1979 Event David Gower 200* in England score of 5-633 vs. India at Edgbaston 1978 Event Cricket Test debut of David Gower, vs. Pakistan, Edgbaston, scores 58 1971 Event Zaheer Abbas scores Cricket 274 at Edgbaston, 544 minutes 38 fours 1971 Event Test Cricket debut of Imran Khan, vs. England at Edgbaston (5, 0-36, 0-19) 1961 Event Test Cricket debut of William Morris Lawry, vs. England at Edgbaston, 57 1957 Event Test Cricket debut for Rohan Kanhai vs. England at Edgbaston 1955 Birthday Tony Miles, born in Edgbaston, Birmingham, chess player, chess Grandmaster, won matches with World Chess Champions Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov, Mikhail Tal, achieved peak rating of 2635, January 1, 1996 1902 Event Australia Cricket all out 36 vs. England, Edgbaston, their lowest ever