THOSE WERE THE DAYS

ON THIS DATE IN SPORTING HISTORY

1845: The world’s first baseball club, the Knickerbocker Club of New York, was formed.

1970: Australian Margaret Court, right, won the US Open to become only the second woman after Maureen Connolly to complete tennis’s Grand Slam. 1983: Lancashire’s Steven O’Shaughnessy scored 100 runs in 35 minutes against Leicestershire at Old Trafford – one of the fastest centuries ever in first-class cricket. 2007: McLaren were fined £49.2million and stripped of their points in the constructors’ championship as a result of an F1 spy scandal. But drivers Lewis Hamilton and Fernando Alonso were not docked points.