1931 - Basil D'Oliveira, who played 44 Tests for England having been unable to play first-class cricket in his native country because of the
apartheid regime, is born at
Cape Town
1915 - Dennis Brookes is born. Brookes played for Northamptonshire from 1934 to 1959 (as captain from 1954 to 1957), was President of the club from 1982 to 1984 and the gates at the Abington Avenue End of Northampton's
County Ground are named after him.
1974 - Michael Vaughan (pictured) is born. Vaughan captained England to more Test wins than any of his predecessors.
October 30
England
1936 - Teddy Wynyard, the only Test cricketer to have scored a goal in the
FA Cup Final, dies aged 75.
1931 - Basil D'Oliveira, who played 44 Tests for England having been unable to play first-class cricket in his native country because of the
apartheid regime, is born at
Cape Town
1915 - Dennis Brookes is born. Brookes played for Northamptonshire from 1934 to 1959 (as captain from 1954 to 1957), was President of the club from 1982 to 1984 and the gates at the Abington Avenue End of Northampton's
County Ground are named after him.
1974 - Michael Vaughan (pictured) is born. Vaughan captained England to more Test wins than any of his predecessors.
October 30
England
1936 - Teddy Wynyard, the only Test cricketer to have scored a goal in the
FA Cup Final, dies aged 75.