| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
1871 |
Albert
'Griffo' Griffiths, Australian boxer, was born. |
1882 |
A
six day bike race to determine the champion of Australia concluded
in Adelaide - won by a Mr Press. |
1949 |
Gordon
Bray, sports commentator, was born. |
| 1979 |
Racehorse Another Nuisance won
a race at Belmont
race course in Perth starting at 200/1 |
1990 |
Campbell's Creek 100.34.634 defeated
the hapless Primrose 3.0.18 in an Australian rules football
match in the Victorian Maryborough League. |
2003 |
Doug
Ring, test cricketer, died aged 84. |
2005 |
Racehorse
trainer Angus Armanasco, died aged 92. He was born in 1912. |
