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Frederick William 'Fred' Tate (1867-1943), English medium pace bowler whose missed catch and mishandled innings in his sole Test, against Australia at Old Trafford in 1902, which England lost by only three runs, was christened Tate's Test (He was the father of Maurice, one of England's greatest bowlers. And it is said that a tearful Fred remarked after the match that, 'I've a little lad at home who'll make up for that');
John 'Jack' Moroney (1917-99), Australian opener who scored a hundred in each innings against South Africa at Johannesburg in 1949-50;
Zaheer Abbas (1947-), outstanding Pakistani batsman who scored 5,062 runs in Tests and scored two hundreds in a first-class match eight times; and
Doug Bollinger (1981-) Australian pace bowler.
STORIES RELATED TO THIS DAY
In 1902 Victor Trumper scored a hundred before lunch (103 not out) on the first day of the fourth Test against England at Old Trafford. He was the first of four batsmen to perform this feat (C.G. Macartney in 1926; Don Bradman in 1930; and Majid Khan in 1976-77 are the others). Ranji had added 100 runs before lunch in 1896 but this was not on the first day of the Test match.
In 1931 George Gunn was 52 years old when he completed an innings of 183 for Nottinghamshire against Warwickshire at Edgbaston. His son, George Vernon Gunn scored 100 not out in the same innings – the only of father and son scoring centuries in the same first-class match.
In 1958 a distinguished trio made their Test debuts for England against New Zealand at Old Trafford; Ted Dexter hit 52 and ray Illingworth took three wickets and the third newcomer, Raman Subba Row made nine. England won by an innings and 13 runs, and became the first side to win the opening four Tests of a series in England.
In 2003 South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs and Graeme Smith became the first opening pair in Test history to put on 300 runs (338) twice as they plundered England's attack on the first day of the first Test at Edgbaston. The two had made 368 against Pakistan in January 2003.
In 2005 Australia won the Lord’s Test by 239 runs; England have only one Ashes victory on the ground in a century.
The first ever referral was made on this day (under the UDRS) in 2008 on the second day of Colombo Test between Sri Lanka and India, when Indian skipper Anil Kumble asked for a review when a lbw shout against Malinda Warnapura (off Harbhajan Singh) was turned down. The TV umpire ruled it not out.
In 2009 Chaminda Vaas retired from Test cricket after Sri Lanka beat Pakistan 2-0 at home.
