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Today in 1887 Frank Woolley was born, he was one of the greatest allrounders. He and WG Grace are the only men to score 50,000 runs and take 2000 wickets in first-class cricket. Woolley is the only man to take 1000 catches, most of them at slip. Follow me @TheWisdenArtist
Today in 1926 Surrey against Middlesex, Hobbs made 316 not out, the highest score of his career and the highest in a first-class match at Lord's until Gooch hit 333 against India in 1990. He was the only batter to score 60,000 first-class runs.
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Today in 1999 - A classical 108 gave Graeme Hick the Man-of-the-Match award in England's World Series win over Australia at the SCG. It started Hick off on a storming run of form, in which he made scores of 108, 66 not out, 126 not out and 109.
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Today in 1906 Yorkshire's George Hirst hit 111 and 117 not out and took 6 for 70 and 5 for 45 against Somerset in Bath. At the end of the season, in which he scored 2000 runs and took 200 wickets.
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Today in 1934 Australia's only defeat in a Lord's Test in the 20th century. Hadley Verity spun them to an innings defeat almost single-handed taking 7 for 61 and 8 for 43. On the third and final day, he took 14 wickets for 80 runs.
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Today in 1972. The Lord's Test between England and Australia, Bob Massie was another nervous debutant. Swinging the ball fiendishly, he took 8 for 84 and 8 for 53, the best figures by a debutant until Narendra Hirwani destroyed West Indies in 1987-88.
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Today in 1887 A Kent legend is born. Frank Woolley was one of crickets greatest allrounders. He and WG Grace are the only men to score 50,000 runs and take 2000 wickets in first-class cricket. He is the only man to take 1000 catches, most of them at slip.
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Today in 1896. A good day for Yorkshire the highest total in County Championship history. From the depths of 448 for 7 to the heights of 887 against Warwickshire at Edgbaston, with 4 batsmen making centuries, then promptly reduced their hosts to 31 for 5.
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Today in 2012 - England kept their No. 1 ranking with a series-levelling win in Colombo. Kevin Pietersen’s first away century since December 2010 - he made 151 off 165 balls. Follow me @TheWisdenArtist
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