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1993 Denis Tomlinson, South Africa cricket leg-spinner, dies
1975 Mahendra Nagamootoo, cricketer, Guyanese leg-spinner 1975 Dinanath Ramnarine, cricketer, Trinidad and Tobago leg-spinner 1975 Greg Loveridge, cricketer, New Zealand leg-spinner, did not bowl vs. Zim 1996 1973 Zahir Shah, cricketer, attention-grabbing Rawalpindi leg-spinner 1970 Anil Kumble, cricketer, great Indian leg-spinner since 1990 1970 Paul Strang, cricketer, Zimbabwe's 1st Test match leg-spinner, 1994- 1970 Ian Salisbury, cricketer, Sussex and England leg-spinner 1992-96 1969 Rajindra Dhanraj, Trinidad cricket leg-spinner, WI 1994-95 1967 Sid Emery, cricket leg-spinner (NSW and Aus, 5 wkt in 1912 series), dies 1966 Peter McIntyre, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner 1995 1964 C R Browne, cricket leg-spinner (WI in 4 Tests, 6 wkts), dies 1958 Iqbal Sikander, cricketer, Pakistan leg-spinner 1992 World Cup 1956 Asoka De Silva, cricket leg-spinner, Sri Lanka in 10 Tests 1985-91 1954 Trevor Hohns, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner 1989 1950 Jim Higgs, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner 1978-81 1950 Douglas Carr, England cricket leg-spinner (Test 1909), dies 1949 Kerry O'Keeffe, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner 1971-77 1948 Rakesh Shukla, cricket leg-spinner, 1 Test India vs. Sri Lanka 1982 1946 Bob Holland, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner at age 38 1945 Dennis Lillie [sic], cricketer, Queensland leg-spinner 1965-66/80-82 1944 Terry Jenner, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner 1971-75 1943 Johnny Watkins, cricketer, NSW leg-spinner, bowled 6 overs for Australia 1942 Somachandra De Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan leg-spinner 1982-84 1942 Robin Hobbs, cricketer, England leg-spinner 1967-71 1941 Intikhab Alam, Pakistan cricket leg-spinner, 1959-77 1941 Malcolm Francke, cricketer, leg-spinner, Ceylon 1956 to Qld 1984 1940 Rex Sellers, Australia cricketer leg-spinner, bowled 5 overs in Tests 1938 Glen Hall, cricket leg-spinner, South African in one Test vs. England 1964 1937 Khalid Hassan, Pak cricket leg-spinner, took 2-116 at 16 in only Test 1934 Alfred Scott, WI cricket leg-spinner, son of O C, Test 0-140 1931 Tommy Greenhough, cricketer, English leg-spinner in 4 Tests 1959-60 1931 Gamini Goonesena, cricket leg-spinner, all-rounder for Ceylon, Notts 1930 Richie Benaud, cricket captain, great Aussie leg-spinner, commentator 1930 John Alabaster, cricketer, New Zealand most prolific leg-spinner with 49 wkts 1929 S P "Fergie" Gupte, cricketer, brilliant Indian leg-spinner 1927 Eddie Leadbeater, cricketer, England leg-spinner with an avg of 109 1925 Ian Smith, cricket leg-spinner, South Africa 1947-58 avg 64.08 1923 Bruce Dooland, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner, 3 Tests mid-forties 1923 Sadu Shinde, cricketer, Indian leg-spinner late 1940's/early 1950's 1923 Jack Hill, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner of mid 50's 1919 Alex Moir, cricketer, New Zealand leg-spinner in 17 Tests 1950-59 1918 Roley Jenkins, cricketer, English leg-spinner 1948-52 1918 C B Bertie Clarke, cricketer, Barbados and West Indian leg-spinner 1917 Wilf Ferguson, cricket leg-spinner, West Indian of post-WWII years 1916 Len Wilkinson, cricketer, England leg-spinner just before WW II 1914 Cec Burke, cricketer, New Zealand leg-spinner vs. Australia 1946, 1 and 3, 2 - 30 1910 Lennox Brown, cricketer, South Africa leg-spinner on 1931-32 Australia/New Zealand tour 1910 Xenophon Balaskas, cricketer, South African leg-spinner of 30's 1909 Flooi Du Toit, cricket leg-spinner (Test for South Africa 1892), dies 1908 Bill Merritt, cricketer, early New Zealand Test leg-spinner, also Northants 1908 Ian Peebles, cricketer, Scottish leg-spinner, England 1927-31 1905 "Tiger" Bill O'Reilly, cricketer, mighty Australian leg-spinner 1891 Clarrie Grimmett, cricketer, in Dunedin Great Australian leg-spinner 1891 J. W. Hearne, cricket leg-spinner, all-rounder for England in 24 Tests 1888 A P "Tich" Freeman, cricket leg-spinner, legend for Kent and England 1886 Arthur Mailey, cricketer, great Aussie leg-spinner and cartoonist 1884 Jackie Matthews, cricketer, Australia leg-spinner, two hat-tricks 1912 |
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