- England
- 1887 - Playing for Hampshire, Sir Francis Lacey made 323*, the highest score in a Minor Counties match.
- 1949 - England's Bob Willis was born. He went on play ninety Tests for England, taking 325 wickets in the process. He also captained his country in eighteen Tests.
- West Indies
- 1909 - George Headley was born in Panama. In his twenty-two Test matches for West Indies, he averaged over sixty.