Cricket in History (Part 6)

Events 501 - 600 of 943

• 1979-12-11 Geoff Boycott scores cricket century in a limited-over international
• 1980-02-13 NZ beats West Indies by one wicket in cricket at Dunedin
• 1980-02-19 Botham a century & 13 wickets in Jubilee Test Cricket at Bombay

• 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

• 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

• 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 wickets
• 1982-02-17 Commencement of Sri Lanka's 1st Test Cricket match, v England

• 1982-03-10 Saleem Malik scores 100 in 2nd inning of Test Cricket debut (v SL)
• 1982-03-15 Sidath Wettimuny scores Sri Lanka's first Test Cricket century (157) in 2nd Test v Pakistan in Faisalabad
• 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

• 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
• 1983-06-25 ICC Men's Cricket ODI World Cup, Lord's, London: India beats West Indies by 43 runs to win their first trophy; Player of Match: Mohinder Amarnath (IND) 3/12 from 7 overs

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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
• 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

• 1986-04-01 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

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Birthdays 501 - 600 of 2,053

• 1914-04-10 Jack Badcock, Australian cricketer (Tasmania Australian batsman of 30's), born in Exton, Tasmania (d. 1982)
• 1914-04-18 C. S. Nayudu, Indian cricketer (brother of C K, 11 Tests as leggie), born in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India (d. 2002)
• 1914-05-02 Dennis Dyer, South African cricketer (opened batting for South Africa v England 1947), born in Durban, Natal (d. 1990)
• 1914-06-16 Billy Griffith, English cricket wicketkeeper (3 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 140, 5 dismissals; Cambridge Uni CC, Surrey CCC, MCC, Sussex CCC) and administrator (Secretary MCC), born in London (d. 1993)
• 1914-06-18 Billy Wade, South African cricket wicketkeeper (11 Tests, 1 x 100, 17 dismissals; Natal), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 2003)
• 1914-08-21 Doug Wright, English cricket spin bowler (34 Tests, 108 wickets; Kent), born in Sidcup, England (d. 1998)
• 1914-09-08 Doug Freeman, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 1 wicket; Wellington), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1994)
• 1914-10-19 Harold Gimblett, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; 265 career FC sixes; Somerset CCC), born in Bicknoller, England (d. 1978)
• 1914-12-06 Cyril Washbrook, English cricket batsman (37 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 195; Lancashire CCC), born in Barrow, England (d. 1999)
• 1914-12-07 Winston Place, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 100; Lancashire CCC, MCC), born in Rawtenstall, England (d. 2002)

• 1914-12-12 Denis Begbie, South African cricketer (South African batsman in five Tests 1948-50), born in Middelburg, Transvaal, South Africa (d. 2009)
• 1914-12-17 Syed Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (prolific batsman of 30's & 40's), born in Indore, British India (d. 2005)
• 1915-01-22 Tom Burtt, New Zealand cricketer (slow left-arm bowler, took 33 wickets for NZ), born in Christchurch, New Zealand (d. 1988)
• 1915-03-11 Vijay Hazare, Indian cricket batsman and captain (30 Tests, 7 x 100, HS 164no; Maharashtra, Central India, Baroda, Holkar), born in Sangli, India (d. 2004)
• 1915-03-19 Norman Yardley, English cricket batsman and captain (20 Tests; Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1948), born in Barnsley, Yorkshire (d. 1989)
• 1915-03-22 Fen Cresswell, New Zealand cricket slow bower (3 Tests, 13 wickets; Wellington, Central Districts), born in Wanganui, New Zealand (d. 1966)
• 1915-03-28 Ray Emery, New Zealand cricket all-rounder (2 Tests, 2 wickets, BB 2/52; Auckland, Canterbury), born in Auckland (d. 1982)
• 1915-06-04 Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricket batsman (11 Tests, 1 x 100, 2 x 50; Canterbury; father of Richard, Dayle & Barry), born in Lincoln, Canterbury (d. 2006)
• 1915-06-18 Arthur Fagg, English cricket batsman (5 Tests; dual double-centuries for Kent v Essex 1938) and umpire (18 Tests, 7 ODIs), born in Chartham, England (d. 1977)
• 1915-07-27 Jack Iverson, Australian cricket spin bowler (5 Tests, 21 wickets, BB 6/27; Victoria CA), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1973)
• 1915-10-29 Dennis Brookes, English cricketer (one Test England v WI 1948, scored 10 & 7), born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England (d. 2006)
• 1915-11-25 Ron Hamence, Australian cricketer (Australian batsman post-WWII), born in Hindmarsh, Australia (d. 2010)
• 1915-12-09 Colin McCool, Australian cricket all-rounder (14 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 104no, 36 wickets, BB 5/41; NSW, Queensland, Somerset CCC), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1986)
• 1916-01-24 Vic Stollmeyer, West Indian cricket batsman (1 Test, 1 x 50, HS 96; Trinidad & Tobago), born in Santa Cruz, Trinidad (d. 1999)
• 1916-02-17 Don Tallon, Australian cricket wicket-keeper (21 Tests, 58 dismissals, 2 x 50s; Queensland CA), born in Bundaberg, Australia (d. 1984)
• 1916-02-26 Ross Gregory, Australian cricket batsman (2 Tests, 2 x 50; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1942)
• 1916-03-26 Bill Edrich, English cricket all-rounder (39 Tests, 6 x 100, HS 219no, 41 wickets; MCC, Middlesex CCC), born in Lingwood, England (d. 1986)
• 1916-04-14 C. R. Rangachari, Indian cricketer (India 1947-48), born in Mammandur, British India (d. 1993)
• 1916-06-05 Sid Barnes, Australian cricket batsmen (13 Tests, 3 x 100, 5 x 50, HS 234; NSWCA), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1973)
• 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 (10 Tests, 3 x 50; Auckland) and rugby league utility back (1 Test; Auckland Pakehā), 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 cricket batsman and captain (13 Tests, 5 x 50; Auckland), 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 cricket all-rounder (44 Tests, 5 x 100, HS 231, 162 wickets, BB 8/52; Nawanagar, Hindus, Gujarat, Bombay, Rajasthan), born in Jamnagar, 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 cricket spin bowler (1 Test; Auckland), 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 and footballer (5,807 Test runs, Arsenal 1950 FA Cup), born in Hendon, England (d. 1997)

• 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 cricket all-rounder (29 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 101, 58 wickets, BB 7/55; Trinidad), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad (d. 1996)
• 1919-11-06 Alan Lissette, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets; Auckland, Northern Districts), born in Morrinsville, New Zealand (d. 1973)

• 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 cricket batsman (4 Tests, Pakistan's first Test; Karachi, Mumbai, Sind, Northern India), born in Lahore, Pakistan (d. 2002)
• 1920-07-19 Robert Christiani, West Indian cricket batsman (22 Tests, 1 x 100, 4 x 50, HS 107; British Guiana), born in Georgetown, British Guiana (d. 2005)
• 1920-08-12 Peter West, British sports broadcaster (BBC; editor Playfair Cricket Annual), born in Cranbrook, England (d. 2003)
• 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, Trinidadian cricketer and West Indian batsman who scored 112 in his only Test innings in 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 cricket batsman (3 Tests, 2 x 50; Nottinghamshire CCC), born in Mansfield, 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, West Indian cricket batsman (32 Tests 4 x 100, HS 160; Trinidad & Tobago) and executive (President WI Board of Control 1974-81), 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 cricket spin bowler in (1 Test; Gloucestershire CCC), born in Tetbury, England (d. 1996)
• 1921-10-03 Ray Lindwall, Australian cricket fast bowler (61 Tests, 228 wickets @ 23.03), born in Sydney, Australia (d. 1996)

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Deaths 501 - 600 of 1,198

• 1970-01-27 Probir Sen, Indian cricket wicketkeeper (14 Tests, 31 dismissals; Bengal), dies at 43
• 1970-01-28 Tommy Andrews, Australian cricketer (16 Tests 1921-26, 592 runs), dies
• 1970-02-13 Herbert Strudwick, English cricket wicketkeeper (28 Tests, 73 dismissals; Surrey CCC), 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
• 1970-09-19 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 Lissette, New Zealand cricket spin bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets; Auckland, Northern Districts), dies from heart disease 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
• 1973-08-31 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, South African cricket batsman (27 Tests, 2 x 100, HS 124; Griqualand West, Orange Free State, Transvaal), dies at 63
• 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, South African cricketer (6 Tests for South Africa 1948-50), lost at sea at 56
• 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
• 1976-07-20 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 cricket all-rounder (11 Tests, 34 wickets; England captain 1924-25; Sussex CCC), dies at 81
• 1976-11-11 Eric Davies, South African cricket fast bowler (5 Tests, 7 wickets; East Province, Transvaal), dies at 67
• 1976-12-21 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 cricket medium pace bowler (2 Tests, 3 wickets; Bombay, Gujarat), 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 Harold Gilligan, English cricket batsman (4 Tests; captain 1929-30 Tour of NZ), 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 cricket all-rounder (44 Tests, 5 x 100, HS 231, 162 wickets, BB 8/52; Nawanagar, Hindus, Gujarat, Bombay, Rajasthan), 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
• 1978-11-13 George Hearne, South African cricket batsman (3 Tests; Western Province), dies at 90
• 1979-02-02 Jim Burke, Australian cricket batsman (24 Tests; record for most innings in a complete career without scoring a duck [44]) and broadcaster (ABC), dies of self inflicted gunshot wounds at 48
• 1979-02-05 Eddie Paynter, English cricketer (20 Tests for England, avg 59.23), dies at 77
• 1979-02-08 Jim Smith, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests), dies at 72
• 1979-02-09 Jim Smith, English cricket all-rounder (5 Tests for England 1935-37), dies at 72
• 1979-04-02 Ivan Barrow, Jamaican cricket wicketkeeper (11 Tests; first West Indian Test century-maker in England), dies at 68
• 1979-05-31 Nigel Howard, English cricket batsman and captain (4 Tests; Lancashire, MCC), dies at 54
• 1979-06-04 Edward Dawson, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1927-30), dies
• 1979-06-29 Ben Barnett, Australian cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies at 71
• 1979-07-07 Dalton Conyngham, South African cricket medium-pace bowler (1 Test, 2 wickets; Natal, Transvaal, Western Province), dies at 82
• 1979-07-17 Doug Meintjes, South African cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies

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