Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/February/February 18


 * Australia
 * 1911 - Billy Murdoch (pictured), captain of the Australian team on the tour of England after which The Ashes were instituted, collapses and dies during the Test match between Australia and South Africa at Melbourne.
 * 1948 - Bruce Francis born in Mosman, New South Wales.


 * England
 * 1922 - Ben Brocklehurst, fleetingly captain of Somerset in the 1950s and long-standing owner of The Cricketer, is born at Knapton Hall in Norfolk.