| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
1877 |
In
what is considered to be the first official cricket Test match,
a game between Australia and England starts in Melbourne.
The home side won by 45 runs. |
1923 |
VFL
footballer and commentator Lou Richards was born. |
1928 |
The
Liverpool Coursing Club held its first greyhound race meeting
in Sydney. |
1947 |
David Colley, NSW fast bowler,
was born. Played 3 Tests around 1972 for Australia. |
1965 |
Lester Ellis, IBF World Juinior-lightweight
champio boxer, born Blackpool in UK |
1982 |
Australian
motorcycle champion Chad Reed born in Kurri Kurri |
1983 |
Ben Hilfenhaus, test cricket player - fast
bowler, born |
1984 |
At Bunbury
racecourse, Myositis and Islandeady dead heated for
first and Fashion Dash and Blue Amazon dead heated for third
in the same race. |
2004 |
Torah
Bright became the first Australian woman to win a World Cup
snowboarding event, winning gold in the half-pipe at Bardonecchia,
Italy. |
| 2011 |
Jockey Dean Yendall
rode 5 winners on the card at the Hamilton
racecourse |
