People born on this day:
1874: David Denton, Yorkshire batsman, eleven Tests for England 1905-10
1895: Walderman Marx, S.Africa, 240 on FC debut (then world record)
1918: Alec Bedser, brother of Eric, mighty post-war England bowler
1918: Eric Bedser, brother of Alec, Surrey bowler but not England
1922: Ghulam Ahmed, off-spinner in 22 Tests for India in the 1950's
1931: Peter Richardson, England batsman mid-fifties
1938: Cyril Mitchley, Transvaal wicket-keeper, later Test umpire
1959: Jan Brittin, highest run-scorer in the history of women's Test cricket
1972: Craig Spearman, New Zealand opening batsman 1996-
People died on this day:
1955: Palwankar Baloo, 179 wickets at 15.21 for Hindus 1905-21, a historic figure in Indian cricket
1971: Joe Cox, four wickets in three Tests for South Africa, aver 61.25
Events on this day:
1932: Bradman scores 260, a North American record, v Western Ontario
1981: Clive Rice 105* out of 143 all out, Notts v Hants at Bournemouth
1984: Kallicharran gets 206 and 6-32 in a NatWest Trophy game
1987: Imran Khan takes his 300th Test wicket, first Pakistani to do so
