On this day





1919 Philadelphia Phillies tie MLB record of 8 steals in an innings (9th) in a 10-5 loss vs NY Giants



1887 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: 3-time runner-up Herbert Lawford wins his only Wimbledon title beating Ernest Renshaw 1-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4



1890 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Irishman Willoughby Hamilton wins his only Wimbledon title beating 7-time champion William Renshaw 6-8, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1



1900 Boston Beaneaters pitcher Kid Nichols notches his 300th career MLB victory with an 11-4 win over Chicago Orphans







M.S.Dhoni – Indian Cricketer



Mahendra Singh Dhoni is an Indian international cricketer who captained the Indian national team in limited-overs formats from 2007 to 2016 and in Test cricket from 2008 to 2014. He is the only captain in the history of Cricket to win all ICC trophies.



Competition

Test

ODI

T20I

Matches

90

350

98

Runs scored

4,876

10,773

1,617

Batting average

38.09

50.53

37.60

100s/50s

6/33

10/73

0/2

Top score

224

183*

56

Balls bowled

96

36

–

Wickets

0

1

–

Bowling average

–

31.00

–

5 wickets in innings

–

0

–

10 wickets in match

–

0

–

Best bowling

–

1/14

–

Catches/stumpings

256/38

321/123

57/34









Joe Sakic – Canadian Ice Hockey Player



Through a 20-season career in the National Hockey League, Joe Sakic is unique as one of the few players to have won the Stanley Cup, an Olympic gold medal, gold in the World Cup of Hockey, gold at the World Championships and gold at the World Junior Championships.



Medal record



Representing Canada

Men's ice hockey

Olympic Games

Gold medal – first place          2002 Salt Lake City   

World Championships

Gold medal – first place          1994 Italy       

Silver medal – second place  1991 Finland  

World Cup

Gold medal – first place          2004 World Cup         

Silver medal – second place  1996 World Cup         

World Junior Championships

Gold medal – first place          1988 Soviet Union