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Australian sporting history on this day |
1923 |
Eastern Suburbs
won the NSWRFL Grand Final against South Sydney 15-12. |
1931 |
South Sydney
won the NSWRFL Grand Final Challenge against Eastern Suburbs
12-7. |
1935 |
Fitzroy champion
footballer, Haydn Bunton, won his third Brownlow Medal. |
1936 |
Eastern Suburbs
won the NSWRFL Grand Final against Balmain 32-12. |
1942 |
Canterbury won
the NSWRFL Grand Final Challenge against St George 11-9. |
1948 |
Max Walker,
cricketer / commentator / writer, was born; Nine's Wide World
of Sports, author of How to Kiss a Crocodile, How to Puzzle
a Python. |
1953 |
South Sydney
won the NSWRFL Grand Final against St George 31-12. |
| 1974 |
Jockey Mick Dittman
rode 5 winners on the card at the Doomben
racecourse |
1977 |
Nathan Bracken, test cricket player,
was born |
2002 |
Dennis Pagan signed to coach Carlton
Football Club in the AFL - just 24 hours after resigning as
coach of North Melbourne |
2005 |
England beat Australia by getting
a draw in the last Test at The Oval to win The Ashes for the
first time in 18 years....winning the series 2-1 |
2007 |
ABC race caller Geoff Mahoney
died. He started with the ABC in 1957 and his career lasted
33 years. |
