Today in Cricket History
Sub-Topics: Sheffield Shield
Historical Events
Results 1 - 100 of 608
1751-05-01 - 1st American cricket match is played
1844-09-25 - Canada defeat USA by 23 runs in the 1st cricket international
1851-02-11 - 1st cricket 1st-class game in Australia, Tasmania v Vic, Launceston
1865-06-22 - 1st class cricket debut of Dr W G Grace
1868-05-25 - Aust Aboriginal Cricket tour of England begins v Surrey Gentlemen
1869-04-18 - 1st international cricket match, held in SF, wins by Californian
1874-02-27 - Baseball 1st played in England, at Lord's Cricket Grounds
1877-03-15 - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket, Australia v England at MCG
1877-03-16 - Charles Bannerman completes 1st Test cricket century, 165 v Eng
1877-03-17 - Bill Midwinter completes Test Crickets' 1st 5-wkt haul, 5-78 v Eng
1877-03-31 - Test Cricket debut of Fred "Demon" Spofforth, Aust v Eng MCG
1878-05-27 - Australians Cricket 41 & 12-1 defeat MCC 33 & 19
1878-08-21 - Edward Pooley completes record 8 stumpings in a cricket match
1880-09-06 - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket in England, v Australia at The Oval
1880-09-06 - W G Grace scores 152 in debut Test Cricket innings, v Aust The Oval
1882-02-17 - 1st Test Cricket match played at Sydney Cricket Ground
1882-08-29 - Australia beat England by 7 runs "Death of English cricket"
1884-07-10 - 1st Test Cricket to be played at Old Trafford 1st day washed out
1884-07-21 - 1st Test Cricket match played at Lord's
1884-08-11 - 1st double-century stand in Test cricket, McDonnell/Murdoch 207 Aust
1884-08-12 - Bill Murdoch scores 1st Test Cricket double-century, 211 at The Oval
1886-08-12 - W G Grace made his highest Test Cricket score, v Aust, The Oval
1887-02-26 - George Lohmann took 1st 8-wkt haul in Test Crickets, 8-35 at SCG
1889-03-25 - 1st Test Cricket match played at Newlands, Cape Town v England
1890-02-14 - 1st NSW v South Australia 1st-class cricket game
1890-07-23 - Jack Barrett carries his cricket bat for Australia at Lord's (67)
1890-08-25 - Would be start of Eng/Aust Test Cricket at Old Trafford Washout
1892-03-19 - 3 brothers Hearne play in same Test Cricket Eng v SA (Cape Town)
1892-10-10 - Entire Hong Kong national cricket team, die in shipwreck off Taiwan
1892-12-16 - Commencement of 1st Sheffield Shield cricket game, SA v NSW
1893-07-17 - Arthur Shrewsbury is 1st to score 1,000 runs in Test Cricket
1893-07-18 - Harry Graham scores 107 on cricket debut Australia v England, Lord's
1894-12-14 - Day One 1st Test Cricket Aus v Eng Aust 5-346 (Giffen 161, Gregory 85)
1894-12-14 - Test Cricket debut of Joe Darling, Ernie Jones, Archie MacLaren
1894-12-15 - Cricket day 2 1st T Aus v Eng Aus 586 (Gregory 201) England 3-130
1894-12-17 - Cricket day 3 1T Aus v Eng Eng 325 all out, 261 behind on 1st inn
1894-12-18 - Cricket day 4 1T Aus v Eng England following on 4-268, 7 in front
1894-12-19 - Cricket day 5 1T Aus v Eng Eng 437 all out, Aus need 177 are 2-113
1894-12-20 - England beat Australia by 10 runs in the 1st six-day Test Cricket
1895-03-06 - England beat Australia to win one of the best cricket series ever, 3-2
1895-03-06 - J T Brown hits the fastest 50 in Test Crickets (28 mins) Eng v Aust
1895-05-30 - W G Grace scores his 1,000th Cricket run of the season after 22 days
1895-07-16 - Archie MacLaren completes cricket 424 for Lancs v Somerset at Taunton
1896-05-08 - Yorkshire Cricket all out for 887 against Warwickshire
1896-06-12 - J.T. Hearne sets a cricket record for the earliest date of taking 100 first-class wickets in a season.
1896-07-18 - George Giffen is 1st to complete 1000/100 double, in 30th Test Cricket
1896-07-18 - Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut v Aust, Old Trafford
1899-02-16 - Pelham Warner scores 132 on Test Cricket debut (Eng v SA Johannesburg)
1899-06-01 - Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes & Victor Trumper in Grace's last
1899-06-03 - W G Grace's last day of Test cricket aged 50 yrs 320 days
1899-06-16 - Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* v England, Lord's
1900-05-31 - Tom Hayward scores 1,000th cricket run of season (sets record 1074)
1900-07-25 - Gilbert Jessop hits his 2nd 100 before lunch in same cricket match
1900-08-08 - 1st Davis Cup tennis competition, named after Dwight Filley Davis, began at Longwood Cricket Club in Mass, & won by US 2 days later
1900-08-19 - Start of the one & only olympic cricket match, in Paris
1900-08-20 - Great Britain beats France in cricket in Olympic Games
1902-05-31 - Australia Cricket all out 36 v England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever
1902-07-05 - Australia won the one & only Test Cricket played at Sheffield
1902-07-16 - Test Cricket debut of K S Ranjitsinhji v Australia, at Old Trafford
1902-07-24 - Trumper a century before lunch 4th Test Cricket v England
1902-10-11 - Commencement of 1st Test Cricket between South Africa & Australia
1903-12-14 - Reg Foster completes 287 England v Australia on Test Cricket debut
1904-03-01 - England regains cricket Ashes taking a 3-1 series lead v Australia
1904-03-08 - Hugh Trumble takes a hat-trick in his final Test Cricket match
1905-04-24 - 1st-class Cricket debut of Jack Hobbs, Surrey v Gentlemen (18 & 28)
1905-04-25 - Latest day of 1st-class cricket in an Aust season (NSW v Qld)
1907-03-16 - 1st 1st-class cricket game between NSW & Western Australia
1907-06-11 - George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.
1907-06-21 - 13th US Golf Open: Alec Ross shoots a 302 at Phila Cricket Club PA
1908-02-11 - Australia regain the Ashes with a 308 run cricket victory vs England
1908-04-22 - Queensland beat NSW by 171 runs for their 1st cricket win at Gabba
1909-06-15 - Representatives from England, Australia and South Africa meet at Lord's and form the Imperial Cricket Conference.
1909-08-26 - Frank Tarrant scores cricket 145 & 13-67 for Middlesex v Gloucs
1910-06-18 - 16th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 298 at Phila Cricket Club PA
1911-01-10 - Trumper scored double cricket ton v South Africa, goes on to get 214
1911-12-30 - Crickets S F Barnes takes 5-6 in 1st 11 overs v Aust at MCG
1912-02-10 - Hobbs & Rhodes make 323 cricket opening stand v Aust at MCG
1912-02-13 - England regains cricket's Ashes
1912-02-20 - Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture
1912-02-28 - Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50
1912-05-28 - Jackie Matthews takes 2 cricket hat-tricks same day Aust v S Africa
1914-07-25 - Last day of club cricket for W G Grace at age 66 He made 69
1918-12-26 - 1st day of 1st-class cricket in Aust after WW I (Vic v NSW)
1920-12-20 - Bert Collins scores 104 on Test Cricket debut v England SCG
1920-12-31 - Roy Park makes 1st-ball duck in only Test Cricket inn, v Eng at MCG
1921-02-15 - Arthur Mailey completes 9-121 v England, Australian Test Cricket rec
1921-03-01 - Australia Cricket team complete 5-0 drubbing of England
1922-12-16 - NSW all out for 786 against South Australia Cricket
1924-06-14 - Test Cricket debuts of Herbert Sutcliffe & Maurice Tate v S Africa
1924-06-28 - Test cricket umpire debut for Frank Chester, v South Africa at Lord's
1924-12-19 - Test Cricket debut of Bill Ponsford, who scored 110 in 1st innings
1925-02-27 - Test Cricket debut of Clarrie Grimmett, who took 5-45 & 6-37 v England
1926-06-23 - Commencement of the West Indies' 1st Test cricket match, at Lord's
1926-08-18 - England regain Ashes with 5th Test Cricket win, to take series 1-0
1926-12-11 - Queensland win their 1st Sheffield Shield cricket match, v NSW
1927-05-28 - Hammond scores his 1,000th cricket run of the season after 22 days
1927-12-16 - Cricket 1st-class debut of Don Bradman, NSW v South Australia
1927-12-17 - Bradman scores 118 on 1st-class cricket debut, 188 mins 8 fours
1927-12-24 - Test Cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scored 51 & took 5-36 v S Af
1928-05-31 - Charlie Hallows scores his 1,000th run of Cricket season
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 100 of 2,049
1713-06-22 - Lord John Philip Sackville, English cricketer (d. 1765)
1804-10-04 - "Felix", cricketer (Nicholas Wanostracht)
1825-08-04 - Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (Middlesex & Surrey bat, famous biographer)
1826-05-22 - George Parr, cricketer (legendary Notts batsman, 1st Eng touring capt)
1826-09-05 - John Wisden, England cricketer (d. 1884)
1827-11-16 - James Southerton, cricketer (Test debut in the 1st ever Test at 49)
1830-03-25 - Julius Caesar, cricketer (prominent batsman for Surrey)
1835-03-21 - Thomas Hayward, English cricketer (d. 1876)
1838-04-21 - Nat Thompson, cricketer (1st batsman dismissed in a Test match)
1839-05-29 - Ned Gregory, cricketer (bro of Dave, father of Syd Played 1st Test)
1841-08-13 - Unaarrimin, cricketer (played cricket as Johnny Mullagh)
1841-09-03 - Tom Emmett, England cricketer (d. 1904)
1841-11-28 - E M Grace, cricketer (brother of W G)
1842-08-29 - Alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler)
1842-11-23 - James Lillywhite Jr, cricketer (1st England Test captain)
1844-03-15 - Bransby Cooper, cricketer (in Dhaka Batsman in Australia's 1st Test)
1845-04-15 - Dave Gregory, cricketer (Australia's 1st Test captain)
1845-11-14 - Allen Hill, cricketer (took the 1st wicket in Test cricket)
1847-02-10 - A N Hornby, cricketer (pioneering England Test batsman)
1847-08-20 - Andrew Greenwood, England cricketer (d. 1889)
1848-04-09 - F A MacKinnon, cricketer (later the 35th Mackinnon of Mackinnon)
1848-07-18 - William Gilbert Grace, Victorian England's greatest cricketer
1850-03-10 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (d. 1906)
1850-12-13 - G F Grace, cricketer (brother of W G )
1850-12-16 - Fred Morley, cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)
1851-02-03 - Lord Harris, cricketer (4 Tests for England MCC big-wig)
1851-05-28 - Dick Barlow, cricketer (immortal England all-rounder of 1880's)
1851-06-19 - Billy Midwinter, Australian cricketer (d. 1890)
1851-07-23 - Charles Bannerman, Aussie cricket batsman (1st centurion)
1851-08-24 - Tom Kendall, Australian cricketer (d. 1924)
1851-10-21 - George Ulyett, cricketer (great Yorkshire all-rounder 1873-93)
1852-05-27 - Billy Barnes, cricketer (England all-rounder 1880-90)
1853-01-30 - Leland Hone, cricketer (England keeper 1879 without county experience)
1853-09-09 - Frederick R Spofforth, Australia, cricketer (Demon)
1854-03-08 - Tom Felix Horan, cricketer (Ireland Pioneering Aust all-rounder)
1854-03-21 - Alick A C Bannerman, cricketer (bro of Charles, Australia 1878-1893)
1854-04-11 - Hugh Massie, cricketer (Australian batsman of the 1880's)
1854-05-11 - John Blackham, cricketer (Australia's 1st wicketkeeper)
1854-08-26 - Arnold Fothergill, England cricketer (d. 1932)
1854-10-18 - Bill Murdoch, cricketer (great pioneer of Australian Test cricket)
1855-02-25 - George Bonnor, cricketer (big-hitting Aussie batter 1880-1888)
1855-06-22 - Sam Morris, Hobart, cricketer (Barbados parents only black Aus player)
1855-08-03 - Joe Hunter, Former Australian cricketer (d. 1891)
1855-08-11 - John Hodges, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
1855-11-19 - Billy Bates, cricketer (England all-rounder 1882-87, hat-trick 1883)
1856-04-11 - Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent)
1856-07-07 - George Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank & Alec, Test for England)
1856-07-15 - Owen Dunell, cricketer (South Africa's 1st Test captain)
1856-08-01 - George Coulthard, Former Australian rules footballer and cricketer (d. 1883)
1857-02-12 - Bobby Peel, cricketer (great English lefty 1884-96)
1857-08-29 - Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)
1857-09-02 - Thomas Groube, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)
1857-11-30 - Robert Abel, cricketer (The Guv'nor Surrey & England batsman)
1858-07-26 - Tommy Garrett, cricketer (original Australian Test player)
1858-11-13 - Percy McDonnell, cricketer (Australian batsman of the 1880's)
1858-11-23 - Frank Hearne, cricketer (bro of George & Alec, Eng & S Afr)
1858-12-04 - Billy Gunn, cricketer (Notts & England batsman in 11 Tests 1886-99)
1859-03-13 - Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)
1859-03-27 - George Giffen, cricketer (one of Australia's greatest all-rounders)
1859-10-20 - G B Studd, cricketer (brother of C T, 4 Tests for England)
1860-06-20 - Jack Worrall, Australian cricketer, footballer, and coach (d. 1937)
1860-08-16 - Lord Hawke, cricketer (England batsman 1890's, many official posts)
1860-10-19 - Affie Jarvis, cricketer (Australian WK of the late 19th century)
1860-12-02 - C T Studd, cricketer (brother of G B, five Tests for England)
1861-06-12 - William Attewell, English cricketer (d. 1927)
1861-08-01 - Sam Jones, cricketer (Australian batsman of 1880's)
1862-02-10 - W H "Gobo" Ashley, cricketer (7 wkts in 1 Test for S Africa 1889)
1862-10-03 - John Briggs, cricketer (mighty England all-rounder late 19th century)
1862-11-16 - Charles Thomas Biass Turner, cricketer (the "Terror")
1863-03-11 - Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (My Dear Victorious Stod)
1863-05-29 - Arthur Mold, English cricketer (d. 1921)
1863-07-22 - Alec Hearne, cricketer (brother of George & Frank, Kent 1884-1910)
1865-06-02 - George Lohmann, cricketer (England's great bowler late 19th cent)
1865-08-04 - Gus Kempis, South African cricketer (d. 1890)
1865-08-20 - Bernard Tancred, South African cricketer (d. 1911)
1865-10-19 - Godfrey Cripps, cricketer (one Test S Africa v England 1892, 18 & 3)
1865-11-01 - Monty Bowden, cricketer (England Test capt v S Africa at 23)
1866-01-31 - Henry Forster, cricketer (Oxford blue 1887-89, later Aust Gov-General)
1866-08-05 - Harry Trott, Australian cricketer (d. 1917)
1866-11-28 - Arthur Frederick Augustus "Dick" Lilley, cricket keeper (England)
1867-04-13 - Sammy Woods, cricket bowler (Aust & Engld Rugby wing-forward)
1867-05-03 - Jack Hearne, cricketer (cousin of George & Alec 12 Tests for Eng)
1867-05-10 - Jim Kelly, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian 1896-1905)
1867-05-12 - Hugh Trumble, cricket off-spinner (great Aust at turn of century)
1867-05-21 - John James Ferris, cricketer (mighty Australian bowler of late 1880's)
1867-06-19 - Frank Iredale, cricketer (Australian batsman 1894-99)
1867-07-24 - Fred Tate, cricketer (father of Maurice, 1 Test, Eng v Aus 1902)
1868-03-25 - Bill Lockwood, cricketer (England all-rounder in 12 Tests 1893-1902)
1868-04-05 - J F "Flooi" Du Toit, cricketer (one Test S Africa 1892)
1869-09-30 - Ernest Jones, cricket pace bowler (marvellous Aust at turn of century)
1869-12-29 - Bill Howell, cricketer (Australian bowler at turn of century)
1870-04-14 - Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912)
1870-05-27 - Lionel Palairet, cricketer (elegant England bat in the Golden Age)
1870-08-11 - Tom Richardson, legendary England cricket fast bowler (1893-98)
1870-08-18 - Hugh Bromley-Davenport, England cricketer (d. 1954)
1870-11-21 - Joe Darling, cricketer (Australian lefty batsman at turn of century)
1870-11-21 - Stanley Jackson, cricketer (captain of England, governor of Bengal)
1870-11-29 - Harry Graham, cricketer (107 on Test debut Aust v Eng 1893)
1870-12-10 - T R McKibbin, cricketer (NSW & Aust off-spinner late 19th century)
1871-01-09 - Charles Kortright, British(?) cricket player
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 100 of 922
1765-12-03 - Lord John Philip Sackville, British cricketer (b. 1713)
1832-01-13 - Thomas Lord, English cricketer, founder of Lord's cricket ground (b. 1755)
1871-03-22 - Johnny Cuzens, cricketer (Australian aboriginal tourist 1868), dies
1876-09-03 - Felix, cricketer (legendary All-England player), dies
1880-06-16 - James Southerton, cricketer (appeared in England's 1st 2 Tests), dies
1880-09-22 - G F Grace, cricketer (one Test v Australia), dies
1883-03-12 - Murrumgunarriman, [Twopenny], cricketer (Aboriginal team 1868), dies
1883-10-22 - George Coulthard, cricketer (Test for Australia 1882), dies
1884-04-05 - John Wisden, publisher/cricketer (prominent Sussex player), dies
1884-09-28 - Fred Morley, cricket lefty quick (16 wkts in 4 Tests for Eng), dies
1889-02-12 - Andrew Greenwood, cricketer (batted in Eng's 1st 2 Tests 1877), dies
1889-04-08 - Henry Jupp, cricketer (scored 63 on Test debut for Engl in 1877), dies
1889-07-30 - Charles Absolom, cricketer (Test for Eng), dies in an accident
1890-05-19 - Gus Kempis, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies of fever at 24
1890-12-03 - Bill Midwinter, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, 4 for England), dies
1891-01-04 - Joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Aust tour), dies
1891-03-28 - Dick Pilling, cricketer ("Prince of Wicketkeepers", Eng 1881-88), dies
1891-06-23 - George Parr, cricketer (Nottinghamshire & All-England), dies
1891-08-14 - Johnny Mullagh, cricketer (Aboriginal tourist 1868), dies
1892-02-19 - Monty Bowden, cricket Capt (England v S Africa 1889), dies at 26
1893-07-09 - William Scotton, cricketer (wicket in 15 Tests for Eng), suicide
1893-07-20 - Tom Kelly, cricketer (two Tests for Australia 1977-79, 64 runs), dies
1894-03-11 - John Selby, cricketer (6 Tests for England 1877-82), dies
1896-09-02 - Nat Thompson, cricketer (played 1st Two Tests for Australia), dies
1896-09-02 - Nat Thomson, Australian cricketer (b. 1839)
1896-09-24 - Percy McDonnell, cricketer (19 Tests 1880-88, 3 centuries), dies
1896-12-31 - Leland Hone, cricketer (scored 7 & 6 in only England Test 1879), dies
1897-01-30 - John Cottam, cricket (Test for Aust 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies
1898-06-18 - George Ulyett, cricketer (949 runs 50 wkts for England 25 Tests), dies
1899-03-24 - Billy Barnes, cricketer (725 runs in 21 Tests for England), dies
1899-04-22 - E J (Ned) Gregory, cricketer (one Test for Aust), dies
1900-01-08 - Billy Bates, cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 Tests for Eng), dies
1900-03-11 - Edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies
1900-03-31 - Frank Milligan, cricketer (Mafeking 2 Tests Eng v S Afr 1898-99), dies
1900-11-21 - J J Ferris, cricketer (48 wickets for Aust in 8 Tests in 1880's), dies
1901-12-01 - George Lohmann, cricketer (in S Africa 18 Tests, 112 wickets), dies
1902-01-11 - Johnny Briggs, cricketer (118 wkts for England), dies in an asylum
1902-08-10 - George Vernon, cricketer (scored 11* & 3 in only England Test), dies
1903-01-04 - W H M "Dicky" Richards, cricketer (score 4 & 0 in Test for S Af), dies
1903-05-01 - Arthur Haygarth, cricketer (compiler of "Scores & Biographies"), dies
1903-05-19 - Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (1277 runs at 35 47 in 23 Tests), dies
1903-12-11 - Patrick McShane, cricket player/ump (1884-85 Ashes series), dies
1904-01-09 - Alfred Richard, cricketer (6 & 0 in only Test for S Af 1895-96), dies
1904-06-03 - Vincent Tancred, cricket (Bernard & Louis bro, Test for S A), suicide
1904-06-30 - Thomas Emmett, cricketer (English Test bowler of the sostenuter), dies
1904-11-04 - Jack Brown, cricketer (8 Tests for England 1894-99), dies
1904-12-10 - James Cranston, cricketer (scored 16 & 15 in Test for England), dies
1906-03-23 - Victor Barton, cricketer (scored 23 in Test Eng v S Afr 1892), dies
1906-04-19 - Spencer Gore, British tennis player and cricketer (b. 1850)
1907-01-06 - Walter Read, cricketer (Engl batsman, 117 at no 10 v Aust 1884), dies
1907-01-16 - Alfred Shaw, cricketer (seven Tests for England 1877-82), dies
1907-06-14 - Bob McLeod, cricketer (bro of Charlie, 6 Tests for Aus 1891-93), dies
1907-11-21 - Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Aust's early Tests), dies
1908-05-31 - C L "Boy" Johnson, cricketer (Test for S Africa 1895-96), dies
1909-07-10 - Flooi Du Toit, cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies
1910-07-03 - Mordecai Sherwin, English cricket wicketkeeper (Aust 1886-88), dies
1910-08-22 - George Palmer, cricketer (17 Tests for Aust 1880-86, 78 wickets), dies
1910-08-29 - Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies
1910-09-23 - H J H "Tup" Scott, cricketer (Australian Test captain 1886), dies
1911-02-07 - Harry Graham, cricketer (6 Test for Australia 1893-96, 301 runs), dies
1911-02-18 - Bill Murdoch, cricketer, dies while watching Aust v S Africa Test
1911-05-20 - E M Grace, cricketer (one Test v Australia 1880, 36 & 0), dies
1911-07-31 - Jack Edwards, cricketer (1888 Ashes tourist), dies
1911-08-21 - W R Wister, cricketer (USA v Canada 1859), dies
1911-11-23 - Bernard Tancred, cricketer (87 runs in 1888-89 S Afr v England), dies
1911-12-13 - Reg Duff, cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies
1912-02-28 - Bill Storer, English cricket wicketkeeper (6 Tests 1897-99), dies
1912-06-27 - George Bonnor, cricketer (once ran three before he was caught), dies
1912-07-02 - Tom Richardson, cricketer (88 wickets in 14 Tests for England), dies
1912-07-02 - Tom Richardson, English cricket player (b. 1870)
1912-10-19 - J E B B P Q C Dwyer, cricketer (Aus-born Sussex bowler 1906-09), dies
1913-02-23 - Jimmy Sinclair, cricketer (3 centuries in 25 Test S Afr career), dies
1913-07-05 - Alfred Lyttelton, cricketer (Eng wk 1880-84 demon lob bowler), dies
1913-09-12 - Major R B Stewart, cricketer (scored 4 & 9 in S Afr's 1st Test), dies
1913-12-23 - James Middleton, cricketer (24 wkt of lefty pace S Af 1895-1903), dies
1914-05-13 - R E Foster, only dual England captain at cricket & soccer, dies
1914-06-15 - A G Steel, cricketer (13 Tests, 29 wkts, Eng capt 1886), dies
1914-07-30 - Albert Trott, cricketer (3 Tests for Aus, 2 for Eng), commits suicide
1914-08-07 - B B (Bransby) Cooper, cricketer (Test for Australia), dies
1914-12-21 - A O Jones, cricketer (12 Tests for England 1899-1909), dies
1915-01-06 - Reginald Wood, cricketer (one Test England v Australia 1886), dies
1915-04-03 - Andrew Stoddart, cricketer (England capt at turn of century), suicide
1915-06-28 - Victor Trumper, cricketer (48 Tests for Australia, 3163 runs), dies
1915-10-23 - W G Grace, British cricketer, dies
1915-10-30 - Gervys Rignold Hazlitt, cricketer (9 Tests for Aust 1907-12), dies
1916-02-09 - Jack Barrett, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1890), dies
1916-03-09 - Ken Hutchings, cricketer (exciting England batsman, WW I), dies
1916-04-16 - Tom Horan, cricketer (15 Tests for Aust, 471 runs, 11 wickets), dies
1916-05-25 - Jack Marsh, cricketer (Aboriginal bowler played for NSW 1900-03), dies
1916-07-01 - William Booth, cricketer (WW I 2 Tests for England 1913-14), dies
1916-08-01 - Claude Newberry, S Afr cricket All-rounder (v England 1913-14), dies
1916-11-23 - Leonard Moon, cricketer (WW I 4 Tests for England 1905-06), dies
1916-12-26 - Frank Penn, cricketer (one Test for England v Australia 1880), dies
1917-01-25 - Edwin Tyler, cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies
1917-02-09 - Francis Allan, cricket bowler (lefty in 1879 Aust-Eng Test), dies
1917-03-18 - William Shalders, S Afr cricket batsman (12 Tests 1895-1907), dies
1917-05-03 - Norman Callaway, NSW bat, cricketer (207 in only FC innings), dies
1917-07-31 - Charlie Finlason, cricketer (S Africa's 1st Test), dies
1917-09-12 - Eric Lundie, cricketer (WWI Test S Africa v England 1914), dies
1917-10-11 - Harry Trott, cricketer (Aust capt played 24 Tests 1888-1898), dies
