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England

• 1766 - Silver Billy Beldham, one of the great cricketers of the early 1800s, is born at Wrecclesham in Surrey

South Africa

• 1970 - Barry Richards scores 140 out of 229 in three hours in only his second Test match for South Africa, against Australia at Durban. But his highest Test innings is upstaged by Graeme Pollock's 274, completed the following day, which was South Africa's highest Test score at the time.