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1919 Chicago White Sox pitcher Carl Mays walks off mound blaming teammates for lack of support afield

1924 Albin Stenroos wins Olympic marathon (2:41:22.6)

1930 1st-ever football World Cup competition begins in Uruguay

1941 Eddie Mayo (LA-Pacific Coast League), spits in face of umpire Ray Snyder

1976 Last day of Test Cricket for English all-rounder Brian Close, aged 45

2014 FIFA World Cup Final, Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Mario Götze scores an extra time winner as Germany beats Argentina, 1-0



Utpal Chatterjee – Indian Cricketer

Utpal Chatterjee was born on 13 July 1964, in Kolkata, India) and is a former Indian cricketer. He bowled left arm spin and was a low order batsman. He had his early education at the prestigious Shyambazar A.V School and Calcutta Boys' School in Kolkata, India.

He played domestic cricket for Bengal and played three One Day Internationals for India in 1995. He is the only cricketer ever from Bengal to have picked up more than 500 first class wickets. He picked up 52 wickets in the ranji trophy' season of 1999-2000. He retired in 2004 with 504 first class Wicket's to his name.

Career Statistics
Competition               Tests ODIs
Matches                       0 3
Runs scored                  6
Batting average          6.00
100s/50s                          -/-
Top score                  3*
Balls bowled
Wickets                          3
Bowling average          39.00
5 wickets in innings          -
10 wickets in match          n/a
Best bowling                  2/35
Catches/stumpings          1/-