|
year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
|
1877 |
The
first game of polo played in Queensland took place at the
Eagle Farm Racecourse. |
|
1904 |
The
inaugural Henley-on-Yarra regatta was held and was won by
Ballarat. |
|
1910 |
East
Torrens defeated Adelaide to win the South Australian Cricket
premiership. |
|
1943 |
Vern
Schuppan, Australian racing driver, was born. |
|
1949 |
1951 Melbourne
Cup winner Delta
had his first race start when he ran 2nd of 18 in the 2YO Maiden
Handicap at Canterbury |
|
1975 |
Matthew
Richardson, Australian rules footballer (Richmond), was born. |
|
1978 |
Sprinter
Paul Narracott set an Australian record for 100 metres at
10.0 seconds in Brisbane. |
|
1983 |
In a ring-in scandal, the racehorse
Nordica was entered in a race at Broken Hill under the name
Foden. He was backed from 50/1 to 2/1 and won easily. The race
was later awarded to Eastern Crisis. |
|
1985 |
NSW narrowly won the Sheffield
Shield beating Queensland by 1 wicket. |
|
1989 |
Walker
Kerry Saxby took 15 seconds off her own 5000 metre world record
time at the Australian championships being held in Brisbane. |
|
1989 |
Cyclist
Martin Vinnicombe set a new Australian cycling record for
1000 metres from a standing start at the Launceston velodrome. |
|
2005 |
The
Sydney Kings become the first team to win three consecutive
NBL titles after defeating the Wollongong Wolves. |
