Events in Sport Sep 7 A. H. Whiting wins the 1st automobile race held on a closed-circuit track in Cranston, Rhode Island Birthdays in Sport Sep 13 Morris Kirksey, American 4 X 100m (Olympic gold 1920), born in Waxahachie, Texas (d. 1981) Sep 16 André Chéron, French chess and bridge theorist (d. 1980) Sep 22 Henry Segrave, British racing driver (d. 1930) Deaths in Sport Sep 2 Nat Thompson, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests, 1st batsman dismissed in first Test match 1877), dies at 57 Sep 24 Percy McDonnell, Australian cricketer (19 Tests 1880-88, 3 centuries), dies a 35 1895 Sports History by Year 1897