THOSE WERE THE DAYS

ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY

1896: Yorkshire earned a record innings in the County Championship with 887 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston.

1923: Surrey and England batsman Jack Hobbs earned his 100th career century.

1932: Ex-world heavyweight champion Sonny Liston was born.

He took the title with a first-round knockout of Floyd Patterson in 1962 and retained it a year later by beating the same man. He lost his crown to Cassius Clay in 1964 and was beaten by the same opponent, then Muhammad Ali, trying to regain the title the following year. He died in 1970.

1990: Sir Jack Hayward completed a

BIG HIT: Hobbs’ 100th century £2.1million takeover of Wolves, with the club’s former England captain Billy Wright joining the board.

2001: Leeds’ bid to reach the Champions League final ended with a 3-0 defeat by Valencia in their second-leg semi-final in Spain. Leeds had Alan Smith sent off.

2002: Sylvain Wiltord scored the winner as Arsenal beat closest rivals Manchester United 1-0 to clinch the Premier League title at Old Trafford.

2004: Sri Lanka spinner Muttiah Muralitharan broke the world record for most wickets in Tests, eclipsing Courtney Walsh’s total of 519 in the first Test against Zimbabwe. Murali was overtaken by Shane Warne before reclaiming the record following the Australia leg-spinner’s retirement.

2005: Wigan were promoted to the top flight of English football for the first time after a 3-1 win at home to Reading secured second place in the Championship.