| year |
Australian
sporting history on this day |
1882 |
The
Stawell Gift was won by A.B. Parkinson of Sale, Victoria in
12 3/4 seconds. |
1896 |
Edwin
Flack won a gold medal in the 800 and 1500 metre events at the
Athens Olympics and became the Australian Olympic gold medallist. |
1910 |
Bob
Marshall, world billiards champion, was born. |
1939 |
The
Stawell Gift was won by L.W. Sprague of Ballarat, Victoria,
in 11 14/16 seconds. |
1950 |
The
Stawell Gift was won by W.K. (Ken) Trewick of Brisbane, Queensland,
in 11 15/16 seconds. |
1967 |
Allan Robinson, Australian jockey,
born |
|
1982 |
Racehorse Mighty Manitou won a race
at the Randwick
race course starting at 200/1 |
|
2015 |
Cricket great
Richie Benuad died at age 84 in his sleep. He was born on October
6, 1930 at Penrith. He played Test cricket for Australia between
1952 and 1964 as an all rounder. |
