Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/August/August 12

England

• 1902 - Gilbert Jessop scores 104 runs in 77 minutes as England wins the Fifth Test of the 1902 Test series against Australia by one wicket. The Test would become known as Jessop's Match

West Indies

• 1969 - Stuart Williams, 31 Tests as a hard-hitting opening batsman but only one century, is born on the island of Nevis
• 1976 - Pedro Collins is born at Boscobelle, Barbados