1980
As the rain-hit Centenary Test petered out at Lord's, Australia's Kim Hughes became only the third man to bat on all five days of a Test match. He made 117 and 84. But the day was probably more memorable for John Arlott's final stint behind the microphone. As the famous commentator ended his long career with the BBC's Test Match Special, play stopped as the whole ground stood to applaud him.

1972
In the Gillette Cup final at Lord's, Warwickshire's perfectly respectable 234 for 9 was put in perspective by Clive Lloyd. He had opened the bowling with 12 consecutive economical overs, and now did what he did best, hammering an unforgettable 126 to win the match. Lancashire became the only club to win any of the major English one-day trophies three years in a row. It was no coincidence that big Lloyd appeared in all three finals.

1896
Death of Australian opening batsman Nat Thomson, who played in the first two Test matches, both at Melbourne in 1876-77. In the first, he became the first man to be dismissed in Test cricket, bowled by England's Allen Hill for a single. He made his highest score (41) in his fourth and last innings.

1967
In their first appearances in the Gillette Cup final, Kent and Somerset served up some serious excitement. From 129 for 1, Kent struggled to 193 all out thanks to fine seam bowling from Fred Rumsey, Kenny Palmer and Bill Alley. But it was much the same story with the Somerset innings: a good start (58 for the first wicket) followed by a collapse, triggered by Derek Underwood's slow-medium left-arm. Somerset were all out for 161 and didn't reach the final again until 1978.

1978
If it's September 2, it must be a Gillette Cup final – and Somerset must be losing it. Still without a major trophy on their sideboard, they were all out for 207 despite a typically hard-hit 80 by Ian Botham. They lost by five wickets to Sussex, who had already won the Cup twice before. Greedy.

1996
As the Wisden Almanack reported, the early death of Paddy Clift "cast a pall over Leicestershire's Championship 1996 celebrations." A respected Rhodesian allrounder, Clift announced himself in the Leicestershire team with the astonishing figures of 8 for 17 (five bowled, three lbw) against MCC at Lord's in 1976. Although he never scored 1000 runs or took 100 wickets in a Championship season, he was an integral member of the team, taking two hat-tricks, scoring a century in 50 minutes, and helping them win the Sunday League in 1977 and the B&H Cup in 1985.

1878
Surrey bowler Edward Barratt took all ten wickets in an innings on his home ground: 10 for 43 for the Players against the touring Australians at The Oval. He had some help with all ten: his victims were all caught or stumped, none bowled or lbw. Opening batsman Charles Bannerman scored 51 in a total of 77. The Australians made only 89 in their second innings – but it was enough to win the match! On a dreadful pitch typical of the time, the Players were all out for 82 and 76 and lost by eight runs.

1857
How did Tom Groube, who was born today, ever get to bat for Australia? His highest first-class score was only 61, and in his only Test, at The Oval in 1880, he made 11 and 0. The previous winter, he averaged 155.33 for the East Melbourne club. So that explains it.

Other birthdays

1866 Charles Vintcent (South Africa)
1912 Ernest Bromley (Australia)
1969 Stephen Peall (Zimbabwe)
1973 Indika de Saram (Sri Lanka)

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