@Ju1882 19 August 2020

August-20, in Cricket History.

****1930**** Death of the first batsman to score a Test century - which is understating it a bit. Against England in Melbourne in 1876-77, Charles Bannerman faced the first ball in Test cricket, scored the first run, the first fifty and the first hundred. By the time he retired hurt with a damaged finger, he'd made 165 of Australia's total of 245, still the highest percentage of a completed innings in all Tests. His highest score in his two subsequent Tests was an unremarkable 30 - but his place in Test history is secure. His brother Alick, a famous stonewalling batsman, also played for Australia. ****1900**** Second and last day of the only cricket match ever played at the Olympic Games. Devon County Wanderers scored 117 and 145 to beat the Union des Sociétés Françaises de Sports Athlétiques (78 and 26) by 158 runs at the Vélodrome de Vincennes, a cycling track in Paris. Montague Toller took 7 for 10 in that dismal second innings of 26. The French team included such typically French names as Anderson, Attrill, Browning, Robinson and Henry Terry. Thank you for reading. Cricket Lovers are invited to join. Cricket Community :- Cricket Lovers (be22) Link :- https://read.cash/c/cricket-lovers-be22