On This Day in ACT Cricket History – 31 October

  • 1998 – Birth of Clare Iemma (ACT 2017/18)
  • 1998 – Chris Adams, Graeme Cunningham, Lea Hansen, Michael Robinson and Jason Voros make their List A Debut for the Canberra Comets
  • 2002 – Death of Max Preston (ACT 1962/63)
  • 2009 – 1st Match played by the ACT Meteors in the Women’s National Cricket League
  • 2018 – 40th Prime Minister’s XI match with the opponent being South Africa

On This Day in ACT Cricket History – 30 October

  • 1890 – Birth of Joe Honeysett (ACT 1926/27-1930/31)
  • 1912 – Birth of Ron Merriman (ACT 1934/35-1936/37)
  • 1963 – Birth of Mike Veletta (ACT 1995/96-1998/99)
  • 1970 – Birth of Jason Swift (ACT 1997/98-2000/01)
  • 1976 – Death of William Cottingham (ACT 1957/58-1958/59)
  • 1977 – Mark Clews makes his List A Debut
  • 1987 – Birth of Alison Parker (ACT Debut 2012/13)
  • 1990 – Birth of Joseph Leach (ACT 2014/15)
  • 2002 – Graeme Cunningham makes his first-class debut
  • 2016 – Tom Engelbrecht and Matt Gilkes make their ACT Debut
  • 2019 – Aidan Cowie, Dylan Faram, Josh Low-McMahon, Fin McGurk, Josh Myburgh, Esam Rahman, Luke Ryan, Brad Smith, Robbie Trickett, Josh Watling and Jak Willcox make their ACT Debut
  • 2019 – Josh Watling makes his debut as ACT Captain

On This Day in ACT Cricket History – 29 October

  • 1892 – Birth of Charles McFadyen (ACT 1927/28-1931/32)
  • 1906 – Birth of Charlie Bourne (ACT 1931/32)
  • 2001 – David Anderson, Ben Dennett, and Gary Elliot make their ACT Debut
  • 2012 – Josh Connolly, Beau McClintock and Greg West make their ACT Debut
  • 2012 – Jono Dean makes his debut as ACT Captain
  • 2017 – Corey Spink and Benji Floros make their ACT Debut
  • 2017 – Shane Devoy makes his debut as ACT Captain

On This Day in ACT Cricket History – 27 October

  • 1948 – Death of Percy Gilholme (ACT 1940/41-1945/46)
  • 1951 – First ever Prime Minister’s XI played with the opponent being the West Indies
  • 1974 – Robert Topham makes his ACT Debut
  • 1977 – Death of Cec Ramage (ACT 1934/35)
  • 1998 – New South Wales play Queensland in a Sheffield Shield match at Manuka Oval
  • 2009 – Harry Medhurst makes his ACT Debut
  • 2013 – Helen Baxendale makes her ACT Debut
  • 2014 – Death of Joseph Traynor (ACT 1939/40-1950/51)
  • 2014 – Kevin Jacob makes his ACT Debut
  • 2014 – David Dawson makes his debut as ACT Captain

On This Day in ACT Cricket History – 24 October

  • 1890 – Birth of Henry Baker (ACT Scorer)
  • 1914 – Birth of Bob Kay (ACT 1932/33-1938/39)
  • 1931 – Birth of Alan Nicholas (ACT 1949/50-1959/60)
  • 1948 – Birth of David Day (ACT Umpire)
  • 1953 – Birth of Steve Marshall (ACT 1982/83-1984/85)
  • 1954 – Death of Jack Edlington (ACT 1928/29-1939/40)
  • 1981 – Peter Bowler makes his ACT Debut
  • 1992 – Huntly Armstrong makes his List A Debut
  • 2001 – John Bremner awarded Australian Sports Medal
  • 2002 – Same Gaskin and Dylan Goodsell make their ACT Debut
  • 2019 – Ollie Anable, Nick Broers, Lewis Evans, Jordie Misic, Josh Staines and Tyler van Luin make their ACT Debut
  • 2019 – Ethan Bartlett makes his debut as ACT Captain
  • 2019 – 41st Prime Minister’s XI match with the opponent being Sri Lanka

On This Day in ACT Cricket History – 23 October

  • 1962 – Birth of John Robson (ACT 1999/00-2001/02)
  • 1965 – Brian Curran and Jim Harvey make their ACT Debut
  • 1977 – Birth of Brad Haddin (ACT 1995/96-2016/17)
  • 1993 – Stuart Karppinen makes his ACT Debut
  • 2009 – ACT Meteors first match in Australian T20 Competition
  • 2009 – Leonie Coleman, Charlotte Anneveld, Leanne Davis, Aimee Harris, Sara Hungerford, Lisa Kuschert, Sally Moylan, Kate Owen and Laura Wright make their ACT Debut
  • 2009 – 1st Match played by the ACT Meteors in the WNCL T20 Competition
  • 2010 – Death of D’arcy McInnes (ACT 1940/41)
  • 2015 – 37th Prime Minister’s XI Match with the opponent being New Zealand