1951 - Gordon Greenidge is born in
Barbados. Greenidge grew up in England from the age of 12. His Test debut was in India in 1974 and his last Test was on his 40th birthday in 1991 at Antigua.
[1] He and
Desmond Haynes formed one of the most formidable opening partnerships of all time.
England
1930 - Don Bradman makes 236 in his first
first-class innings in England, in a tour match against Worcestershire.
1963 - The world's first limited overs competition starts: the first Gillette Cup match between Lancashire and Leicestershire at Old Trafford. Due to rain, the 65-overs-a-side match goes into a second day.
[2]
1901 - George Duckworth, wicketkeeper in 24
Tests for
England in the 1920s and 1930s and later a tour organiser and manager for Commonwealth teams in India, is born at
Warrington
West Indies
1932 - Conrad Hunte, opening batsman in 44 Tests and later international Test match referee, is born at
St Andrew,
Barbados
1955 - Leslie Hylton is hanged in Jamaica after being convicted for the murder of his wife. Hylton is the only Test cricketer to die by capital punishment.
1953 - The Rev. Tom Killick, who played two
Tests for
England in 1929, dies at the age of 46 while playing in a match between the diocesan clergy of St Albans and Coventry at
Northampton.
1959 - Graham Dilley, fast-medium bowler in 41 Tests for England between 1979 and 1989, is born at
Dartford,
Kent.
1911 - E. M. Grace, older brother of
W. G. and a leading cricketer of the 1860s and 1870s, dies at
Thornbury,
Gloucestershire, aged 69. He was known as "The Coroner"
1907 – Australian Albert Trott, playing for Middlesex, took four wickets in four balls in
Somerset's second innings and followed that with a
hat-trick in the same innings, a feat not so far equalled.
May 23
England
1918 - Denis Compton is born in
Hendon,
Middlesex. In 1947, he made 18 centuries and 3816 runs, the most ever in an English cricket season. He also took 47 wickets.
1969 - Colin Milburn loses an eye in a car accident, ending his Test career.
1955 - Charles Palmer took eight wickets without conceding a run, seven of them bowled, for Leicestershire against Surrey.
[6]
South Africa
1942 -
Ali Bacher, captain of
South Africa in the series before the apartheid era ban came into effect and influential administrator in the transition to multiracial cricket in South Africa, is born at
Roodepoort.
1868 - Edward Tylecote became the first man to score more than four hundred runs. The feat was accomplished at
Clifton College, where thirty-one years later
AEJ Collins would make the current highest individual score.
1887 - Frank Woolley is born at
Tonbridge,
Kent. Woolley went on to score the second-highest number of runs in
first-class cricket, he is one of only two players to score 50,000 runs and take 2000 wickets, and is the only non-
wicket-keeper to take 1000 catches.
1938 - Don Bradman completes 1,000 runs, the earliest in any English first-class season that this milestone has been achieved.
1956 - West Indian wicket-keeper batsman Jeff Dujon was born in
Kingston. He has 272
Test dismissals and 3322 Test runs to his name.
May 29
Australia
1839 - Australians Nat Thomson and Ned Gregory were born. Both would play in the first ever Test match. Thomson was the first man to be dismissed in a Test and Gregory made the first duck.
England
1902 - Edgbaston hosted its first Test match, the 12th Test venue worldwide and the only one (out of 94 to the start of the 2007 season) to host its first Test in the month of May.
West Indies
2000 - West Indies recorded the ninth one-wicket victory in Tests as Jimmy Adams and Courtney Walsh added 19 against Pakistan.
1949 - England's Bob Willis was born. He went on play ninety Tests for England, taking 325 wickets in the process. He also captained his country in eighteen Tests.
West Indies
1909 - George Headley was born in Panama. In his twenty-two Test matches for West Indies, he averaged over sixty.
May 31
England
1815 - The first first-class game at the current Lord's ground was played.
1928 - Charlie Hallows, needing an innings of 232 to complete 1,000 runs in the month of May, makes exactly that score for
Lancashire in the match against
Sussex at
Manchester, and then is out next ball. Only two other players –
W. G. Grace in 1895 and
Wally Hammond in 1927 – have achieved 1,000 in the calendar month.
India
1928 - Indian Pankaj Roy was born in Kolkata. He added 413 with
Ashok Mankad to make the largest opening partnership in history.
1951 - Gordon Greenidge is born in
Barbados. Greenidge grew up in England from the age of 12. His Test debut was in India in 1974 and his last Test was on his 40th birthday in 1991 at Antigua.
[1] He and
Desmond Haynes formed one of the most formidable opening partnerships of all time.
England
1930 - Don Bradman makes 236 in his first
first-class innings in England, in a tour match against Worcestershire.
1963 - The world's first limited overs competition starts: the first Gillette Cup match between Lancashire and Leicestershire at Old Trafford. Due to rain, the 65-overs-a-side match goes into a second day.
[2]
1901 - George Duckworth, wicketkeeper in 24
Tests for
England in the 1920s and 1930s and later a tour organiser and manager for Commonwealth teams in India, is born at
Warrington
West Indies
1932 - Conrad Hunte, opening batsman in 44 Tests and later international Test match referee, is born at
St Andrew,
Barbados
1955 - Leslie Hylton is hanged in Jamaica after being convicted for the murder of his wife. Hylton is the only Test cricketer to die by capital punishment.
1953 - The Rev. Tom Killick, who played two
Tests for
England in 1929, dies at the age of 46 while playing in a match between the diocesan clergy of St Albans and Coventry at
Northampton.
1959 - Graham Dilley, fast-medium bowler in 41 Tests for England between 1979 and 1989, is born at
Dartford,
Kent.
1911 - E. M. Grace, older brother of
W. G. and a leading cricketer of the 1860s and 1870s, dies at
Thornbury,
Gloucestershire, aged 69. He was known as "The Coroner"
1907 – Australian Albert Trott, playing for Middlesex, took four wickets in four balls in
Somerset's second innings and followed that with a
hat-trick in the same innings, a feat not so far equalled.
May 23
England
1918 - Denis Compton is born in
Hendon,
Middlesex. In 1947, he made 18 centuries and 3816 runs, the most ever in an English cricket season. He also took 47 wickets.
1969 - Colin Milburn loses an eye in a car accident, ending his Test career.
1955 - Charles Palmer took eight wickets without conceding a run, seven of them bowled, for Leicestershire against Surrey.
[6]
South Africa
1942 -
Ali Bacher, captain of
South Africa in the series before the apartheid era ban came into effect and influential administrator in the transition to multiracial cricket in South Africa, is born at
Roodepoort.
1868 - Edward Tylecote became the first man to score more than four hundred runs. The feat was accomplished at
Clifton College, where thirty-one years later
AEJ Collins would make the current highest individual score.
1887 - Frank Woolley is born at
Tonbridge,
Kent. Woolley went on to score the second-highest number of runs in
first-class cricket, he is one of only two players to score 50,000 runs and take 2000 wickets, and is the only non-
wicket-keeper to take 1000 catches.
1938 - Don Bradman completes 1,000 runs, the earliest in any English first-class season that this milestone has been achieved.
1956 - West Indian wicket-keeper batsman Jeff Dujon was born in
Kingston. He has 272
Test dismissals and 3322 Test runs to his name.
May 29
Australia
1839 - Australians Nat Thomson and Ned Gregory were born. Both would play in the first ever Test match. Thomson was the first man to be dismissed in a Test and Gregory made the first duck.
England
1902 - Edgbaston hosted its first Test match, the 12th Test venue worldwide and the only one (out of 94 to the start of the 2007 season) to host its first Test in the month of May.
West Indies
2000 - West Indies recorded the ninth one-wicket victory in Tests as Jimmy Adams and Courtney Walsh added 19 against Pakistan.
1949 - England's Bob Willis was born. He went on play ninety Tests for England, taking 325 wickets in the process. He also captained his country in eighteen Tests.
West Indies
1909 - George Headley was born in Panama. In his twenty-two Test matches for West Indies, he averaged over sixty.
May 31
England
1815 - The first first-class game at the current Lord's ground was played.
1928 - Charlie Hallows, needing an innings of 232 to complete 1,000 runs in the month of May, makes exactly that score for
Lancashire in the match against
Sussex at
Manchester, and then is out next ball. Only two other players –
W. G. Grace in 1895 and
Wally Hammond in 1927 – have achieved 1,000 in the calendar month.
India
1928 - Indian Pankaj Roy was born in Kolkata. He added 413 with
Ashok Mankad to make the largest opening partnership in history.