THOSE WERE THE DAYS
ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY
1885: Arbroath set a British football record by beating Bon Accord 36-0 in the Scottish Cup, with John Petrie scoring 13 goals. Dundee Harp ran them close on the same day, by beating Aberdeen Rovers 35-0.
1951: Sugar Ray Robinson regained his world welterweight title by defeating Briton Randolph Turpin, in the ‘Fight of the Century’. Two months earlier, Turpin had caused one of boxing’s biggest shocks beating Robinson.
1990: In their first match under new coach Graham Taylor, England beat Hungary 1-0 at Wembley with Gary Lineker scoring.
2005: England triumphed in an Ashes series for the first time since 1986-87 after drawing the final Test with Australia at the Oval for an overall 2-1 victory.
2012: Liverpool FC said fans had been completely exonerated by the Hillsborough Independent Panel’s report into the disaster. The panel revealed South Yorkshire Police sought to blame fans by instructing officers to amend statements relating to the events of April 15, 1989, when 96 fans died.
2014: Oscar Pistorius was found guilty of the manslaughter of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by a judge in South Africa. Pistorius had been cleared the previous day of pre-meditated murder and second-degree murder by Judge Thokozile.
2014: Yorkshire won the County Championship after beating Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge.
2017: Former England player Jan Brittin, the all-time leading Test match run-scorer and century-maker in women’s international cricket, died at the age of 58.