|
year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
|
1886 |
Boxer
Peter Jackson won the Australian heavyweight championship
when he defeated Tom Lees in 30 rounds. |
|
1932 |
South
Sydney won the NSWRFL Grand Final Challenge against Western
Suburbs 19-12. |
|
1938 |
Cox Plate winning racehorse Beau
Vite had his first race start at Marton in NZ running unplaced
in theJuvenile Handicap over 4 furlongs behind Vascones |
|
1949 |
Jockey Frank McIntyre "rode
the card" when he rode all 6 winners at a meeting in Wagga,
NSW (Included one dead heat!) |
|
1963 |
St
George won the NSWRFL Grand Final against Western Suburbs
8-3. |
|
1967 |
Richmond
ended a 24 year premiership drought, when it defeated Geelong
16.18.114 to 15.15.105. |
|
1977 |
St
George and Parramatta replay the NSWRFL Grand Final, with
St George winning 22-0 - the first final was a draw at 9-9. |
|
1989 |
Canberra
won the NSWRL Grand Final against Balmain 19-14. |
|
1993 |
Sydney
was awarded the 2000 Olympic Games at 4.27am local time. |
|
1995 |
Mick
Doohan won the Argentinian Grand Prix to give him the world
500cc championship for the second time. |
|
1995 |
Sydney
Bulldogs won the ARL Grand Final against Manly Warringah 17-4. |
|
2005 |
The
Sydney Swans defeated the West Coast Eagles 8.10 (58) to 7.12
(54) in front of a sell out crowd at the MCG. This gave the
club its first premiership since 1933. |
