Database

---------------------------------------------------------------- PLAYERS WITH MOST ENGLAND CRICKET CAPS BEFORE 1939 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Wally Hammond (Gloucs) 78 2 Frank Woolley (Kent) 64 3 Jack Hobbs (Surrey) 61 4 Wilfrid Rhodes (Yorkshire) 58 5 Herbert Sutcliffe (Yorkshire) 54 6 Patsy Hendren (Middlesex) 51 7 Les Ames (Kent) 47 8 Maurice Leyland (Lancashire) 41 9= Bob Wyatt (Worcs and Warwks) 40 9= Hedley Verity (Yorkshire) 40 Stamp's Sporting Statistics ---------------------------------------------------------------- THREE-YEAR WORLD GOLF RANKINGS ---------------------------------------------------------------- 1 Nick Price (Zim) 21.54pts 2 Greg Norman (Aus) 21.06 3 Nick Faldo (Eng) 15.79 4 Jose Maria Olazabal (Sp) 15.27 5 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 15.07 6 Fred Couples (US) 14.04 7 Ernie Els (SA) 13.66 8 Colin Montgomerie (Sco) 12.78 9 Corey Pavin (US) 11.02 10 David Frost (SA) 10.22 11 Masashi Ozaki (Japan) 9.69 12 Tom Kite (US) 9.53 13 Mark McNulty (Zim) 8.58 14 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 8.53 15 Ian Woosnam (Wal) 8.47 16 Tom Lehman (US) 8.34 17 Fuzzy Zoeller (US) 8.32 18 Seve Ballesteros (Sp) 8.29 19 Phil Mickelson (US) 7.58 20 Paul Azinger (US) 7.44 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ANNIVERSARIES Today Birth of Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona (1960); Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the world heavyweight championship fight in Zaire, popularly known as the 'Rumble in the Jungle' (1974).

Monday Births of Australian snooker player Eddie Charlton (1929).

Tuesday Births of Gary Player (1935), South Africa's greatest golf player; footballer Mark Hughes (1963); and swimmer Sharron Davies (1962).

Wednesday Birth of Moroccan long distance runner Said Aouita (1959).

Thursday Simon Hodgkinson beat Douglas Lambert's 79-year-old record by scoring 23 points for England against Argentina at Twickenham (1990); births of Arsenal footballer Ian Wright (1963), and German footballer Gerd Muller (1945).

Friday Bryan Robson, who made 90 appearances for England, announced his retirement from internationals (1991).

Saturday Birth of jockey Lester Piggot (1935).