On this day
In 1921, Edward Gourdin of US set long jump record at 25' 2 3/4"
In 1922, 16th Tour de France won by Firmin Lambot of Belgium
In 1933, 27th Tour de France won by Georges Speicher of France
In 1949, Test Cricket debut of England's Brian Close aged 18 years 149 days took place
Graham Gooch – England Cricketer
Graham Gooch is the most prolific run scorer of all time. With a total of 67,057 runs in first class and List A cricket put together. He is England's leading run scorer, in Tests with 8900 runs from 118 games, and has scored more than a 100 first class centuries. In short, Gooch was a batsman like no other, especially in the domestic circuit. He was also a useful medium pacer, and had more than 200 first class wickets.Career Statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 118 125 581 614
Runs scored 8,900 4,290 44,846 22,211
Batting average 42.58 36.98 49.01 40.16
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