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2000 Brian Statham, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009, dies in Stockport, England, of leukemia, at age 69
1991 Prior Jones, West Indian cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1948-52), dies 1985 Sandy Bell, South African cricket pace bowler (16 Tests), dies 1985 At 80 Leo Sites becomes oldest bowler to score a 300 game 1983 V N Swamy, Indian cricket pace bowler (without distinction), dies 1982 Earl Anthony becomes 1st pro bowler to win more than $1 million 1979 Doug Meintjes, South Africa cricket pace bowler (v England 1922-23), dies 1977 Shahid Nazir, cricketer, Pakistan Test fast bowler vs. Zimbabwe 1996 1977 Reg Perks, England cricket pace bowler (1938-39), dies 1977 Paul "Goggo" Adams, cricketer, lefty very unorthodox bowler for South Africa 1976 Mpumelo Mbangwa, cricketer, Zimbabwe pace bowler vs. Pakistan 1996 1976 Everton Matambanadzo, Zimbabwean cricket pace bowler, vs. Pakistan 1996 1976 Gary Brent, cricketer, Zimbabwe ODI pace bowler 1996 1975 Ravindra Pushpakumara, Sri Lankan cricketer, Test pace bowler 1975 Jason Gillespie, cricketer, SA fast bowler, Australia 1996 1975 Chris Silverwood, cricketer, England Test pace bowler vs. Zimbabwe 1996 1975 Azhar Mahmood, cricket pace bowler, Pakistani ODI 1996 1975 Chaminda Vaas, brilliant Sri Lankan cricket pace bowler, 1994- 1974 Brad Williams, cricketer, Victoria and Young Australia fast bowler 1974 Heath Streak, cricketer, Zimbabwean pace bowler 1993- 1974 Mark Harrity, cricketer, promising South Australia left-arm fast bowler 1974 Glen Chapple, cricketer, Lancashire and England A pace bowler 1973 Stan Worthington, English cricket pace bowler (9 Tests 1930-36), dies 1973 Nixon A. McNamara McClean, West Indies cricket fast bowler, ODI 1996 1973 Dodda Ganesh, cricketer, Karnataka and India pace bowler 1997 1973 Ashfaq Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistan pace bowler 1993- 1972 Troy Corbett, cricket pace bowler, Victorian lefty since 1994-95 1972 Adrian Van Troost, fast cricket bowler, Somerset and Holland 1972 Aaqib Javed, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler 1989- 1972 Vincent Valentine, WI cricket pace bowler (England 1933), dies 1972 Paras Mhambrey, Indian cricket pace bowler, Test vs. England 1996 1972 Bryan Strang, cricket pace bowler, brother of Paul Zimbabwe 1995- 1972 Dulip Liyanage, cricketer, Sri Lanka righty fast-medium Test bowler 1972 Robert Kennedy, cricketer, New Zealand opening bowler 1996 1972 Michael Kasprowicz, cricketer, Australian Test fast bowler vs. WI 1996 1972 Simon Cook, cricketer, Victorian pace bowler joined NSW 1995-96 1971 Manjula Munasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lankan ODI pace bowler 1971 Heath Te-Ihi-O-Te-Rangy Davis, cricket bowler, New Zealand open vs. England 1994 1971 Lisle Nagel, Australian cricket opening bowler (1932), dies 1971 Waqar Younis, cricketer, brilliant Pakistani fast/swing bowler 1971 Patterson Thompson, cricketer, WI Test fast bowler vs. New Zealand 1996 1971 Pramodaya Wickremasinhghe, cricketer, Sri Lankan fast-medium bowler 1971 Ed Giddins, cricketer, promising Sussex pace bowler, England A 1995 1971 Martin Suji, cricketer, Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1971 Aamer Nazir, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler 1993- 1970 Shane George, cricketer, S Australian fast bowler, Shield debut at 17 1970 Steve Nikataras, cricketer, left-arm pace bowler for NSW 1996-97 1970 Andy Bichel, cricketer, Australian pace bowler vs. WI 1997 1970 Mark Ilott, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler 1993- 1970 Brett Schultz, cricket pace bowler, South African Test 1970 Steven Jack, cricketer, South African pace bowler 1994-95 1970 John Rennie, cricketer, Zimbabwe pace bowler 1993 1970 Phil Alley, cricketer, NSW left-arm pace bowler 1970 Damien Fleming, Australia cricket pace bowler, hat-trick on Test debut 1970 Glenn McGrath, cricketer, NSW and Australian fast bowler 1993- 1970 Cameron Cuffy, cricketer, St. Vincent and WI fast bowler 1994- 1970 Eric Gouka, cricketer, Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1970 Anthony Stuart, cricketer, Australian ODI pace bowler, hat trick 1997 1969 Peter Martin, cricketer, Lancashire and England pace bowler 1995 1969 Michael Owens, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand Test 1969 Javagal Srinath, cricketer, Indian right-arm pace bowler since 1991 1969 Vivek Razdan, cricket pace bowler, Indian Test 1989-90 1969 Vasbert Conniel Drakes, cricketer, Barbados fast bowler, WI ODI 1995 1969 Venkatesh Prasad, cricketer, consistent Indian Test pace bowler 1996- 1969 Alan Mullally, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler 1996 1969 Simon Brown, cricketer, Durham pace bowler, England 1996 1969 Ottis Gibson, cricketer, Barbados fast bowler, WI 1995 1969 Martin Bicknell, cricketer, England pace bowler 1993 1968 Andy Caddick, English cricket pace bowler, New Zealand 1993 1968 Wayne Holdsworth, cricketer, NSW fast bowler, Australian tourist 1993 1968 Abey Kuruvila, cricketer, promising Bombay fast bowler 1968 Jo Angel, cricketer, big WA right-arm fast bowler, Australia 1993- 1968 Atul Wassan, cricketer, Indian pace bowler 1989-90 1968 Salil Ankola, cricketer, Indian pace bowler one Test 1989 1968 Johanne Samarasekera, UAE cricket opening bowler, 96 World Cup 1968 Chris Pringle, New Zealand cricket pace bowler, since 1990 1967 Ian Bishop, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler 1966 Murphy Logo Su'a, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand left-arm of Samoan parents 1966 Allan Donald, cricketer, great South African fast bowler 1966 Meyrick Pringle, cricket pace bowler, South African 1966 Wasim Akram, cricketer, brilliant Pakistani lefty fast bowler 1966 Gary Martin, cricket pace bowler, Zimbabwe ODI 1966 Paul Reiffel, cricketer, Victorian and Australian pace bowler 1966 Tertius Bosch, cricketer, South African pace bowler 1992 1966 Phillip De Freitas, cricket pace bowler, in Dominica England 1986-95 1966 Danny Morrison, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand since 1987 1966 Chetan Sharma, cricketer, Ind Test bowler, World Cup hat-trick 1987 1965 Willie Watson, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand 1965 Sanjeev Sharma, cricketer, Indian pace bowler 1988-89 1965 Angus Fraser, cricketer, England right-arm pace bowler 1989- 1965 Tim Munton, cricketer, England pace bowler in two Tests 1992 1965 Paul Jarvis, cricketer, England pace bowler 1988-93 1965 Edward Odumbe, cricketer, Kenyan pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1965 Craig McDermott, cricket pace bowler, tireless Austr since 1984 1965 Craig Matthews, cricket pace bowler, South African Test 1965 Champaka Ramanayake, cricketer, Sri Lankan opening bowler 1964 Denis Hickey, cricketer, fast bowler for Vic, SA and Glamorgan 1964 Kapila Wijegunewardene, cricketer, Sri Lankan fast-medium bowler 1964 George Ferris, cricketer, Leewards fast bowler 1964 Fanie De Villers, cricketer, great South African pace bowler 1993- 1964 Paul Taylor, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler in one Test 1993 1964 Utpal Chatterjee, cricketer, Bengal slow left-arm bowler 1964 David Freedman, cricketer, NSW left-arm Chinese bowler since 1990 1964 Graeme Labrooy, cricketer, Sri Lankan pace bowler in 9 Tests 1986-91 1964 Rashid Patel, cricketer, Indian pace bowler, Lamba incident 1964 Milton Small, cricket pace bowler, WI vs. Australia 1984 1963 Asif Karim, cricketer, slow left-arm bowler for Kenya 1996 World Cup 1963 Mohsin Kamal, cricketer, Pakistani fast bowler 1984- 1963 Manoj Prabhakar, cricketer, Indian opening batsman and opening bowler 1963 Bruce Reid, cricketer, brilliant left-arm Australia pace bowler 1985-92 1963 Eddo Brandes, cricketer, Zimbabwe Test pace bowler 1963 Devon Malcolm, cricketer, in Jamaica England fast bowler 1989-95 1963 Roland Lefebvre, cricket pace bowler, Glamorgan and Holland 1963 Dirk Tazelaar, cricketer, Queensland and Surrey left-arm pace bowler 1963 Spin bowler Bobby Simpson takes 5-57 for Australia vs. England 1962 Bharat Arun, cricketer, Indian pace bowler late-80's 1962 Salim Jaffer, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 14 Tests 1986-91 1962 Courtney Walsh, cricketer, WI pace bowler, hat-trick vs. Australia 1988 1962 Philip Newport, cricketer, England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1988-91 1962 Rajiv Kulkarni, cricketer, Indian Test pace bowler 1986-87 1962 Aleta Rzepecki Sill, born in Detroit, Michigan, bowler, 1983 WIBC single 1962 Uvais Karnain, cricketer, Sri Lankan ODI bowler in mid 1980's 1962 Floris Jansen, cricketer, Netherlands pace bowler 1996 World Cup 1961 Merv Hughes, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1985-94 Extrovert 1961 Paul Jackson, cricketer, slow lefty bowler for Victoria and Queensland 1961 Neil Mallender, cricketer, England pace bowler in two Tests 1992 1961 Carol Norman, Ardmore Oklahoma, bowler, LPBT Rookie of Year 1982 1961 Lisa Rathgber, Hillsboro, Illinois, bowler, LPBT Rookie of Year 1980 1961 Lisa Wagner, bowler, 3-time LPBT Player of Year, Bowler of Decade 1961 Norman Cowans, cricketer, England fast bowler in 19 Tests 1982-85 1961 Joey Benjamin, cricket pace bowler, in St. Kitts England in 1994 1960 Dave Gilbert, cricketer, Aussie pace bowler in 9 Tests 1985-86 1960 Jayananda Warnaweera, cricketer, Sri Lankan fastish off-spin bowler 1960 Vinodhan John, cricket pace bowler, Sri Lankan in 6 Tests 1983-84 1960 Ravi Ratnayeke, cricketer, Sri Lankan pace bowler and opening batsman 1960 Jon Agnew, cricketer, England pace bowler late 80's 1960 Jonathan Agnew, British broadcaster and test bowler 1959 Nikki Gianulias, Vallejo California, bowler, LPBT Rookie of Year 1979 1959 Simon Davis, Victorian cricket pace bowler, Test vs. New Zealand 1986, no wkts 1959 Walter Ray Williams, Jr., bowler, twice Player of the Year 1959 Asantha De Mel, cricketer, pioneering Sri Lankan Test opening bowler 1958 Tony Pigott, cricketer, England pace bowler in a Test vs. New Zealand 1984 1958 Yograj Singh, cricketer, Indian pace bowler early 80's 1958 Ole Mortensen, cricketer, pace bowler for Derbyshire and Denmark 1957 Geoff "Henry" Lawson, cricketer, Australian fast bowler 1980-89 1957 Sikander Bakht, cricketer, Pakistani change bowler late 70's 1957 Paul-Jan Bakker, cricketer, Hampshire and Netherlands pace bowler 1957 Neal Radford, cricketer, Zambia England pace bowler in 3 Tests 1986-88 1957 Donna Adamek, Duarte California, bowler, BWAA Woman of Year 1978-81 1956 Nick Cook, cricketer, England lefty slow bowler in 15 Tests 1983-89 1956 Balwinder Singh Sandhu, cricketer, Sikh pace bowler 1983 World Cup 1956 Wayne Daniel, cricketer, WI fast bowler 1976-84 1955 Tony Allcock, born in Leicestershire, England, bowler, two-time world outdoor singles champion, 1992, 1996, world singles champion 1986, 1987, 2002, won silver medal in men's singles event at 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, Canada 1955 Liaqat Ali, cricket pace bowler, Pakistani in six Tests 1975-79 1954 Sylvester Clarke, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler and brick-thrower 1954 Michael Holding, cricket fast bowler, Whispering Death-Awesome for WI 1953 Colin Croft, cricketer, West Indian fast bowler 1977-82 1952 Joel Garner, cricketer, two-metre West Indian pace bowler 1977-87 1952 Joel Garner, born in Christ Church, Barbados, right-handed, fast bowler, nicknamed 'Big Bird', West Indian cricketer, played 1979 Cricket World Cup, 1983 Cricket World Cup 1952 Trevor Chappell, cricketer, bro of several Aussie underarm bowler 1952 Gary Troup, cricketer, New Zealand lefty pace bowler in 15 Tests 1976-86 1951 Richard Hadlee, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, cricket bowler, 431 wickets 1951 Mark Roth, bowler, 4-time PBA Player of Year 1950 Jeff[rey R] Thomson, cricketer, great Aussie fast bowler 1972 - 1985 1950 Alan Hurst, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1974-79 1950 Ewen Chatfield, New Zealand cricketer pace bowler, 1975-89 1950 Sam Staples, cricket pace bowler (3 Tests 1927-28), dies 1950 Jeff Hammond, cricketer, Australian fast bowler on 1973 WI tour 1950 Ehtesham-ud-din, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 5 Tests 1980-82 1949 Lance Cairns, cricketer, big-hitting New Zealand medium-pace bowler 1949 Inshan Ali, cricketer, big-spinning WI chinaman bowler 1971-77 1949 Arthur Fielder, England cricket fast bowler (6 Tests 1903-08), dies 1949 Dennis Lillee, Australian cricket fast bowler, 1971-84 1949 Bob Willis, cricketer, superb England fast bowler 1971-84 1949 Uton Dowe, cricketer, WI pace bowler 1972-73 "Dowe shall not bowl" 1948 Sarfraz Nawaz, cricketer, successful Pakistani pace bowler 1969-84 1948 Mike Hendrick, cricketer, England seam bowler in 30 Tests 1974-81 1948 Norbert Phillip, cricketer, WI pace bowler late 70s 1948 Mike Selvey, cricketer, England pace bowler of late 70's 1948 Vintcent Van der Bijl, Natal cricket bowler, superb 2m of 70's and 80's 1947 Dhiraj Parsana, cricket pace bowler, Indian vs. WI 1978-79 1947 Alan Ward, England cricket pace bowler, 1969 - 1976 1947 Murray Webb, cricketer, New Zealand fast bowler in 3 Tests, 4 wkts at 117 75 1947 Bob Massie, cricketer, Australia swing bowler, 16 wkts on debut vs. England 1972 1946 Subroto Guha, cricketer, right arm swing bowler for India 1967-69 1945 Vanburn Holder, cricketer, West Indian pace bowler of 70's 1945 Geoff Dymock, Australian cricket left-arm pace bowler, 1974-80 1944 Grayson Shillingford, cricket bowler, WI 1969-71, 7 Tests 15 wickets 1944 Eric Freeman, Australian cricket pace bowler, late 60's 1944 Arif Butt, cricketer, pace bowler for Pakistan in three Tests 1964-65 1942 Nelson "Bo" Burton, Jr., bowler/sportscaster, Pro Bowlers Tour 1942 U. N. Kulkarni, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in four Tests 1967-68 1942 Dave Sincock, cricketer, chinaman bowler played for Australia 1964-66 1942 Dave Brown, cricketer, Warwicks pace bowler, played 26X for England 1942 Laurie Mayne, cricketer, Australian pace bowler in 6 Tests 1965-70 1941 Jeff Jones, cricketer, England left-arm pace bowler in 60's 1941 Graeme Corling, Australian cricket fast bowler, 1964 England tour 1941 Graham McKenzie, cricketer, prolific Australian pace bowler 1961-71 1941 Gary Bartlett, cricket pace bowler, New Zealand in 10 Tests in the 1960's 1941 Bob Cunis, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler of the late 60's 1940 Richard Edwards, cricketer, WI pace bowler 1968-69 Australia/New Zealand tour 1940 Pat Trimborn, cricket pace bowler, South African in 4 Tests 1966-70 1940 David Larter, cricketer, two-metre tall England pace bowler 1939 Ken Walter, South African cricket pace bowler, 1961-62 series vs. New Zealand 1939 Alan Connolly, cricketer, Australian pace bowler through 60s 1939 Neil Hawke, cricketer, Australia pace bowler and late-order bat in 60s 1939 R B Desai, cricketer, effective pace bowler for India in 60s 1939 Lester King, cricketer, WI fast bowler, 2 Tests 1962-68, 9 wkts 1939 Antao D'Souza, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in six Tests 1959-62 1938 Charlie Griffith, cricketer, WI fast bowler, or did he chuck?, 1938 Frank Misson, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1960-61 1938 Chester Watson, West Indian cricket fast bowler, early 60s 1938 Earl Anthony, bowler, PBA money champ 1974-6, 1981-3 1938 Mohammad Farooq, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 7 Tests 1960-65 1937 Rajinder Pal, cricketer, pace bowler in one Test India vs. Eng, 0-22 1937 John Price, England cricket fast-medium bowler, 1964-72 1937 V B Ranjane, Indian cricket fast bowler, early 1960's 1937 Sven Conrad Stayers, cricketer, WI fast bowler 1962 1937 R Surendranath, cricketer, Indian pace bowler in 11 Tests early 60s 1936 Harold "Dusty" Rhodes, England cricket pace bowler, 1959 1935 Fred Rumsey, England, cricket lefty pace bowler, 5 Tests 1964-65 1935 Mohammad Munaf, cricketer, Pakistani pace bowler in 4 Tests 1959-62 1935 Clive Halse, cricketer, South Africa fast bowler on 1963-64 Australia/New Zealand tour 1934 Sadashiv Patil, cricketer, pace bowler in Test India vs. New Zealand 1955-56 1934 David Smith, cricketer, England opening bowler vs. India 1961-62 1934 Lindsay Kline, cricketer, Australian chinaman bowler Hat-trick 1957 1934 Munir Malik, Pakistani cricket pace bowler, 3 Tests 1959-62 1934 Roy Gilchrist, cricketer, volatile WI fast bowler of late 50s 1934 Ron Gaunt, cricketer, Australian fast bowler late 50s early 60s 1933 Jim Pothecary, cricketer, South African pace bowler on 1960 England tour 1933 Tom Dewdney, cricket pace bowler, WI of 50's 1933 Pat Crawford, cricketer, Australian pace bowler 1956 1933 Len Coldwell, cricket bowler, England medium-fast in 7 Tests 1962-64 1932 Henry Howell, English cricket fast bowler (5 Tests 1920-24), dies 1932 Bob Blair, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 19 Tests in 50s 1932 Francis Cameron, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler took 61 wickets 1961-65 1932 Mahmood Hussain, Pakistani cricket swing bowler, 68 wkts in 27 Tests 1932 Godfrey Lawrence, cricketer, South African fast bowler, 8-53 vs. New Zealand 1961 1932 Jaswick Taylor, cricketer, WI pace bowler 50s, 10 wkts in 3 Tests 1931 David Bryant, English world champion bowler/tv-host 1931 Eddie Fuller, cricketer, South African fast bowler in 7 Tests 1952-58 1931 Trevor Goddard, cricketer, South African opening batsman and opening bowler 1931 Johnny Martin, Australian cricket left-arm chinaman bowler, 60's 1931 Neil Adcock, cricketer, South African pace bowler, 104 wkts 1953-62 1930 Alan Moss, cricket pace bowler, England during 50's 1930 Brian Statham, born in Gorton, England, cricketer, 20th century's leading fast bowler, inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, 2009 1930 Michael Melle, cricketer, South African pace bowler of early 1950's 1930 G R Sunderam, cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests India vs. New Zealand 1955-56 1929 Dick Weber, pro bowler, 16, 300 games 1929 Nicolaas Theunissen, South Africa cricket break bowler (2nd Test 1889), dies 1929 Tony Lock, cricketer, highly successful England slow lefty bowler 1929 Jack Flavell, cricketer, England pace bowler in 4 Tests 1961-64 1929 Sonny Ramadhin, cricket spin bowler, great WI 1929 Ian Thomson, cricketer, England seam bowler vs. South Africa 1964-65 1928 Ken Hough, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in two Tests vs. England 1959 1928 Peter Heine, cricketer, solid South African fast bowler in 1950's 1928 Khan Mohammad, cricketer, Pakistan fast-med bowler, 54 wkts in 13 Tests 1927 John Warr, England, cricket bowler, avg 281, president, MCC 1927 Eric St. Eval Atkinson, cricketer, bro of Denis WI pace bowler 1958-59 1927 William Attewell, cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), dies 1927 Israr Ali, cricket pace bowler, Pakistani in 4 Tests 1952-59 1927 John Hayes, cricketer, New Zealand fast bowler in 15 Tests 1951-58 1926 Frank King, cricketer, WI fast bowler in 14 Tests in 50's, 29 wkts 1926 Zulfiqar Ahmed, Pakistani cricket pace bowler, 9 Tests 1952-56 1926 Don Carter, bowler, 6-time Bowler of Year, 1953-54, 57-58, 60-61 1926 Frederick Robert Spofforth, cricketer/demon bowler, dies 1925 Ghulam Guard, cricketer, lefty pace bowler in 2 Tests for India 1959 1925 David Ironside, cricketer, South Africa swing bowler in 3 Tests vs. New Zealand 1953-54 1924 Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricket fast bowler, took 70 wickets in 1950's 1924 Derek Shackleton, England cricket pace bowler, 50's 1923 Fred Ridgway, England cricket pace bowler, 1951-52 Indian tour 1923 Nirode Chowdhury, Indian cricket pace bowler, 1949-52 1923 Johnny Wardle, cricketer, Yorkshire and England left-arm bowler of 50's 1922 Harry Cave, cricketer, New Zealand bowler and Test captain in the 1950's 1922 Bill Johnston, cricket pace bowler, mighty Australian lefty post-war 1921 Ray Lindwall, cricketer, Australian fast bowler and St. George full-back 1921 Arthur Mold, British cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies 1921 Les Jackson, cricket bowler, England twice, 1949 and 1961 1920 George Tribe, cricketer, Australian chinaman bowler, Northants 1920 Donald Beard, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in the 1950's 1919 Guy Overton, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 3 Tests on 1953-54 SA tour 1919 Tom Brooks, cricketer, NSW fast bowler of the 30's, later Test umpire 1919 Len Johnson, cricketer, Australian fast bowler played Test in 1948 1918 Eric Bedser, cricketer, bro of Alec, Surrey bowler but not England 1918 Ranga Sohoni, Indian cricketer, pace bowler of late 40's avg 101 1917 Prior Jones, cricketer, WI pace bowler in 9 Tests 1948-52 1916 Esmond Kentish, cricketer, WI fast bowler in 2 Tests 1948 and 1954 1916 Alec Coxon, cricketer, England pace bowler in one Test, 2-90 and 1-82 1915 Fred Freer, cricketer, Australian pace bowler played one Test in 1946 1914 Ernie Toshack, cricket pace bowler, Aussie left-arm post-WWII 1914 Marion Ladewig, Michigan, bowler, 9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63 1913 Steven Nagy, bowler, 1st to bowl 300 on TV, 1954 1913 Harold Butler, cricketer, England pace bowler late 40's 1912 Jack Walsh, NSW/Leicestershire cricket china bowler, didn't rep Australia 1912 Jack Cowie, cricketer, successful New Zealand fast bowler either side of WWII 1912 Arthur Beaumont C. Langton, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler of 1930's 1911 Norman Gordon, South Africa cricket pace bowler, against England 1938-39 1911 Baqa Jilani, Indian cricket fast bowler, Test 1936 1911 Ken Farnes, cricket bowler, fast England in pre-WW II years 1911 Bob Crisp, cricketer, South African pace bowler of 30's 1911 Geoff Chubb, cricketer, South Africa pace bowler vs. England 1951-52 aged 40 1910 Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies 1910 Mahomed Nissar, cricketer, pioneer Indian opening bowler in Tests 1909 Manny Martindale, cricketer, fiery WI pace bowler of 30's 1909 Eric Quail Davies, cricket pace bowler, 5 Tests for South Africa 1935-39 1909 Albert Roberts, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in 5 Tests 1932-37 1909 Bill Voce, cricketer, England left-arm bodyline bowler 1909 John Cochrane, South African cricket pace bowler, one Test 1931 1908 Leslie O'Brien "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith, Chinese cricket bowler 1907 Harry Boyle, round-arm cricket bowler (12 of Australia's early Tests), dies 1906 A J "Sandy" Bell, South Africa cricket fast bowler, 16 Tests 1929-35 1906 Alexander Matheson, New Zealand cricket pace bowler, 2 Tests 1930-31 1905 Ian Cromb, cricketer, New Zealand pace bowler in the early 1930's 1904 Harold Larwood, cricketer, England bodyline bowler 1903 John Dunning, cricketer, New Zealand medium-fast bowler of 30's 1902 Jack Newman, New Zealand cricket lefty pace bowler, 1932-33, later knighted 1899 A L "Oosh" Ochse, cricketer, no relation to A E South African fast bowler 1899 Perc Hornibrook, Australian cricket left-arm bowler, 20's 1898 Hal Hooker, cricketer, NSW pace bowler of 20's and 30's 1895 Fred Badcock, cricketer, swing bowler in New Zealand's 1st Test matches 1895 Matthew Henderson, cricketer, lefty pace bowler in New Zealand's 1st Test 1895 Maurice Tate, cricketer, great England pace bowler of 20's 1893 Herman Griffith, cricketer, pioneering WI pace bowler 1893 Jimmy Blanckenberg, cricket pace bowler, took 60 wickets for South Africa 1893 Jack Durston, cricketer, England fast bowler against Australia 1921 1893 George Geary, cricketer, sturdy pace bowler for England 1924-34 1886 Bill Whitty, cricketer, Australian left-arm bowler 1909-12 1886 Joe Cox, cricketer, South African pace bowler in 1913-14 series vs. England 1879 J J Kotze, South African cricket fast bowler, 1902-07 1876 Bert Vogler, cricketer, early South African googly bowler 1876 Bert Hopkins, cricketer, Australian pace bowler of the 1900's 1875 Walter Lees, cricketer, Surrey pace bowler toured for England 1905-06 1873 Sydney Barnes, cricketer, probably England's greatest bowler 1870 Tom Richardson, legendary England cricket fast bowler, 1893-98 1869 Bill Howell, cricketer, Australian bowler at turn of century 1869 Ernest Jones, cricket pace bowler, marvellous Australia at turn of century 1867 John James Ferris, cricketer, mighty Australian bowler of late 1880's 1867 Sammy Woods, cricket bowler, Australia and England Rugby wing-forward 1865 George Lohmann, cricketer, England's great bowler late 19th cent 1850 Fred Morley, cricketer, legendary Notts and England bowler 1880-83 1842 Alfred Shaw, cricketer, pioneering England Test bowler |
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