Cricket in History (Part 5)

Events 401 - 500 of 943

• 1971-03-21 Indian cricket great Sunil Gavaskar scores first of his 34 Test Cricket centuries; 116 in drawn 3rd Test at Georgetown, Guyana
• 1971-04-19 After smashing 124 in the 1st innings, Indian cricket opener Sunil Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd innings in the drawn 5th Test against the West Indies in Port of Spain, Trinidad

• 1971-06-04 Pakistani cricketer Zaheer Abbas scores 274 vs England at Edgbaston in 544 minutes
• 1972-02-16 Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI v NZ Kingston, 214 & 100
• 1972-04-08 Alvin Kallicharran scores 100* in his 1st Test Cricket innings v NZ
• 1972-04-09 New Zealand cricket opening batsmen Glenn Turner (259) & Terry Jarvis (187) make 387 partnership in 4th Test v WI in Georgetown, Guyana
• 1972-04-20 Kallicharran scores his 2nd Test century in his 2nd Test Cricket

• 1972-06-26 Australian swing bowler Bob Massie takes 16 wickets (8-84 & 8-53) on Test cricket debut in 2nd Test vs England at Lord's

• 1972-12-29 Test Cricket debut of Jeff Thomson and Max Walker v Pakistan at MCG
• 1973-01-11 Famous Australian cricket victory at the SCG - Pakistan chasing 158 is all out for 106

• 1973-02-10 Pakistani cricketer Mushtaq Mohammad scores 201 runs in a match against New Zealand
• 1973-02-17 Rodney Redmond scores 107 on debut v Pakistan, his only Test Cricket
• 1973-03-27 Dennis Amiss out for 99 v Pakistan, 3rd 99 in Test Cricket
• 1973-04-07 Doug Walters' best Test Cricket bowling, 5-66 v WI Georgetown
• 1973-05-31 Glenn Turner scores his 1,000th run of English cricket season
• 1973-06-12 New Zealand all-rounder Bevan Congdon scores 176 as Kiwis chase 479 in 1st Test v England at Nottingham; tourists just miss out, dismissed for 440
• 1973-07-05 Test cricket debut of English umpire Harold "Dickie" Bird v NZ at Leeds (66 Tests, 69 ODI)
• 1973-07-31 England cricket batsman Frank Hayes scores unbeaten 106 in Test debut in 1st Test v West Indies at The Oval, London; tourists win by 158 runs

• 1973-09-01 Gloucestershire beats Sussex by 40 runs in the Gillette Cup cricket final at Lord's to win their first major trophy since the Championship in 1877; South African all-rounder Mike Procter stars with 94 and 2 for 37
• 1973-09-05 1st one-day Cricket international for West Indies (vs England) - lose by 1 wicket
• 1974-03-01 Australian cricketing brothers Ian (145) and Greg Chappell (162no) record 264 partnership in 1st Test draw vs New Zealand at Wellington; Ian (121) and Greg (133) double up with centuries in 2nd innings
• 1974-03-02 Australian cricket batsman Greg Chappell makes 247no in drawn 1st Test vs NZ in Wellington; also hits 133 in 2nd innings; brother Ian 145 and 121 also scores twin centuries
• 1974-03-06 Australian cricketing brothers Ian (145 & 121) and Greg Chappell (247no and 133) score unique twin centuries in drawn 1st Test vs New Zealand in Wellington
• 1974-04-02 England cricket fast bowler Tony Greig takes 8-86 in West Indies' 1st innings in tourists' 26 run 5th Test win in Port-of-Spain; Greig also captures 5-70 in 2nd innings
• 1974-04-05 Last day of Test cricket for Garfield Sobers and Rohan Kanhai
• 1974-06-24 India is dismissed for 42 in 17 overs in 2nd Test defeat to England at Lord's; lowest total in country's Test cricket history; Chris Old 5-21, Geoff Arnold 4-19
• 1974-08-23 Zaheer Abbas scores 240 Pakistan v England at The Cricket Oval
• 1974-11-22 Test Cricket debut of Gordon Greenidge and Viv Richards, at Bangalore
• 1974-11-26 Greenidge scores 107 in 2nd innings of Test Cricket debut v India

• 1975-02-20 Leonard Baichan scores 105* on Test Cricket debut, v Pakistan Lahore
• 1975-06-07 Sri Lanka's 1st one-day international, v WI Cricket World Cup
• 1975-06-11 One-day international cricket debut of Javed Miandad aged 17 yrs 364 days
• 1975-06-18 Left-arm fast bowler Gary Gilmour takes 6-14 to guide Australia to a 4 wicket win with 188 balls remaining in Cricket World Cup semi final v England at Leeds
• 1975-06-21 Cricket World Cup, Lord's, London: Player of the Match Clive Lloyd scores 102 as West Indies beats Australia by 17 runs; first major limited overs One Day International (ODI) tournament
• 1975-06-21 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London: West Indies beat Australia by 17 runs to win inaugural final; Player of the match: Clive Lloyd (WI) 102 (85)

• 1975-07-12 England cricket wicketkeeper Bob Taylor catches 7 in an innings for Derbyshire v Yorkshire at Queen's Park, Chesterfield
• 1975-08-13 Batsman Viv Richards out for 291 v England for the West Indies, at the cricket Oval, London
• 1975-09-03 England cricket batsman Bob Woolmer scores 149 on the final day to save the 4th Test v Australia at The Oval; longest first-class match ever played in England; 32 hours 17 minutes

• 1975-11-28 Test Cricket debut of Michael Anthony Holding, WI v Australia Brisbane
• 1975-12-02 Greg Chappell in his debut as Australian cricket captain completes a fine double in 8 wicket win in 1st Test v West Indies in Brisbane; scores 109no in 2nd innings to follow his 1st innings 123
• 1975-12-13 West Indian cricket opener Roy Fredericks smashes 169 in 2nd Test win v Australia in Perth; hundred in 71 balls
• 1975-12-26 Crowd of 85,661 attend the 1st day of the Australia vs West Indies MCG cricket test
• 1975-12-28 Gary Cosier scores 109 v West Indies at MCG on Test Cricket debut
• 1976-01-23 Ian Redpath hits his only 2 sixes in Cricket Tests, v WI Adelaide
• 1976-01-31 In his final Test, West Indian cricket spin bowler Lance Gibbs dismisses Australian opener Ian Redpath for 101 in 6th Test in Melbourne; becomes highest Test wicket-taker at 308
• 1976-02-05 Last day of Test cricket for West Indian spin bowler Lance Gibbs & Australian opening batsman Ian Redpath, 6th Test in Melbourne
• 1976-02-17 NZ scores their 1st innings win in Test Cricket, v India
• 1976-06-03 Test Cricket debut of Mike Brearley v West Indies (0 & 17)
• 1976-07-13 Last day of Test Cricket for English all-rounder Brian Close, aged 45
• 1976-08-04 England beats Australia by 8 wickets in the limited overs cricket international at Lord's; first time women are permitted to play on the main square at 'the home of cricket'
• 1976-09-13 2nd Enterprise, approach & lands Test Cricket (ALT) flight (5m28s)
• 1976-10-09 Peter Petherick takes hat-trick on cricket debut New Zealand v Pakistan Javed 1st wkt
• 1976-10-09 Test Cricket debut of Javed Miandad (Pakistan), scores 163 on 1st day
• 1976-10-24 Sadiq & Mushtaq Mohammad score hundreds in same Test Cricket innings v NZ
• 1976-10-31 Pakistani cricketer Javed Miandad scores 206 v NZ, aged 19 yrs 141 days (29 fours 1 six)
• 1976-12-19 John Lever takes 7-46 in 1st Test Cricket innings, v India Delhi
• 1977-01-18 Pakistan cricket all-rounder Imran Khan takes 6 for 63 in the Australian 2nd innings for a match total of 12 to lead his side to an easy 8 wicket 3rd Test win in Sydney
• 1977-02-18 West Indies cricket fast bowlers Joel Garner (4/130) and (Colin Croft 3/85) debut in drawn 1st Test v Pakistan at Bridgetown, Barbados
• 1977-03-04 West Indian cricket fast bowler Colin Croft takes 8-29 against Pakistan in 2nd Test win at Port-of-Spain; best Test figures by a pace bowler from the West Indies
• 1977-03-17 Australia wins cricket Centenary Test by 45 runs, same result as 1877

• 1977-08-02 In his comeback Test, England cricket batsman Geoff Boycott is unbeaten on 80 after a 1st innings 107 as England beats Australia by 7 wickets in the 3rd Test at Trent Bridge
• 1977-08-15 England regain cricket Ashes by taking a 3-0 series lead over Australia

• 1978-01-03 Indian cricket spin bowler B. S. Chandrasekhar becomes first in Test history to register identical figures in both innings (6 for 52) in Indian innings win over Australia in 3rd Test in Melbourne
• 1978-02-15 England all out 64 for 1st loss to NZ in cricket (Geoffrey Boycott captain)
• 1978-02-25 England cricket all-rounder Ian Botham scores first Test century, 103 v New Zealand in Christchurch
• 1978-03-03 1st day of Test cricket for Desmond Haynes (WI v Australia)
• 1978-04-02 Jamaican batsman Basil Williams scores 100 on debut for the West Indies in Australia's 3 wicket 3rd Test victory in Georgetown, Guyana
• 1978-05-03 Last cricket test match appearance for Bobby Simpson, at Kingston
• 1978-05-03 West Indies all set to lose the cricket test v Australia at Kingston till riots end game
• 1978-06-01 England cricket fast bowler Chris Old becomes only third man to capture 4 wickets in 5 balls in a Test, as Pakistan dismissed for 164 in 1st Test at Edgbaston; Old 5 for 70

• 1978-06-19 Ian Botham takes 8-34 v Pakistan, his best Test cricket bowling
• 1978-12-01 Australian cricket fast bowler Rodney Hogg debuts in 1st Test v England in Brisbane; after Australia all out 116, Hogg makes instant impact by dismissing both high profile England openers Graham Gooch (2) and Geoff Boycott (13)
• 1978-12-02 Sunil Gavaskar scores his second double century (205) in Test cricket (as well as 73 on the final day) to guide India to a draw against the West Indies in the 1st Test in Bombay
• 1978-12-08 Commencement of the 1st day/night World Series Cricket supertest at VFL Park, Melbourne
• 1978-12-15 Test Cricket debut of Malcolm Marshall, v India at Bangalore
• 1978-12-29 Test Cricket debut of Allan Robert Border, v England at the MCG

• 1979-03-29 Delhi beats Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
• 1979-03-29 Last day of Test cricket for Pakistani cricketer Mushtaq Mohammad
• 1979-05-23 1st edition of "Wisden Cricket Monthly"
• 1979-06-14 Canada all out for 45 runs in Cricket World Cup v England, in 40.3 overs
• 1979-06-18 Sri Lanka beat India by 47 runs in Cricket World Cup upset
• 1979-06-23 Cricket World Cup, Lord's, London: Man of the match Vivian Richards scores 138 no as defending champions the West Indies beat England by 92 runs; Joel Garner 5/38
• 1979-06-23 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London: West Indies beat England by 92 runs to win second straight final; Player the Match: Vivian Richards (WI) 138 no (157)
• 1979-08-30 Cricketer Ian Botham passes 1000 runs and 100 wickets in Tests in his 21st match for England
• 1979-09-04 Sunil Gavaskar scores his third double century in Test cricket (221) to guide India to a famous draw against England in the 4th Test at The Oval
• 1979-11-27 1st day-night one-day cricket international, Australia v WI at SCG

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Birthdays 401 - 500 of 2,053

• 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)
• 1907-11-30 Johnny Arnold, English cricket batsman (1 Test, HS 34; Hampshire CCC) and soccer winger (1 cap; Oxford City, Southampton, Fulham), born in Cowley, England (d. 1984)
• 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 cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test, 3 dismissals; Kent CCC), born in Goudhurst, England (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)

• 1908-09-01 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)
• 1909-07-20 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)
• 1909-08-14 Len Darling, Australian cricketer (South Australian & Test batsman of 30's), born in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia (d. 1992)
• 1909-08-20 Alby Roberts, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets; Canterbury, Otago), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1978)
• 1909-08-23 Syd Buller, English cricket umpire (33 Tests 1956-69), born in Leeds, England (d. 1970)
• 1909-08-24 Ronnie Grieveson, South African cricket wicket-keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939), born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 1998)
• 1909-08-26 Eric Davies, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets; East Province, Transvaal), born in King William's Town, South Africa (d. 1976)
• 1909-09-05 Archie Jackson, Australian cricket batsman (8 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 164; NSWCA), born in Rutherglen, Scotland (d. 1933)
• 1909-11-25 Manny Martindale, West Indian cricket fast bowler (10 Tests, 37 wickets; Barbados), born in St Lucy, Barbados (d. 1972)
• 1909-12-06 Alan McGilvray, Australian cricketer (20 games for NSW mid 1930's) and commentator (ABC), born in Paddington, Sydney, Australia (d. 1996)
• 1909-12-16 Lall Singh, Indian cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in India's 1st Test match) (d. 1985)
• 1909-12-23 Don Cleverley, New Zealand cricketer (two Tests for NZ 1932 & 1946, took 0-130), born in Otago, New Zealand (d. 2004)
• 1910-02-01 Jahangir Khan, Indian cricket fast bowler (4 Tests India; Pakistan selector), born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India (d. 1988)
• 1910-02-10 Paul Whitelaw, New Zealand cricket batsman (2 Tests; Auckland), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1988)
• 1910-02-24 Arthur Hazlerigg, British peer and cricketer (d. 2002)
• 1910-03-16 I. A. K. Pataudi, Indian cricket batsman (3 Tests England, 3 India; 1 x 100; Oxford University CC, Worcestershire CCC, Southern Punjab), born in Pataudi, India (d. 1952)
• 1910-03-27 Frank Smailes, English cricket all-rounder (1 Test; 8 County C'ships, Yorkshire), born in Ripley, North Yorkshire, England (d. 1970)
• 1910-05-02 Laurie Nash, Australian cricket fast-bowler (2 Tests, 10 wickets) and VFL player and coach (South Melbourne), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1986)
• 1910-05-14 Ken Viljoen, South African cricket batsman (27 Tests, 2 x 100, HS 124; Griqualand West, Orange Free State, Transvaal), born in Windsorton, South Africa (d. 1974)
• 1910-05-19 Alan Melville, South African cricket batsman (11 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 189; Natal, Oxford University CC, Sussex CCC, Transvaal), born in Carnarvon, South Africa (d. 1983)
• 1910-07-13 Hines Johnson, West Indian cricket fast bowler (3 Tests; first WI fast bowler to take 10 wickets in a Test), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 1987)
• 1910-07-16 Stan McCabe, Australian cricket batsman (39 Tests, @ 48.21, 6 x 100, HS 232; NSWCA), born in Grenfell, Australia (d. 1968)
• 1910-08-01 Mahomed Nissar, Indian cricketer (pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests), born in Hoshiarpur, India (d. 1963)
• 1910-08-11 Denis "Sonny" Moloney, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (3 Tests, 1 x 50; Otago, Wellington, Canterbury), born in Dunedin, New Zealand (d. 1942)
• 1910-09-05 Phiroz Palia, Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests; United Provinces), born in Mumbai, India (d. 1981)
• 1910-10-15 Xenophon Balaskas, South African cricket all-rounder (9 Tests, 22 wickets, BB 5/49, 1 x 100, HS 122no; North Cape, Western Province, Transvaal), born in Kimberley, Cape Province (d. 1994)
• 1910-11-12 lDudley Nourse, South African cricket batsman and captain (34 Tests, 9 x 100s, HS 231; Nata), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 1981)
• 1910-11-24 Lennox Brown, South African cricketer (South African leg-spinner on 1931-32 Aust/NZ tour), born in Randfontein, South Africa (d. 1983)
• 1910-12-02 Bob Newson, South African cricket fast bowler (3 Tests, 4 wickets; Transvaal; Rhodesia), born in Sea Point, Cape Province, South Africa (d. 1988)
• 1910-12-04 Amar Singh, Indian cricket all-rounder (7 Tests, 28 wickets; India's first half-century in Test cricket), born in Rajkot, Gujarat, India (d. 1940)
• 1910-12-16 Freddie Brown, English cricketer ("Lettuces! Hearts as big as "), born in Lima, Peru (d. 1991)
• 1910-12-17 Keki Tarapore, Indian cricketer (0-72 in his only Test for India), born in Bombay, India (d. 1986)
• 1910-12-18 Eric Tindill, New Zealand rugby union halfback (1 cap; Wellington RFU), cricket wicketkeeper (5 Tests, 7 dismissals) and international umpire (1 Test), born in Nelson, New Zealand (d. 2010)
• 1910-12-22 Jimmy Boucher, Irish cricket all-rounder (28 first-class matches for Ireland; secretary Irish Cricket Union 1954-73), born in Dublin, Ireland (d. 1995)
• 1910-12-28 John "Jack" Kerr, New Zealand cricketer (opening batsman in 1930s), born in Dannevirke, New Zealand (d. 2007)
• 1911-01-06 Ivan Barrow, Jamaican cricket wicketkeeper (11 Tests; first West Indian Test century-maker in England), born in Morant Bay, Jamaica (d. 1979)
• 1911-01-07 Mervyn Waite, Australian cricketer (S Australian all-rounder) and footballer, born in Kent Town, Australia (d. 1985)
• 1911-02-06 Dooley Briscoe MC, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests; Transvaal) and soldier (Military Cross 1941), born in Johannesburg, South Africa (d. 1941)
• 1911-04-12 Geoff Chubb, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 21 wickets; Border), born in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (d. 1982)
• 1911-05-05 Norman Oldfield, English cricketer (Engl batsman one Test v WI 1939, 80 & 19), born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, England (d. 1996)
• 1911-05-28 Bob Crisp, South African cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 20 wickets; Rhodesia, Western Province, Worcestershire), born in Calcutta, India (d. 1994)
• 1911-07-03 Joe Hardstaff Jr., English cricket batsman (23 Tests, 1,636 runs @ 46.74; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Nuncargate, Nottinghamshire (d. 1990)
• 1911-07-08 Ken Farnes, English cricket fast bowler (15 Tests, 60 wickets, BB 6/96; Essex CCC, Cambridge University CC), born in Leytonstone, England (d. 1941)
• 1911-08-06 Norman Gordon, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 20 wickets; Transvaal), born in Boksburg, South Africa (d. 2014)
• 1911-08-09 Khershed Meherhomji, Indian cricketer (Indian wicket-keeper 1936), born in Bombay, India (d. 1982)
• 1911-09-11 Lala Amarnath, Indian cricket all-rounder and captain (24 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 118, 45 wickets; Gujarat CC, Hindus CC), born in Kapurthala, India (d. 2000)
• 1911-10-12 Vijay Merchant, Indian cricket batsman (10 Tests, 3 x 100, HS 154; Bombay CC), born in Bombay, India (d. 1987)
• 1911-10-30 Eileen Ash-Whelan, English cricket medium pace bowler (7 WTests, 10 wickets, BB 4/68; Middlesex CC), born in London, England (d. 2021)
• 1912-01-24 Ken Weekes, West Indian cricket batsman (2 Tests, top score 137; first Test cricketer born in US), born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
• 1912-03-02 Arthur Langton, South African cricket medium pace bowler (15 Tests, 40 wickets), born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa (d. 1942)
• 1912-03-30 Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (9 Tests, 45 wickets; Auckland CA) and umpire (3 Tests 1956–59), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1994)
• 1912-04-20 David Townsend, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, HS 36; Durham CCC), born in Norton-on-Tees, England (d. 1997)
• 1912-06-05 Eric Hollies, English cricket spin bowler (13 Tests, 44 wickets; dismissed Donald Bradman for 0 in his final Test innings), born in Old Hill, Staffordshire, England (d. 1981)
• 1912-06-24 Brian Johnston, British cricket commentator (BBC radio commentator & cake connoisseur), born in Little Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire (d. 1994)
• 1912-07-31 Bill Brown, Australian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 206no; NSWCA, Queensland), born in Toowoomba, Australia (d. 2008)
• 1912-09-02 Ernie Bromley, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests; first Western Australian to play Test cricket for Australia), born in Fremantle, Western Australia (d. 1967)
• 1912-09-11 Derek Sealy, West Indian cricket batsman (11 Tests; youngest West Indian Test player 17:122), born in Collymore Rock, Saint Michael, Barbados (d. 1982)
• 1912-10-14 Jack Crapp, English cricketer (England batsman 1948-49), born in St Columb Major, Cornwall, England (d. 1981)
• 1912-10-14 Jack Young, English cricketer (Middlesex & England slow left-armer post-WW2), born in Paddington, London (d. 1993)
• 1912-11-04 (Henry) Giff Vivian, New Zealand cricket batsman (7 Tests @ 42.1, top score 100), born in Auckland, New Zealand (d. 1983)
• 1912-12-25 Don McRae, New Zealand cricket medium pace bowler (1 Test; Canterbury CA) and soccer goalkeeper (1 cap; Nomads United FC), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1986)
• 1913-01-08 Dennis Smith, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (1 Test; lone wicket off first ball; Otago, Canterbury), born in Toowoomba, Australia (d. 1986)
• 1913-01-17 Yadavendra Singh [Yuvraj of Patiala], Indian 9th and last ruling Maharaja of Patiala and cricketer (scored 24 & 60 in only Test India v England), born in Patiala City, British Raj (d. 1974)
• 1913-01-30 Dicky Fuller, West Indian cricketer (one Test WI v England 1935, 1, 0-12), born in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica (d. 1987)
• 1913-03-12 Harold Butler, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 12 wickets; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Clifton, Nottinghamshire, England (d. 1991)
• 1913-08-28 Lindsay Hassett, Australian cricket batsman and captain (43 Tests; 3,073 runs @ 46.56; 10 x 100s; Victoria) and broadcaster (ABC 1956-81), born in Geelong, Australia (d. 1993)
• 1913-08-29 Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (NZ all-rounder, Test), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1999)
• 1913-10-14 Ginty Lush, Australian cricketer (NSW quick of the 30's who didn't play for Aust), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1985)
• 1913-10-24 Molly Hide, English cricketer who captained England for 17 years, born in Shanghai, China (d. 1995)
• 1913-10-28 Cyril Christiani, West Indian cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests; British Guiana), born in Georgetown, Guyana (d. 1938)
• 1914-02-25 John Arlott, British cricket commentator and writer (BBC), born in Basingstoke, England (d. 1991)
• 1914-03-26 Ray Robinson, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; NSW, South Australia, Otago), born in Stockton, Australia (d. 1965)
• 1914-04-08 John Cameron, Jamaican cricketer (brother of Jimmy WI v-capt 1939 England tour), born in Kingston, Jamaica (d. 2000)
• 1914-04-10 Foffie Williams, West Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests; 9 wickets, 1 x 50; Barbados), born in Bank Hall, St Michael, Barbados (d. 1997)

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Deaths 401 - 500 of 1,198

• 1959-09-09 Collie Smith, West Indian cricket all-rounder (26 Tests, 4 x 100, HS 168; Jamaica), dies in a car crash at 26
• 1959-10-28 Abe Waddington, English cricket fast bowler (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Yorkshire CCC), dies at 66
• 1959-11-15 Alex Kennedy, cricketer (31 wkts in 5 Tests for England 1922-23), dies
• 1959-12-05 K. S. Duleepsinhji, English-Indian cricketer (12 Tests for England, 995 runs), dies at 54
• 1959-12-10 Charles Jones, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests), dies at 57
• 1960-01-05 Donald Knight, English cricket batsman (2 Tests; Surrey CCC, Oxford University CC), dies at 65
• 1960-02-05 Louis Stricker, South African cricketer (South African open bat in 13 Tests 1909-12), dies at 75
• 1960-07-09 Vallance Jupp, cricketer (28 wkts in 8 Tests for England 1921-28), dies
• 1960-08-16 Errol Holmes, cricketer (batted in 5 Tests for England 1935), dies
• 1960-09-18 John Evans, English cricket batsman (1 Test) and author ('The Escaping Club'), dies at 71
• 1960-09-26 William Ling, South African cricketer (batsman in 6 Tests 1921-23), dies at 68
• 1960-11-12 John Trim, cricketer (occasional WI quick 1948-52, 18 wkts), dies at 45
• 1960-11-27 Frederick Fane, English cricket batsman (14 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 143; Essex CCC, Oxford University CC, London County CC), dies at 85
• 1961-01-02 Bob Catterall, South African cricket batsman (24 Tests, 3 x 100s, HS 120; Transvaal, Natal), dies at 60
• 1961-01-26 Morris Nichols, English cricketer (41 wkts in 14 Tests for Eng 1930-39), dies at 60
• 1961-02-23 Wilf Ferguson, West Indian cricket leg spinner (34 wickets for West Indies), dies at 43

• 1961-03-23 A.C. "Jack" Russell, English cricket batsman (10 Tests, 5 x 100s; Essex CCC), dies at 73
• 1961-05-02 J C White, English cricket spin bowler (15 Tests, 49 wickets; 10-76 Somerset v Worcestershire 1921), dies at 70
• 1961-06-15 Tommy Scott, West Indian cricket spin bowler (8 Tests, 22 wickets; Jamaica), dies at 68
• 1961-09-16 A P F Chapman, cricketer (26 Tests for England), dies
• 1961-09-16 Percy Chapman, English cricket batsman (26 Tests, captain 1926-31, 1 x 100; Kent CCC), dies after a fall at 61
• 1961-10-02 Reggie Spooner, English cricket batsman (10 Tests; dual cricket/rugby union international), dies at 80
• 1961-10-26 Edgar Mayne, Australian cricketer (4 Tests for Australia around WWI), dies at 79
• 1961-12-26 Charlie Frank, cricketer (S Af Test centurion v Aust 1921-22), dies
• 1962-05-05 Ernest Tyldesley, English cricket batsman (14 Tests, 3 x 100, 6 x 50, HS 138; Lancashire CCC), dies at 73
• 1962-10-04 E H (Patsy) Hendren, English cricket batsman (51 Tests, 7 x 100s, HS 205no; 57,611 1st-class runs, 3rd-best ever; Middlesex CCC), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 73
• 1963-01-18 Johnny Moyes, Australian journalist and cricket commentator, dies at 70
• 1963-01-30 Sir Pelham Warner, English cricket batsman, tour manager and administrator (15 Tests; MCC chairman of selectors), dies at 89
• 1963-02-07 Arthur Carr, English cricket batsman and captain (11 Tests, 1 x 50; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 69
• 1963-03-08 John Hartley, cricketer (bowl avg 115 in 2 Tests for Eng 1906), dies
• 1963-03-11 Mahomed Nissar, Indian cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies at 52

• 1963-05-02 Jack Crawford, English cricket all-rounder (12 Tests; Surrey, South Australia, Otago), dies at 76
• 1963-07-18 Alfred Cooper, South African cricket batsman (1 Test; Transvaal), dies at 69
• 1963-07-29 Dave Smith, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests, HS 24no; Victoria), dies at 78
• 1963-08-21 John Gunn, English cricket medium pace bowler (6 Tests, 18 wickets, BB 5/76; Nottinghamshire CCC), dies at 87
• 1963-09-12 Ben Sealey, West Indian cricketer (one Test WI v England 1933), dies at 64

• 1964-01-01 Alf Hall, South African cricket fast bowler (7 Tests, 40 wickets), dies at 67
• 1964-01-12 Snuffy Browne, West Indian cricket all-rounder (4 Tests, 1 x 50, 6 wickets; British Guiana, Barbados), dies at 73
• 1964-02-06 W L "Tich" Cornford, English cricket wicketkeeper (4 Tests, 8 dismissals; Sussex CCC), dies at 63
• 1964-02-20 R T Stanyforth, English cricket wicket-keeper (South Africa 1927-28), dies
• 1964-04-14 Herb McGirr, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (played in NZ's 1st Test series; 2 Tests, 1 x 50; Wellington), dies at 72
• 1964-04-19 Cyril Merry, Trinidadian cricketer (WI batsman in 2 Tests 1933), dies at 53
• 1964-06-07 Charlie Llewellyn, South African cricketer (544 runs in 15 Tests for South Africa), dies at 87
• 1964-07-12 William Solomon, South African cricketer (Test 1898-99), dies
• 1964-09-15 Robert Dower, South African cricketer (1 Test South Africa v England 1898, scored 0 & 9), dies at 88
• 1964-10-06 F T Mann, cricketer (father of F G, 281 runs in 5 Tests 1922-23), dies
• 1964-12-03 George Brown, English cricket wicketkeeper/batsman (7 Tests; Hampshire), dies at 77
• 1964-12-12 H I "Sailor" Young, cricketer (left-arm bowler Eng v Aust 1899), dies
• 1965-01-28 Tich Freeman, English cricket leg-spin bowler (12 Tests, 66 wickets; Kent CCC), dies at 76
• 1965-01-30 Vic Jackson, Australian cricketer (NS, Leicestershire off-spinner), dies in a car crash at 48
• 1965-04-08 Jack Durston, English cricket fast bowler (1 Test, 5 wickets; Middlesex CCC) and soccer goalkeeper (Queens Park Rangers, Brentford), dies at 71
• 1965-05-08 Wally Hardinge, English cricketer (scored 25 & 5 in only Test for England), dies at 79
• 1965-07-01 Wally Hammond, England cricket batsman (7,249 Test runs @ 58.45), dies of a heart attack at 62
• 1965-07-07 Bill Hitch, England cricket fast-bowler (7 Tests 1911-21), dies
• 1965-08-10 Ray Robinson, Australian cricket batsman (1 Test; NSW, South Australia, Otago), dies at 51
• 1965-08-11 Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies at 67
• 1965-08-27 Gerald Bond, South African cricketer (South Africa 1938-39), dies at 56
• 1965-09-14 J. W. Hearne, English cricket all-rounder (24 Tests, 30 wickets, 1 x 100; Middlesex), dies at 74
• 1965-09-26 Otto Nothling, Australian rugby union player and cricketer (did next to nothling in Aust), dies at 65
• 1965-10-17 Bart King, American cricket pioneer (North America's greatest all-rounder; helped develop art of swing bowling), dies at 91
• 1965-11-14 George Bissett, South African cricketer (25 wickets in 4 Tests for South Africa), dies at 60
• 1965-12-02 Maharajkumar of Vizianagram "Vizzy", Indian cricket batsman, captain, administrator, broadcaster and politician (3 Tests), dies at 59
• 1966-01-05 George Duckworth, English cricket wicket-keeper (24 Tests, 60 dismissals), dies at 64
• 1966-01-10 Fen Cresswell, New Zealand cricket slow bower (3 Tests, 13 wickets; Wellington, Central Districts), dies from suicide at 50
• 1966-05-22 Tom Goddard, English cricket off-spin bowler (8 Tests; 22 wickets @ 26.72; Gloucestershire), dies at 65
• 1966-06-22 Roger Blunt MBE, New Zealand cricket all-rounder and broadcaster (9 Tests; BBC), dies at 65
• 1966-08-05 Austin Diamond, Australian cricketer (Australian captain to America 1913), dies at 92
• 1966-08-14 Tip Snooke, South African cricket all-rounder and captain (26 Tests 1905-23, 35 wickets), dies at 85
• 1966-08-17 Archibald Palm, South African cricketer (Test South Africa v England 1927-28), dies at 65
• 1966-09-10 James Langridge, English cricketer (242 runs & 19 wkts for England), dies at 60
• 1966-10-13 'Father' Charles Marriott, English cricketer (one Test for England, 11 wickets), dies at 71
• 1966-10-27 Nigel Haig, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests; 1,000 runs and 100 wickets 1921, 27, 29 Middlesex CCC), dies at 78
• 1967-01-01 Maurice Leyland, English cricket batsman (41 Tests, 2764 runs @ 46.06; Yorkshire 1920-46, 1,000+ runs in 17 consecutive seasons), dies at 66
• 1967-01-07 Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (NSW & Aus, 5 wkt in 1912 series), dies
• 1967-01-28 Shunter Coen, South African cricket batsman (2 Tests, HS 41no, @ 50.50; Orange Free State), dies at 64
• 1967-02-01 Ernie Bromley, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests; first Western Australian to play Test cricket for Australia), dies at 54
• 1967-03-13 Sir Frank Worrell, West Indian cricket batsman and captain (51 Tests @ 49.48; 9 x 100s), dies from leukemia at 42
• 1967-06-26 Errol Hunte, Trinidadian cricketer (WI batsman in 3 Tests v England 1930), dies at 55
• 1967-08-04 Peter Smith, cricketer (Essex leggie, 3 wickets for England), dies
• 1967-08-26 Dilawar Hussain, Indian cricketer (Indian wicketkeeper in the 1930's), dies at 60
• 1967-11-14 C. K. Nayudu, Indian cricketer (7 Tests for India in 30's), dies at 72
• 1967-11-23 Freddie Martin, West Indian cricket batsman, (9 Tests, 1 x 100; Jamaica), dies at 74
• 1967-12-26 Sydney Barnes, English cricket fast bowler (27 Tests, 189 wickets, BB 9/103); Warwickshire CCC, Lancashire CCC, Staffordshire CCC), dies at 94
• 1967-12-31 Arthur Mailey, Australian cricket spin bowler (21 Tests, 99 wickets; 10/66 v Gloucestershire 1921), dies at 81
• 1968-01-29 Laxmidas Purshottamdas Jai, Indian cricket batsman (1 Test; captain Bombay in inaugural Ranji Trophy win 1935), dies at 66
• 1968-05-10 Maurie Sievers, cricket medium-pacer (Austral v England 1936-37), dies
• 1968-05-20 Albert Hartkopf, cricketer (one Test for Australia), dies
• 1968-06-27 Norman Norton, cricketer (dismissed Hobbs in only Test for South Africa), dies at 87
• 1968-08-24 Cyril Vincent, South African cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies at 66
• 1968-08-25 Stan McCabe, Australian cricket batsman (39 Tests, @ 48.21, 6 x 100, HS 232; NSWCA), dies of a fractured skull at 58

• 1968-12-12 Walter Robins, cricketer (19 Tests for England 64 wkts), dies
• 1969-01-13 Fred Price, English cricket wicket-keeper (1 Test, 2 dismissals; Middlesex CCC), dies at 66
• 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 and captain who played 19 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 138; South Australia; and SANFL player Magarey Medal 1920 Sturt FC, dies at 75

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