| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
1870 |
Syd Gregory,
cricketer, was born. |
1879 |
The Stawell
Gift was won by E.S. Grose of Creswick, Victoria, in 13 seconds. |
1884 |
The Stawell
Gift was won by W. Smith of Melbourne, Victoria, in 12 seconds. |
1925 |
T. Banner
won the Stawell Gift over 100 yards off a handicap of 5 yards,
having been backed to win a small fortune with bookmakers. |
1933 |
Maude Bonney
begins the first solo flight by a woman from Australia to England. |
1941 |
The Stawell
Gift was won by W.K. Hutton of Devonport, Tasmania, in 12 6/16
seconds. The Gift was not run from 1942 - 1945 due to the Second
World War. |
1947 |
Bob Massie, Australian test cricket player -
swing bowler, born |
1952 |
The Stawell
Gift was won by Lance Mann of Albury, New South Wales, in 11 14/16
seconds. |
1965 |
Craig McDermott,
fast bowling cricketer, was born. |
| 1990 |
Jockey John Scorse rode
5 winners on the card at the Canberra
racecourse - they were the only 5 rides
he had that day |
2013 |
Golfer Adam
Scott won the 2013 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, the
first Australian to win the tournament in its 77- year history. |
