This Day in Sports History
January 30

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What happened in history on this day: January 30?

On January 30 in ...

  • 1883 - England team presented with ashes of a bail after Sydney cricket Test.
  • 1888 - Harry Moses 297 not out for New South Wales against Victoria in cricket.
  • 1889 - Victoria beats New South Wales after following on (New South Wales all out 63 needed 76).
  • 1892 - Bobby Abel carries his bat for 132* for England in Sydney Cricket Ground Test.
  • 1895 - C J Eady (Tasmania) becomes first Australian to score twin centuries (vs Victoria).
  • 1895 - Tasmania beats Victoria for first F-C cricket victory in 41 years.
  • 1915 - No 10 batsman F W Hyett scores century on debut, Victoria versus Tasmania.
  • 1919 - Cincinnati Reds hires Pat Moran as manager as Christy Mathewson, is still in France with US Army.
  • 1922 - Ted McDonald takes 8-58 in big Victorian cricket win over New South Wales.
  • 1924 - Bill Ponsford scores second 110 of the cricket game in Victoria win over New South Wales.
  • 1928 - Donald Bradman scores 134 not out (225 minutes, 13 fours) New South Wales versus Victoria.
  • 1932 - Clarrie Grimmett 7-116 in South Africa first innings at Adelaide Oval.
  • 1933 - Clarrie Grimmett takes 7-86 for South Africa in Queensland second inn, 13-135 for cricket match.
  • 1934 - Bert Ironmonger ends Sheffield Shields career age 51 years 298 days.
  • 1936 - Fans asked to pick a new name for Boston Braves; they choose "The Bees" it doesn't catch on and is scrapped by 1940 season.
  • 1936 - Victoria need 442 to win against New South Wales, but lose, all out for 415.
  • 1940 - Cor Jongert wins 6th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race.
  • 1948 - (to February 8) The V Olympic Winter Games are held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
  • 1958 - Baseball announces players and coaches rather than fans pick all stars.
  • 1959 - Australia 1-200 first day fourth Test versus England, Adelaide Oval.
  • 1960 - Riot curtails third day's play at Port-Of-Spain, West Indies versus England.
  • 1960 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss.
  • 1960 - US male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins.
  • 1961 - Lance Gibbs takes hat-trick (Mackay, Grout, Misson) at Adelaide.
  • 1966 - Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (2:05.2).
  • 1971 - Dennis Lillee takes 5-84 in his first Test bowl, versus England.
  • 1973 - 26th NHL All-Star Game: East beat West 5-4 at New York Rangers.
  • 1976 - First-class debut of Dav Whatmore, in Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • 1977 - Allan Border scores 36 in his first-class innings (New South Wales versus Queensland).
  • 1977 - Edward W Stack replaces Paul Kerr as president of Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • 1978 - Addie Joss and Larry MacPhail elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • 1982 - US female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners.
  • 1983 - Super Bowl XVII at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California: Washington Redskins beat Miami Dolphins, 27-17; Most Valuable Player: John Riggins, Running Back.
  • 1983 - Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champion.
  • 1983 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Mazda of Deer Creek Golf Classic.
  • 1988 - Hansie Cronje gets a pair in second first-class game (OFS versus N Tvl).
  • 1989 - Last day of first class cricket for Dav Whatmore.
  • 1989 - American Olympic medalist Bruce Kimball is sentenced to 17 years in prison for killing two teenagers in a drunk driving accident.
  • 1993 - 67th Australian Open Women's Tennis: Monica Seles beat Graf (4-6, 6-3, 6-2).
  • 1994 - 68th Australian Open Women's Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (6-0, 6-2).
  • 1994 - 82nd Australian Open Men's Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Todd Martin (7-6, 6-4, 6-4).
  • 1994 - Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.76).
  • 1994 - Kapil Dev equals Richard Hadlee's world record of 431 Test wickets.
  • 1994 - In American football's Super Bowl XXVIII, the Dallas Cowboys hand the Buffalo Bills their fourth consecutive Super Bowl loss, 30-13. Most Valuable Player: Emmitt Smith, Running Back for the Dallas Cowboys.
  • 1998 - All-Star Florida Marlins' catcher Darren Daulton retires.
  • 2000 - The Saint Louis Rams win the NFL Championship for the first time since 1951, defeating the Tennessee Titans 23-16 in Super Bowl XXXIV at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • 2006 - The Chicago Cubs and Jerry Hairston Junior agree to a one-year, $2.3 million deal.
  • 2007 - The New York Yankees agree to help establish baseball academies in China.
  • 2010 - Serena Williams wins her fifth Australian Open tennis championship defeating Justine Henin 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 in Melbourne.
  • 2010 - American twins Bob and Mike Bryan win their fourth Australian Open men's doubles tennis title, beating Canada's Daniel Nestor and Serbian Nenad Zimonjic 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3.
  • 2016 - (to January 31) At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, USA, the Rolex 24 at Daytona race is held, round 1 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
    • Finishing 1st in Prototype class and 1st overall is the Whelen Engineering Racing #5 Corvette DP driven by Joao Barbosa. Christian Fittipaldi, and Filipe Albuquerque.
    • Finishing 1st in Prototype Challenge class and 7th overall is the Starworks Motorsport #8 ORECA FLM09 driven by Renger VanDer Zande and Alex Popow.
    • Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 11th overall is the Ford Chip Ganassi Racing #67 Ford GT driven by Richard Westbrook and Ryan Briscoe.
    • Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 22nd overall is the Scuderia Corsa #63 Ferrari 488 GT3 driven by Alessandro Balzan, Christina Nielsen, and Jeff Segal.

  • 2021 - (to January 31) At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona, Florida, USA, the Rolex 24 at Daytona race is held, round 1 of the IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship series.
    • Finishing 1st in DPi class and 1st overall is the Konica Minolta Acura ARX-05 #10 Acura DPi driven by Alexander Rossi, Helio Castroneves, Ricky Taylor, and Filipe Albuquerque.
    • Finishing 1st in LMP2 class and 6th overall is the Era Motorsport #18 ORECA LMP2 07 driven by Paul Loup Chatin, Dwight Merriman, Kyle Tilley, and Ryan Dalziel.
    • Finishing 1st in GT Le Mans class and 11th overall is the Corvette Racing #3 Corvette C8.R driven by Jordan Taylor, Nicky Catsburg, and Antonio Garcia.
    • Finishing 1st in LMP3 class and 18th overall is the Riley Motorsports #14 Ligier JS P320 driven by Scott Andrews, Oliver Askew, Spencer Pigot, and Gar Robinson.
    • Finishing 1st in GT Daytona class and 22nd overall is the Winward Racing #57 Mercedes-AMG GT3 driven by Philip Ellis, Indy Dontje, Maro Engel, and Russell Ward.

  • 2022 - At Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado, USA, NHL regular season game: Colorado Avalanche beats Buffalo Sabres by score 4-1.
  • 2022 - At UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats New York Islanders by score 4-3.
  • 2022 - At American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, NHL regular season game: Dallas Stars beats Boston Bruins by score 6-1.
  • 2022 - At Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, NHL regular season game: Columbus Blue Jackets beats Montreal Canadiens by score 6-3.
  • 2022 - At PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA, NHL regular season game: Carolina Hurricanes beats San Jose Sharks by score 2-1.
  • 2022 - At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Los Angeles Kings beats Pittsburgh Penguins by score 4-3.
  • 2022 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats Seattle Kraken by score 3-2.

Births of sports figures on January 30

  • 1853 - Birth of Leland Hone; cricket player (England keeper 1879 without county experience).
  • 1898 - Birth of Alfred Schläppi in Switzerland; four-man bobsled (Olympics-gold-1924).
  • 1912 - Birth of Jadwiga Wajsowna-Marcinkiewicz; discus thrower (Olympics-bronze-1932).
  • 1913 - Birth of Dicky Fuller; cricket player (one Test West Indies versus England 1935, 1, 0-12).
  • 1929 - Birth of Hugh Tayfield; cricket player (celebrated South African off-spinner 1949-60).
  • 1942 - Birth of Dave Brown; cricket player (Warwicks pace bowler, played 26X for England).
  • 1943 - Birth of Davy Johnson; baseball manager (New York Mets).
  • 1951 - Birth of Trevor Laughlin; cricket player (Australian all-rounder 1978-79).
  • 1955 - Birth of Curtis Strange in Norfolk, Virginia, USA; PGA golfer (1989 US Open).
  • 1957 - Birth of William Payne Stewart in Springfield, Missouri, USA; PGA golfer (1983 Walt Disney).
  • 1961 - Birth of Ranjit Madurasinghe; cricket player (three Tests for Sri Lanka 1988-92).
  • 1966 - Birth of Danielle Goyette; ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics-1998).
  • 1968 - Birth of Bob Nardella; hockey defenseman (Team Italy 1998).
  • 1970 - Birth of Edwin de Kruyf/Kruijff; soccer player (FC Utrecht, FC Groningen).
  • 1970 - Birth of Hans Spark; soccer player (RKC).
  • 1970 - Birth of Oleg Khmyl; NHL defenseman (Belarus, Olympics-1998).
  • 1970 - Birth of Scott Levins in Spokane, Washington, USA; NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators).
  • 1971 - Birth of Brent Moss; WLAF running back (Amsterdam Admirals).
  • 1971 - Birth of Chris Slade; NFL outside linebacker (New England Patriots).
  • 1971 - Birth of Derek Allen; NFL/WLAF offensive linebacker (New York Giants, Rhein Fire).
  • 1971 - Birth of Kevin Knox; WLAF receiver (Rhein Fire).
  • 1971 - Birth of Kimo Von Oelhoffen; NFL defensive tackle (Cincinnati Bengals).
  • 1971 - Birth of Milko Pieren; Dutch soccer player (Sparta).
  • 1971 - Birth of Quentin Neujahr; NFL center (Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns).
  • 1971 - Birth of Takeshi Yamanaka; hockey defenseman (Team Japan 1998).
  • 1971 - Birth of Trent Klatt in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA; NHL right wing (Philadelphia Flyers).
  • 1972 - Birth of Burt Thornton; Canadian Football League receiver (Hamilton Tiger Cats).
  • 1972 - Birth of Chris Simon in Wawa, Ontario, Canada; NHL left wing (Colorado Avalanche).
  • 1972 - Birth of Jill McGill in Denver, Colorado, USA; LPGA golfer (1995 British Open-second).
  • 1973 - Birth of Brad Yamaoka; Canadian Football League running back (BC Lions).
  • 1973 - Birth of Jalen Rose; NBA guard (Indiana Pacers).
  • 1973 - Birth of Jimmy Oliver; NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers).
  • 1973 - Birth of Sharone Wright; NBA center/forward (Toronto Raptors).
  • 1974 - Birth of Martina Jerant in Windsor, Ontario, Canada; basketball center (Olympics-1996).
  • 1974 - Birth of Robert Rollins; cricket player (big-hitting Essex wicketkeeper-batsman).
  • 1976 - Birth of Florian Keller in Munchen, Germany; hockey player (Team Germany, Rosenheim).
  • 1978 - Birth of Lnd Girchoukevitch; NHL goaltender (Belarus, Olympics-1998).
  • 1979 - Birth of Karen Smith; Australian field hockey midfielder/halfback (Olympics-1996).
  • 1981 - Birth of Dimitar Berbatov; Bulgarian national football team captain and Tottenham Hotspur player.

Deaths of sports figures on January 30

  • 1897 - John Cottam, cricket player (Test for Australia 1897, no Sheffield matches), dies.
  • 1948 - Herb Pennock, pitcher (New York Yankees)/general manager (Philadelphia Phillies), dies.
  • 1963 - P F "Plum" Warner, cricket player (England manager during Bodyline tour), dies.
  • 1965 - Vic Jackson, cricket player (New South Wales/Leicerstershire off-spinner), dies in car.
  • 1974 - Bill Whitty, cricket player (37 wickets versus South Africa 1910-11 series), dies.
  • 1976 - Percy Tyson "Plum" Lewis, cricket player (pair in only Test for South Africa), dies.
  • 1995 - George H Poyser, English soccer player (Manchester City), dies at age 84.

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