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Wicket-Keeper


1982 Frank Nicholson, South African cricket wicket-keeper (1935-36), dies

1979 E J "Tiger" Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper 1911-14), dies

1973 Craig Glassock, cricketer, NSW wicket-keeper 1994-95

1973 Arthur Wood, cricket wicket-keeper (England 1938-39), dies

1973 Kennedy Otieno, Kenya cricket wicket-keeper, 85 vs. Australia 1996 World Cup

1973 Lulama Masikazana, cricket wicket-keeper, Kwazulu for E Province

1971 Adam Gilchrist, cricket wicket-keeper, hard-hit Australian ODI 1996

1971 Shakeel Ahmed, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper, v West Indies 1993

1971 Adam Parore, cricket wicket-keeper, NZ, 1st Maori Test centurion

1970 Courtney Browne, cricketer, West Indies Test wicket-keeper 1995

1970 Pubudu Dissanayake, Sri Lanka cricket wicket-keeper 1993

1969 Darren Berry, cricketer, Victorian wicket-keeper since 1989-90

1969 Errol Stewart, South African cricket wicket-keeper, limited-over 1993

1969 Marcel Schewe, cricketer, Holland wicket-keeper 1996 World Cup

1969 Mark Atkinson, cricket wicket-keeper, Tasmanian batsman

1968 Rashid Latif, cricketer, Pakistani wicket-keeper

1968 Tim Neilsen, cricket wicket-keeper, South Australian 1991

1968 Imtiaz Abbasi, UAE cricket wicket-keeper, World Cup 1996

1967 Ridley Jacobs, cricket wicket-keeper, West Indian ODI 1996

1967 Hashan Tillekeratne, cricketer, Sri Lanka wicket-keeper/batsman

1967 Vijay Yadav, cricketer, Indian wicket-keeper between More and Mongia

1967 Richard Blakey, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in India 1993

1965 Gamini Wickremasinghe, cricketer, Sri Lanka wicket-keeper

1964 Phil Emery, cricketer, NSW wicket-keeper, Australia 1994

1964 Steve Rhodes, cricketer, England wicket-keeper 1994-95

1964 Ian Healy, cricket wicket-keeper, Australian since 1988

1964 W L Cornford, England cricket wicket-keeper (4 Tests vs. NZ 1930), dies

1963 David Williams, WI cricket wicket-keeper, 3 Tests 1992

1963 Jack Russell, superb England cricket wicket-keeper, 36 Tests 1988-94

1962 Sadanand Viswanath, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, v Sri Lanka 1985-86

1962 Tony Blain, cricketer, NZ Test wicket-keeper

1961 Chandrakant Pandit, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, late 80's

1960 Amal Silva, cricketer, Sri Lankan wicket-keeper in 9 Tests 1983-88

1959 Salim Yousuf, cricketer, Pakistani wicket-keeper in 32 Tests 1986-90

1959 Guy De Alwis, cricket wicket-keeper, Sri Lankan mid 80s

1958 Jack Richards, English cricket wicket-keeper, mid-80's

1958 Ashraf Ali, cricket wicket-keeper, Pakistani mid-80s

1958 Wayne B. Phillips, cricket wicket-keeper, Australia

1957 Paul Downton, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in 80's

1957 Ian Smith, cricket wicket-keeper, NZ of the 80's

1957 Thelston Payne, cricket wicket-keeper, WI 1986

1956 Jeff Dujon, cricket wicket-keeper, WI 1981-91, their most successful

1954 Bharat Reddy, cricket wicket-keeper, India 1979

1954 Steve Rixon, Australian cricket wicket-keeper, 1977-85

1953 Kevin Wright, cricketer, Australian wicket-keeper 1979

1952 Warren Lees, NZ cricket wicket-keeper, late 70's

1951 David Murray, cricketer, WI wicket-keeper

1950 Shahid Israr, Pakistani cricket wicket-keeper, in one Test vs. NZ 1976

1949 Leslie Gay, cricket wicket-keeper/goalkeeper (England in 1890's), dies

1948 Wasim Bari, cricket wicket-keeper, Pakistan's most successful

1947 Pollamani Krishnamurthy, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, 1971 WI tour

1946 John Maclean, cricketer, Australian wicket-keeper 1978-79

1943 Barry Milburn, cricketer, NZ wicket-keeper in three Tests 1969

1943 Michael Findlay, cricket wicket-keeper, WI early 70's

1943 Naushad Ali, cricketer, Pakistani wicket-keeper in six Tests 1964-65

1943 Deryck Murray, cricket wicket-keeper, West Indian 1963-80

1941 Bob Taylor, cricketer wicket-keeper, too often in Knotty's shadow

1940 Brian Taber, cricket wicket-keeper, Australian between Grout and Marsh

1938 Cyril Mitchley, cricket wicket-keeper, Transvaal, later Test umpire

1938 Farokh Engineer, Indian cricket wicket-keeper, 1961-75

1937 Harry Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper (v WI 1928), dies

1937 John Ward, NZ cricket wicket-keeper, 8 Tests 1964-68

1936 Alan Smith, cricket wicket-keeper, England1962-63 Aust-NZ tour

1936 Art Dick, cricket wicket-keeper, NZ of 60's

1936 Barry Jarman, cricketer, Australian wicket-keeper in 60's

1935 Jimmy Binks, cricket wicket-keeper, England twice vs. India 1964

1934 Geoff Millman, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1961-62

1934 Ivor Mendonca, WI cricket wicket-keeper, 2 Tests 1962

1933 Jackie Hendriks, cricketer, West Indian wicket-keeper of 60's

1933 Roy Swetman, cricketer, England wicket-keeper late 50's

1930 John Waite, cricket wicket-keeper, great South African

1929 Keith Andrew, cricketer, England wicket-keeper in 2 Tests 1954-63

1929 Doug Ford, cricket wicket-keeper, successful NSW of 50's

1928 Imtiaz Ahmed, cricketer, Pakistan wicket-keeper in 41 Tests 1952-62

1927 Wally Grout, cricketer, great Aussie wicket-keeper

1926 Len Maddocks, cricket wicket-keeper, Australian mid-50's

1925 Ralph Legall, cricket wicket-keeper, WI vs. India 1954

1924 Simpson Guillen, cricketer, wicket-keeper for West Indies and NZ

1924 Jack Board, cricket wicket-keeper (Eng in 6 Tests 1898-1906), dies

1922 Clifford McWatt, cricketer, WI wicket-keeper in 6 Tests 1954-55

1921 Frank Mooney, cricketer, dependable wicket-keeper for NZ in 13 Tests

1919 Gil Langley, cricketer, Australian wicket-keeper 1951-56

1918 Arthur McIntyre, cricket wicket-keeper, England 3 times early 50's

1917 Ron Saggers, cricket wicket-keeper, effective NSW and Aussie late 40's

1916 Don Tallon, cricketer, perhaps Australia's greatest wicket-keeper

1914 Billy Wade, cricket wicket-keeper, South African in 11 Tests 1938-50

1911 Khurshed Meher-Homji, cricketer, Indian wicket-keeper 1936

1909 Charlie Walker, South Aust cricket wicket-keeper, toured but no Tests

1909 D. D. Hindlekar, cricketer, Indian batsman and wicket-keeper 1936-46

1908 Ben Barnett, Australian cricket wicket-keeper, 1938 England tour

1905 Leslie Ames, cricketer, England wicket-keeper of 30's Outstanding bat

1902 J G Navle, cricketer, India's 1st Test wicket-keeper

1901 George Duckworth, cricket wicket-keeper, England late 20's early 30's

1891 Joe Hunter, cricket wicket-keeper (England on 1884-85 Aust tour), dies

1880 Herbert Strudwick, cricketer, England wicket-keeper before and after WW I

1876 Murray Bisset, cricketer, South African wicket-keeper 1899 and 1910

1867 Jim Kelly, cricket wicket-keeper, Australian 1896-1905



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