- Feb 28 Bill Storer, English cricket wicket-keeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies
- Jun 27 George Bonnor, Australian cricket batsman (17 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 128; NSW CA, Victoria CA), dies from a heart attack at 57
- Jul 2 Tom Richardson, England cricket fast bowler (88 Test wickets), dies of a heart attack at 41
- Jul 15 Francisco Lazaro, Portuguese marathon runner (Olympics), dies at 21
- Oct 19 E. B. Dwyer, Austalian-born cricketer (Sussex bowler 1906-09), dies at 36