year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
1940 |
Eastern
Suburbs won the NSWRFL Grand Final against Canterbury 24-14. |
1965 |
Roy
Emerson and Fred Stolle won the men's doubles at the USA Open
tennis tournament. |
1977 |
Chris Rogers, test cricket player - batsman,
born |
1985 |
Adair
Ferguson became the first Australian woman rower to win a gold
medal in world championship rowing when she won the lightweight
single skull title in Belgium. |