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What happened in sport on this day..

May 1


 

 

year
Australian sporting history on this day
1891
Victorian rules football umpires began the practise of bouncing the ball in the centre square after each goal.
1915
Tasmanian William Peck set a new world record of 43.6 seconds for the 18 inch standing block chop at a meeting in Ranatunga in New Zealand.
1954
Jockey Cecil Kelly "rode the card" when he rode all 6 winners at a meeting in Glen Innes, NSW
1954
Trainer Maurice McCarten trained five winnes at the Randwick racecourse
1955
Julien Wiener, Australian test cricket player - batsman (1979-80), born
1971
Damon Diletti, Australian field hockey goalkeeper, was born, Olympic medallist in 1992, 1996, 2000.
1974
Sir Frank Packer died at age 67 of pneumonia - he owned the 1947 Caulfield Cup winner Columnist.
1988
Ben Lexcen, who designed the yacht that won the America's Cup in 1983, died aged 52.
1994
The 34 year old Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna was killed in a crash at the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola, near Bologna in Italy