ON THIS DAY
1920:
One of England’s best-known wicketkeepers, Godfrey Evans, was born. The Kent player dismissed 219 batsmen in 91 Test matches and was the first to claim 200 Test victims. He died on May 3, 1999.
1948:
Lester Piggott won his first horse race aged 12, riding The Chase to victory in the Wigan Lane Selling Handicap at Haydock.
1990:
New Zealand’s All Blacks suffered their first defeat for nearly four years, losing 21-9 to Australia in Wellington to end a run of 23 consecutive wins.
2008:
Great Britain’s cycling quartet of Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins, Ed Clancy and Geraint Thomas won an Olympic gold medal in the men’s team pursuit in a world record time of three minutes 53.314 seconds in Beijing.
2011:
UK Athletics confirmed it would bid to host the 2017 World Championships in London. The city was chosen as host ahead of Doha in November 2011.
2013:
Europe won the Solheim Cup on American soil for the first time with an 18-10 win over the United States.
2017:
Alastair Cook completed his fourth Test double-century as England continued their domination of the West Indies attack on the second day of their first day-night Test at Edgbaston.
2018:
Tyson Fury beat Francesco Pianeta on a points decision in their heavyweight fight in Belfast before agreeing a showdown with WBC champion Deontay Wilder.