| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
1892 |
The
first Sheffield Shield cricket match ended with South Australia
defeating New South Wales by 57 runs. |
1920 |
Kel
Nagle, golfer, was born in North Sydney. |
1945 |
Doug Walters, Australian test cricket player
- batsman (1965-1981), born |
1957 |
Maroubra
junior surf star Barry Rogers won the Junior Surf and Junior
Belt events at the Australian Open Carnival at Coogee. |
1974 |
Karrie
Webb, golfer, was born; 38 wins on the LPGA Tour, first LPGA
player to win $1 million in a single season, World Golf Hall
of Fame. |
1990 |
Brothers
Steve and Mark Waugh set a world 5th wicket cricket partnership
score of 464 runs. |
1998 |
Ray
Connelly, boxing commentator and referee, died aged 71. |
2006 |
Jockey
Scobie Breasley died aged 92; won Caulfield Cup five times and
Epsom Derby twice - rode 3251 winners world wide. |
