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England

• 1969 - The John Player's County League 40-over Sunday competition began in England, with wins for Essex, Glamorgan, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Surrey and Warwickshire.
• 1999 - Cyril Washbrook, Lancashire and England opening batsman before and after the Second World War, dies aged 84.