ON THIS DAY
1938: Arthur Fagg scored an unbeaten 202 in Kent’s second innings against Essex. He had already made 244 in the first innings and became the first man to score double centuries in both innings of a first-class match.
1979: Calvin Peete, the most successful African-American to have played on the PGA Tour prior to the emergence of Tiger Woods, won his first PGA Tour title at the Greater Milwaukee Open.
1983: Manchester’s Denis Durnian established a record score for nine holes in the Open Championship when he shot 28 in the second round at Royal Birkdale. 1989: Laurie Cunningham, the second black footballer to play for England after Viv Anderson, was killed in a car crash near Madrid aged 33. Cunningham made his name with Leyton Orient and West Bromwich Albion before moving to Real Madrid.
2004: Switzerland striker Alexander Frei was banned for three international matches by UEFA after being found guilty of spitting at England’s Steven Gerrard during a Euro 2004 group match.
2005: Jack Nicklaus, the winner of 18 majors, completed the last competitive round of his career at the Open at St Andrews.
2009: Andrew Flintoff confirmed his intention to retire from Test cricket at the end of the summer’s Ashes series.
2012: Amir Khan lost to Danny Garcia by a fourth-round stoppage in their WBA and WBC light-welterweight unification fight in Las Vegas.
2018: France won football’s World Cup for a second time, beating Croatia 4-2 in the final in Moscow.
2021: Former darts world champion Andy Fordham died at the age of 59.