshire & England left-arm bowler of 50's), born in Ardsley, South Yorkshire (d. 1985)
  • 1923-03-31 Lawrie Miller, New Zealand cricket batsman (13 Tests), born in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand (d. 1996)
  • 1923-04-10 John Watkins, South African cricket all-rounder (15 Tests, 29 wickets, 3 x 50s; Natal), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 2021)
  • 1923-04-30 Alan Wharton, English cricketer (England batsman once v NZ 1949, scored 7 & 13), born in Heywood, Lancashire, England (d. 1993)
  • 1923-05-23 Nirode Chowdhury, Indian cricket medium pace bowler (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Bengal, Bihar), born in Jharkhand, India (d. 1979)
  • 1923-06-14 Donald Smith, English cricket batsman (3 Tests; Sussex), born in Broadwater, Sussex, England (d. 2021)
  • 1923-06-22 Jimmy Cameron, Jamaican cricketer (WI batsman 1948-49), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1994)
  • 1923-06-25 Jack Hill, Australian cricketer (Australian leg-spinner of mid 50's), born in Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia (d. 1974)
  • 1923-08-10 Fred Ridgway, England cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets, BB 4/83; Kent CCC, MCC), born in Stockport, England (d. 2015)
  • 1923-08-12 John Holt, West Indian cricket batsman (17 Tests, 1066 runs at 36.75; 2 x 100s), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1997)
  • 1923-08-18 Jenni Irani, Indian cricketer, born in Karachi (d. 1982)
  • 1923-08-18 Sadu Shinde, Indian cricket spin bowler (7 Tests, 12 wickets, BB 6/91; Maharashtra, Bombay, Baroda), born in Mumbai, India (d. 1955)
  • 1923-08-23 Ken Rickards, West Indies cricketer (WI batsman two Tests 104 runs), born in Jamaica (d. 1995)

Weddings in Sport


Deaths in Sport

Deaths 501 - 600 of 1,164

  • 1969-01-13 Fred Price, cricket wicket-keep (England, v Aust Headingley 1938), dies
  • 1969-03-25 Norman Gallichan, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (1 Test, HS 30, 3 wickets; Manawatu, Wellington), dies at 62
  • 1969-07-22 Hammy Love, cricketer (NSW wicket-keeper, played for Australia), dies
  • 1969-09-03 John Lester, American cricket all-rounder (Gentlemen of Philadelphia CC), dies at 98
  • 1969-09-09 Cec Dixon, South African cricket fast-medium bowler (1 Test; 3 wickets; Transvaal), dies at 78
  • 1969-10-04 Vibart Wight, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests; v/c WI first touring team v England 1928), dies at 67
  • 1969-10-29 Vic Richardson, Australian cricket batsman & captain (19 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 138; South Australia) and SANFL player (Magarey Medal 1920 Sturt FC), dies at 75
  • 1970-01-27 Probir Sen, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (14 Tests, 31 dismissals; Bengal), dies at 43
  • 1970-01-28 Tommy Andrews (Aust) 16 Tests 1921-26, cricketer (592 runs), dies
  • 1970-02-13 Herbert Strudwick, English cricketer (28 Tests for England as wicket-keeper), dies at 90
  • 1970-06-17 Matthew Henderson, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (1 Test; New Zealand's first-ever Test match 1930), dies at 74
  • 1970-08-07 Syd Buller, English cricket umpire (33 Tests 1956-69), dies at 60
  • 1970-09-06 Gerard Smithson, cricketer (Eng batsman against W Indies 1948), dies
  • 1970-09-19 Greville Stevens, British cricketer (10 Tests for England 1922-29), dies at 69
  • 1970-12-01 Frank Smailes, English cricket all-rounder (1 Test; 8 County C'ships, Yorkshire), dies at 60
  • 1971-02-01 Jim Christy, South African cricket batsman (10 Tests; top score 103 1932; Transvaal, Queensland), dies at 66
  • 1971-02-26 Edward van der Merwe, South African cricket wicket-keeper (2 Tests in 30's), dies at 67
  • 1971-03-16 Chuck Fleetwood-Smith, Australian cricket wrist-spin bowler (10 Tests), dies from cancer at 62
  • 1971-03-18 George Wood, England cricket wicket-keeper (3 Tests, 6 dismissals; Cambridge University CC, Kent CCC), dies at 77
  • 1971-05-12 Johnny Taylor, Australian cricket batsman (20 Tests; 1 x 100, 8 x 50) and rugby union fly-half (2 caps), dies at 75
  • 1971-05-31 Bert Ironmonger, Australian cricket spin bowler (14 Tests; 74 wickets @ 17.97; Queensland, Victoria), dies at 89
  • 1971-06-17 C Christopher Morris, cricketer (brilliant batsman for Philadelphia), dies
  • 1971-06-24 John Dunning, cricketer (4 Tests for NZ 1933-37), dies
  • 1971-07-01 Learie Constantine, West Indian cricket all-rounder, lawyer and politician (UK's first black peer), dies of a heart attack at 69 [1]
  • 1971-07-04 Joe Cox, South African cricket fast medium bowler (3 Tests; Natal), dies at 85
  • 1971-09-03 Percy Holmes, English cricket batsman (7 Tests; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 84
  • 1971-09-14 Bill Copson, cricketer (England pace bowler before & after WW2), dies
  • 1971-11-23 Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Victoria CA), dies at 66
  • 1972-01-07 Clarence Passailaigue, Jamaican cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), dies at 70
  • 1972-03-17 Manny Martindale, West Indian cricket fast bowler (10 Tests, 37 wickets; Barbados), dies at 62
  • 1972-07-06 Vincent Valentine, West Indian cricket pace bowler (England 1933), dies
  • 1972-09-05 Alan Kippax, Australian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 2 x 100, 8 x 50, HS 145; NSW CA), dies at 75
  • 1972-09-10 Sidney Pegler, South African cricket leg spinner (16 Tests), dies at 84
  • 1972-10-18 Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies
  • 1972-11-10 Charlie Hallows, English cricketer who scored 1000 runs in a single month in May 1928, dies at 77
  • 1972-12-11 John Mills, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 241 runs, 1 x 100), dies at 67
  • 1973-01-24 Alan Lisette, New Zealand cricketer (NZ slow left-armer vs West Indies 1956), dies at 53
  • 1973-02-08 Herbie Taylor, South African cricket batsman and captain (42 Tests; 2,936 runs @ 40.77; 7 x 100s), dies at 83
  • 1973-02-16 Pieter Van der Bijl, South African cricket batsman (5 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 125; Western Province, Oxford University CC), dies at 65
  • 1973-03-08 Gordon Leggat, New Zealand cricket batsman (9 Tests, 2 x 50; Canterbury), dies at 46
  • 1973-04-01 Arthur Wood, English cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests, 11 dismissals), dies at 74
  • 1973-04-27 Jim Sims, English cricket spin bowler (4 Tests, 11 wickets; Middlesex), dies at 69
  • 1973-07-08 Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer (4187 1st-class wickets, most ever), dies at 95
  • 1973-08-07 Jack Gregory, Australian cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 2 x 100, 7 x 50, 85 wickets, BB 7/69; NSW CA), dies at 77
  • 1973-08-12 John Clay, cricketer (Glamorgan offie in only Test 1935), dies
  • 1973-08-31 Stan Worthington, English cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 128, 8 wickets, BB 2/19; Derbyshire CCC, Northumberland CCC), dies at 68
  • 1973-10-24 Jack Iverson, Australian cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, 21 wickets, BB 6/27; Victoria CA), dies from suicide at 58
  • 1973-11-19 Cyril Allcott, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (6 Tests, 113 runs @ 22.6, 6 wickets; Auckland), dies at 77
  • 1973-12-16 Sid Barnes, Australian cricket batsmen (13 Tests, 3 x 100, 5 x 50, HS 234; NSWCA), dies of barbiturate and bromide poisoning at 57
  • 1973-12-23 Arthur Richardson, Australian cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 100, 12 wickets; South Australia, Western Australia), dies at 85
  • 1974-01-21 Ken Viljoen, cricketer (played 27 Tests for South Africa 1930-47), dies
  • 1974-01-30 Bill Whitty, Australian cricketer (left-arm bowler 1909-12), dies at 87
  • 1974-02-14 Stewie Dempster, New Zealand cricket batsman (10 Tests, 2 x 100s; Wellington CA, Leicestershire CCC, Warwickshire CCC), dies at 70
  • 1974-06-02 Eric Marx, South African cricket all-rounder (3 Tests, 3 wickets; 240 on FC debut for Transvaal), dies at 78
  • 1974-06-17 Yadavendra Singh [Yuvraj of Patiala,], Indian 9th and last ruling Maharaja of Patiala and cricketer (Test for India), dies at 61
  • 1974-07-09 Ted Bowley, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1929-30), dies
  • 1974-07-28 Jack Ellis, Australian cricketer (Victorian WK, Ashes tourist 1926), dies
  • 1974-08-11 Jack Hill, Australian cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies at 51
  • 1974-08-13 Hugo Yarnold, English cricketer (Umpire in 3 Tests for England), dies at 57
  • 1974-12-09 George Carew, cricketer (4 Tests for WI between 1935 & 1949), dies
  • 1975-02-18 Nazir Ali, Indian cricket all-rounder (2 Tests; first Indian Test 1932; Southern Punjab, Sussex CCC), dies at 68
  • 1975-02-27 Neville Cardus, English writer and cricketer, dies at 86
  • 1975-07-13 Owen Wynne, cricketer (6 Tests for South Africa 1948-50), lost at sea
  • 1976-01-11 Mervyn Grell, cricketer (Test WI v England 1930, 21 & 13, 0-17), dies
  • 1976-01-30 Percy Tyson "Plum" Lewis, South African cricketer (pair in only Test for South Africa), dies at 91
  • 1976-02-02 Harry Elliott, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests, 11 dismissals; Derbyshire CCC), dies at 84
  • 1976-02-03 Neville Lindsay, cricketer (South African batsman in Test v Aust 1921), dies
  • 1976-07-20 Tom Lowry, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests, 2 x 50s; first NZ Test captain), President NZ Thoroughbred Breeders Association 1951-65, dies at 78
  • 1976-08-10 Bert Oldfield, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (54 Tests, 130 dismissals, 4 x 50; NSW CA), dies at 81
  • 1976-08-19 Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (33 Tests, 96 dismissals, 5 x 50s; Central Districts CA), dies from cancer at 29
  • 1976-08-21 Ken James, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (11 Tests, 16 dismissals; Wellington, Northamptonshire CCC), dies at 72
  • 1976-08-25 Perc Hornibrook, Australian cricket slow-medium bowler (6 Tests; 17 wickets; best 7-92 1930), dies at 77
  • 1976-09-05 Arthur Gilligan, English cricketer (11 Tests for England 1922-25 and Captain), dies at 81
  • 1976-11-11 Eric Davies, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets; East Province, Transvaal), dies at 67
  • 1976-12-18 George Emmett, cricketer (England 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, English cricket batsman (6 Tests, 2 x 50; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 74
  • 1977-01-29 Buster Nupen, South African cricket all-rounder (17 Tests, 50 wickets; one eye only), dies at 75
  • 1977-02-22 Jack O'Connor, English cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, 1 x 50; Derbyshire CCC), dies at 79
  • 1977-04-03 Jack Ryder, Australian cricket all-rounder (20 Tests, 1,394 runs @ 51.62), dies at 87
  • 1977-04-20 Len Johnson, Australian cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 6 wickets, BB 3/8; Queensland), dies at 58
  • 1977-06-09 Bill Merritt, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (6 Tests, 12 wickets; Canterbury, Northamstonshire CCC), dies at 68
  • 1977-07-29 Austin Matthews, cricketer (Test Eng v NZ 1937), dies
  • 1977-09-13 Arthur Fagg, English cricket batsman (5 Tests; dual double-centuries for Kent v Essex 1938) and umpire (18 Tests, 7 ODIs), dies at 62
  • 1977-10-18 Rolph Grant, West Indian cricketer (West Indian captain on 1939 England tour), dies at 67
  • 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, English cricketer (54 Tests for England 4555 runs), dies at 83
  • 1978-03-13 Ghulam Guard, Indian cricketer (lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959), dies at 52
  • 1978-03-17 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), dies at 75
  • 1978-03-29 Jayasinghrao Ghorpade, Indian cricket batsman (8 Tests @ 15.26; Baroda), dies at 47
  • 1978-03-30 George Paine, English cricket spin bowler (4 Tests, 17 wickets; Warwickshire CCC), dies at 69
  • 1978-03-30 Harold Gimblett, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; 265 career FC sixes; Somerset CCC), dies from an overdose at 63
  • 1978-05-05 Alfred (Harold] Gilligan, English cricketer (4 Tests for England), dies at 81
  • 1978-05-13 Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets; Canterbury, Otago), dies at 68
  • 1978-05-19 George Gladstone, cricketer (one Test WI v England 1930), dies
  • 1978-08-21 Vinoo Mankad, Indian cricketer (44 Tests for India, 2,109 runs), dies at 61
  • 1978-10-18 Frank Woolley, English cricket all-rounder (64 Tests, 5 x 100, 23 x 50, HS 154, 83 wickets, BB 7/76; Kent CCC), dies at 91
  • 1978-10-26 George "Jackie" Grant, West Indian cricketer (West Indian captain 1930-35), dies at 71