May 1938 in Sport
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Months in 1938: January February March April June July August September October November December
Events in Sport
Results 1 - 10 of 10
5th - Phillies Harold Kelleher faces 16 batters in 6th, as Cubs score 12 runs, both marks are NL records off one hurler in a single inning
7th - 64th Kentucky Derby: Eddie Arcaro aboard Lawrin wins in 2:04.8
14th - 64th Preakness: Maurice Peters aboard Dauber wins in 1:59.8
14th - English soccer team beats Nazi-Germany, 6-3
16th - In cricket Bradman scores 278 Aust v MCC, 349 mins, 35 fours 1 six
21st - Bradman scores 143 Aust v Surrey, 198 mins, 11 fours
22nd - Dodgers announce contracts to install lights at Ebbets Field
27th - Bradman scores his 1000th cricket run of Eng season, earliest to do so
30th - Yanks sweep Red Sox 10-0 & 5-4 in front of 83,533 at Yankee Stadium
31st - Bill Edrich scores his 1,000th run of cricket season, all at Lord's
Birthdays in Sport
Results 1 - 10 of 10
3rd - Chris Cannizzaro, American baseball player
7th - Johnny Caldwell, Ireland, flyweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1956)
8th - Javed Burki, cricketer (Pakistani batsman in 25 Tests 1960-69)
10th - Manuel Santana, tennis player (US Open 1965)
10th - Merritt Ranew, baseball player
20th - Christina Bass-Kaiser, 3K Dutch speed skater (Olympic-gold-1972)
24th - Glen Hall, cricket leg-spinner (South African in one Test v England 1964)
25th - Ludmil Buldakova, USSR, Volleyball player (Olympic-gold-1972)
28th - Jerry West, W Virginia, NBA superstar (LA Lakers, Olympic-gold-1960)
29th - Francis Thomas (Fay) Vincent, baseball commissioner
Deaths in Sport
Results 1 - 1 of 1
10th - Percy McAlister, cricketer (8 Tests, punches Clem Hill in 1912), dies
