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This user helped "List of Sussex County Cricket Club grounds" become a featured list on 8 May 2016.

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2023 DYKs

... that the men's 100 metres event at the2023 British Athletics Championships was run in heavy rain?
... that German cyclistAntonia Niedermaier won a stage on her firstUCI Women's World Tour event, then crashed out of the event the next day?
... that the final stage of the2023 Tour Féminin des Pyrénées was cancelled for safety reasons?
... that the elite men's event attoday's London Marathon will feature four of the five fastest competitors of all time? ++++ (21,196 views)
... that the men's winner of the2022 New York City Marathon was almost hit by a vehicle during the race? + (6,620 views)
... that in 2022, BritonCharlotte Payne broke the world record for ahammer throw by a deaf woman by almost 5 metres (16 ft)?

2022 DYKs

... thatrhythmic gymnastGemma Frizelle won a gold medal at the2022 Commonwealth Games performing to her mother's favourite song?
... that at the2022 British Athletics Championships,Daryll Neita became the first woman since 2010 to win both the 100- and 200-metre events?
... that Welshshot putterAdele Nicoll was approached about taking upbobsleigh based on a video onsocial media of her exercising?
... that in 2020, Ukrainianassociation football refereeMaryna Striletska was part of the first all-woman officiating team for a men's international football match?'
... thatwindsurferPenny Way won the British qualification event for the1996 Summer Olympics with two races to spare?
... that at the2022 British Indoor Athletics Championships,Lorraine Ugen(pictured) equalled the championshiplong jump record?
... that in May 2021,Alisson became thesixth goalkeeper to score in the Premier League? + (8,734 views)
... that Britishalpine skierShona Brownlee, who competed at the2022 Winter Paralympics, plays theFrench horn and thepiano in theCentral Band of the Royal Air Force?
... that the women's wheelchair race at the2021 Tokyo Marathon featured just two competitors?
... that in 2022,Frida Westman was the first Swedishski jumper to compete at anOlympic Games since 1994, whenher father competed?
... that ski jumperJoséphine Pagnier(pictured), who competed at the2022 Winter Olympics, won two medals at theWinter Youth Olympics two years ago? ++ (12,937 views)
... thatfreestyle skierKirsty Muir was the youngestTeam GB competitor at the2022 Winter Olympics? + (8,582 views)
... that when American-born skierKatie Vesterstein chose to compete for Estonia, she had only visited the country once, and did not speak the language? + (8,848 views)
... that in 2014, Trinidadian sprinterDeon Lendore wonthe highest award inNational Collegiate Athletic Association track and field while atTexas A&M University?
... that at the2016 Summer Paralympics, German para-cyclistHans-Peter Durst won atime trial despite having nosaddle for most of the event?
... thatparacyclistJuan José Florián fought for both sides in theColombian conflict?

2021 DYKs

... thatAline Rocha, the first Brazilian woman to compete at theWinter Paralympic Games, also came third in the women's wheelchair race at the2021 Berlin Marathon?
... that Brazilianwheelchair racerVanessa Cristina de Souza won a race despite completing the last two kilometres (1.2 mi) with a flat tyre?
... that CanadiandiverJeff Hirst won his event at the 1988 Canadian Championships despite having fractured his thumb five weeks before?
... that New Zealandassociation football coachOlli Harder has worked in the US, China, Norway and England?
... that in October 2021, Americanwheelchair racerYen Hoang came in the top three in marathons on consecutive days?
... that the women's race attoday's New York City Marathon will feature two of the medalists fromthis year's Olympic marathon? ++ (10.1k)
... that English netball playerSophie Drakeford-Lewis was once the highest ranked British youth tennis player?
... that in September 2021, theEngland national netball team won aseries in New Zealand for the first time?
... thatHorselunges Manor was featured in the filmThe Song Remains the Same aboutLed Zeppelin?
... thattoday's London Marathon is expected to have 50,000 runners, and another 50,000 virtual competitors? ++ (13,084 views)
... that the winner of the men's race at the2004 London Marathon fell during the race oncobblestones?
... that despite not initially being selected for the2020 Summer Paralympics, British equestrianGeorgia Wilson won two bronze medals at the Games?
... thatSuzanna Hext chose to compete in swimming rather than equestrian at the delayed2020 Summer Paralympics?
... thatAaron Pike has competed inwheelchair racing at threeSummer Paralympics, and in bothbiathlon andcross-country skiing at twoWinter Paralympics?
... thatSjerstin Vermeulen has wonParalympic medals inswimming andequestrian?
... that GermanparacyclistBernd Jeffré may have lost his2010 Berlin Marathon race because he ignored his wife and did not wear enough clothes?
... thatrefugee swimmerAbbas Karimi, who competed at the2020 Summer Paralympics, has won national championships in Afghanistan, Turkey and the US?
... thatwheelchair racerNathan Maguire, who is scheduled to compete at the2020 Summer Paralympics, appeared ona British gameshow with his partner in 2020?
... that Britishmodern pentathleteJo Muirqualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics despite missing the last qualification event due toCOVID-19–related travel restrictions?
~~... that German runnerAlica Schmidt(pictured),who is running in the Women's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, has won multiple European juniorrelay medals?~~ Incorrect, as she had changed race at short notice. (13.9k)
... that author, poet andArabian horse breederWilfrid Scawen Blunt chose to be buried without a coffin at his house,Newbuildings Place?
... thatMarthe Yankurije, who dropped out of school during her fourth year ofsecondary school, willcompete at the 2020 Summer Olympics?
... thatMark Stanforth won the1978 Chicago Marathon despite running the last few miles withblisters?
... that two hours before Canadian boxerMandy Bujold competed in a2016 Summer Olympics fight, she had been in hospital withgastroenteritis?
... thatMichael McIntyre, who was anOlympic sailing champion in 1988, was awarded anMBE for services to yachtingthe following year?
... that English cricketerJosh de Caires, the son of former England captainMichael Atherton, was given his mother'smaiden name at birth, and he does not know why?
... that at the2016 Summer Olympics, French sailorHélène Defrance won a medal by a single point?
... that in 2021,Lisa Barbelin won herEuropean Archery Championships event, and briefly became the world's number one ranked player?
... thatAmee-Leigh Murphy Crowe was the toptry scorer at the2018–19 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series, the first time the feat had been achieved by someone not from Australia or New Zealand?
... that for the first time this century,this year's British Athletics Championships were not broadcast on live television?
... that Belgian internationalassociation footballerAnaëlle Wiard, who started playingbeach soccer in 2020, was the top scorer in a competition that year?
... thatjudokaLoretta Doyle found out that she was pregnant during pre–Olympic selection medical checks? + (7.9k)
... thatRod Bonella, who won aCommonwealth Games marathon medal, was also ahorse trainer?
... that German swimmerLisa Höpink won two medals at the2019 Summer Universiade and qualified for two events at the2020 Summer Olympics?
... that in his debutfirst-class cricket season,Jack Carson took the most wickets of anySussex player in the2020 Bob Willis Trophy?
... that after the2020 Summer Olympics were postponed, South Africanartistic gymnastCaitlin Rooskrantzlivestreamed the routine she was going to perform?
... that British sailorEilidh McIntyre, who has qualified for the2020 Summer Olympics, is the daughter ofa former Olympic gold medallist?
... that Canadian cyclistBernie Willock, who missed out on competing at the Olympics due to the1980 Summer Olympics boycott, later owned furniture stores?
... that Irishassociation footballerMargaret Saurin later worked as a coach in the US?
... that FijianNapolioni Bolaca was the top point scorer at the2019–20 World Rugby Sevens Series?
... that in 2012, French women's football clubArras FCF were promoted tothe country's top division and reached the semi-finals ofthe French Cup?
... that Norwegian footballerSissel Grude retired aged 22, but returned for a one-off appearance 22 years later? + (5.4k)
... thatMartin Willock took breaks in his cycling career to build a house and start a repairs company?
... thatEmma Mullin, who won fourGaelic football championships, was also the first player from herassociation football club to playfor the Republic of Ireland?
... thatLinn Sömskar(pictured) has won medals at World Cups in bothcross-country skiing androller skiing?
... thatCamillo Vaz managedParis Saint-Germain Féminine when they qualified for theUEFA Women's Champions League for the first time?
... that Frenchrugby union refereeAurélie Groizeleau also breeds almost 7,000 pairs of pigeons?
... that whenIrene del Río was called up to theSpain women's national football team squad, she was the only player who did not compete in the country'stop division?
... thatStephanie Davis, who has qualified for the2020 Summer Olympics, is a part-time marathon runner who works in finance?
... that in 2021,Lefébre Rademan was unable to play for theSouth Africa national netball team as she was playing club netball in England?
... thatBen Connor, who competed in his first marathon in October 2020, has qualified for the marathon race at the delayed2020 Summer Olympics?
... that every competitor at the2021 British Athletics Marathon and 20km Walk Trial received a commemorativebonsai tree?
... that the French football clubGPSO 92 Issy was founded by three Peruvian sisters in 1997?
... that Ivorian politicanTéné Birahima Ouattara, the brother of the country's president, is nicknamed "Photocopy" due to their similar appearance?
... that whenMarjan Haydaree became the all-time top scorer for theAfghanistan women's national football team, she had never set foot in Afghanistan?
... that the 13th-centuryBarnston Manor was owned by the same family for 700 years before being put up for sale in 2018? + (5.0k)
... thatBarnham Court inWest Sussex is built in a similar style toKew Palace in London?
... that Icelandic footballerÞórdís Hrönn Sigfúsdóttir has had to self-isolate on four occasions during theCOVID-19 pandemic?
... that Irish sportswomanCarol Breen has played internationally in bothassociation andAustralian rules football?
... thatLisa Martin captained theScotland women's national rugby union team in 2018 to their first victory in Ireland for 12 years?
... that the owners ofKettlethorpe Hall used a relocated 14th-century chapel as a boathouse, and the chapel's remains are now ina public park?
... that Frenchrugby union playerAudrey Forlani scored a try in the decisive match of the2016 Women's Six Nations Championship, after which France won the tournament?
... that whenMark Coles started coaching thePakistan women's national cricket team, he was not being paid, and he later lived in acompound withsnipers on the roof?
... that in 2020,Jasmin Taylor broke the record for themost medals won by a British skier at the World Cup and World Championships?
... that New ZealanderFran Jonas made her domestic cricket debut aged 15, and took three wickets in the final of the competition?
... thatGirma Bekele Gebre finished third at the2019 New York City Marathon, despite not having a coach or sponsor, and having to pay to enter the race?
... that South African association footballerAmanda Sister has played for clubs in Hungary and Italy?
... that after being told that women could not compete in athletics at the1924 Summer Olympics, theFSFSF set up their ownWomen's Olympiad?
... thatMalysha Kelly's return to theJamaica national netball team after a three-year absence was halted by theCOVID-19 pandemic?
... that due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in the UK the entire2021 Netball Superleague season is being hosted at just two venues?
... thatJoseildo da Silva beatRoy Dooney at the1991 Chicago Marathon by six seconds in the slowest winning time for 10 years?
... thatTomoki Suzuki won the men's wheelchair race at the2020 Tokyo Marathon by over eight minutes?
... thatJulio César Gandarilla Bermejo, a founder of the CubanNational Revolutionary Militia, ignored instructions from the Cuban presidentMiguel Díaz-Canel to make aTwitter account?
... thatAntoinette Dinga Dzondo(pictured), Minister of Social Affairs and Humanitarian Action of the Republic of the Congo, set up a fund to help refugees in the country return home?
... thatEdmilsa Governo won Mozambique's first medal at aParalympic Games in 2016?
... that theRoyal Victoria Arcade, Ryde, had an underground market that is now used as a local history museum?
... that Ethiopian runnerHelen Bekele Tola has stated a desire to compete for Switzerland at the2020 Summer Olympics?
... thatElaine Van Blunk finished third at the1994 Chicago Marathon, her second marathon event?
... that Spanish physicistTeresa Rodrigo worked on the discovery of theHiggs boson atCERN and the discovery of thetop quark atFermilab?

2020 DYKs

... that in 1975, Finland's Minister of EducationMarjatta Väänänen sent a petition to theArchbishop of Turku with almost 1 million signatures, advocating for the introduction of female priests?
... that during theNazi occupation of Poland,Halina Kwiatkowska acted in an underground theatre alongsidea future pope?
... thatKatie Levick gave up the chance to play cricket for England in order to pursue a full-time job?
... thatEric Kimaiyo won the 2003Baltimore Marathon in asprint finish with one of the athletes that he trained?
... that table-tennis playerIsabelle Li received a standing ovation despite losing the final at the2010 Summer Youth Olympics?
... that cricketerCharlotte Taylor was the top wicket-taker in theRachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, despite not being initially picked in the squads for the tournament?
... that cricketerIssy Wong can solve aRubik's Cube in seconds? + (6.8k)
... thattoday's London Marathon is not being run on its usual course, but instead as 19.6 laps aroundSt James's Park, to prevent spectators from attending? ++++ (21,991 views)
... that pole vaulterHolly Bradshaw(pictured) won her eighth national title at the2020 British Athletics Championships?
... that in 1995, French journalistDidier Roustan helped set up a world footballers union withEric Cantona andDiego Maradona?
... that during the2018 Women's Cricket Super League,Tash Farrant took ahat-trick, but her team still lost the match?
... that in 2018, Guyanese politicianCharrandas Persaud voted against his own government coalition in ano-confidence motion, causing the coalition to fall by one vote?
... that theRachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, which starts today, was created to allow English domesticwomen's cricket to be played in spite of theCOVID-19 pandemic?
... that when footballerPrzemysław Płacheta signed forNorwich City fromŚląsk Wrocław in 2020, he was Śląsk's record sale and Norwich's first-ever Polish player?
... thatGeorgia Adams is the captain of theSussex Women cricket team, and her fatherChris is a former captain of theSussex men's team?
... that British 19th-century prison visitorSarah Martin criticised living conditions atThe Tolhouse jail, and objected to the fact that the inmates had no access to a church or chaplain?
... thatEmma Lamb was part of theLancashire Women cricket team that in 2017 won both theWomen's County Championship and the CountiesTwenty20 competition?
... thatPippa Wicks, the deputy chief executive officer ofthe Co-operative Group, has supported the company's initiative to employ people who have escapedmodern slavery?
... that Belgian academic and judgeÉtienne Cerexhe was a co-founder of the Faculty of Law at theUniversity of Ouagadougou inBurkina Faso?
... thatJoseph Ngolepus finished third at the2003 London Marathon, one second behind the winner, in the closest London Marathon finish in history?
... that in a 2013 ranking compiled by the political editors ofVerdens Gang,Astrid Gjertsen was rated the ninth-most important woman in Norwegian history?
... that husband and wifeRalf andKristin Bochröder both won their 1975Berlin Marathon races, the only couple to have done so?
... that the "lost manuscript" ofThe Ickabog was featured on the dress worn byJ. K. Rowling at her 50th birthday party? ++ (10,657 views)
... that there isa large cock on a junction inSutton High Street, London? ++ (13,050 views)
... that the 13th-centurySt Andrew-in-the-Oxmarket Church inChichester, which was bombed during the Second World War, is now an arts centre?
... that Canadian soccer playerChristabel Oduro is the cousin ofDominic Oduro, who has played for Ghana?
... thatRaymond Kipkoech won the 2011Jerusalem Marathon despite crossing the wrong finish line?
... that theCorn Exchange inChichester has also been used as a cinema and aMcDonald's?
... thatJitse Groen foundedTakeaway.com while still a student, after being unable to get a takeaway delivered to North Holland?
... thatLuis Ocaña won theOrcières-Merlette stage of the1971 Tour de France, beating the1970 champion,Eddy Merckx, by more than eight minutes?
... that more than 3 million people have downloaded theCOVID Symptom Study app in the UK and the US?
... that between 1857 and the 1930s, a Russian gun captured during theCrimean War was displayed on the Hastings seafront nearPelham Arcade?
... that during theCOVID-19 pandemic,Camille Combal hosted episodes ofQui veut gagner des millions ? – the French version ofWho Wants to Be a Millionaire? – from his living room?
... that in 2015,Eva Asderaki became the first woman to umpire a men'sUS Open tennis final?
... thatDalma Iványi has won ten Hungarian women's basketball championships and played for three teams in theWNBA?
... thatDagmar Burešová hid a classmate after he escaped a communist prison, and enabled him to flee from Czechoslovakia to West Germany?
... thatHege Lanes Steinlund is believed to have officiated more internationalfootball matches than any other Norwegian referee?
... thatGrégoire Margotton replacedChristian Jeanpierre as the main presenter of the French football programmeTéléfoot in 2018?
... thatNoureddine Diwa was one of the first Tunisian footballers to play abroad?
... that Austrian engineerErnst Lauda, who worked on preventing theDanube from flooding, was granted his own coat of arms(depicted)?
... that no admiral has ever lived atAdmiral's House inHampstead?
... that Britons are being urged toclap for their carers every Thursday evening duringthe country's COVID-19 pandemic?
... that a path up theCol de la Loze, the seventh highestmountain pass in France, opened one year ago today and was first used in professional cycling during the2019 Tour de l'Avenir?
... that the company that builtSix Pillars House also constructedHighpoint I, and the penguin enclosure atLondon Zoo?
... that Swiss World War II spyOtto Pünter used crosswords and lemon juice as means ofencryption?
... that French weightlifterAlexandre Maspoli, who won a medal at the1906 Intercalated Games, later competed in thesculpture event at the 1924 Summer Olympics?
... that French philosopherLucien Sève wrote a four-volume work focusing on his perceived problems with various interpretations ofMarxism?
... thatNelson House is located onRotherhithe Street, London's longest street, alongside theRiver Thames?
... that Austrian industrialistHans Lauda was critical of his grandsonNiki's Formula One ambitions, as he believed that "a Lauda should be on the economic pages of the newspaper, not the sports pages"?
... that while living in China, New Zealand tour guideTroy Collings co-founded a company specialising in tours of North Korea?
... that BritishwindsurferEmma Wilson won the under-15Techno 293 World Championships at the age of 12?
... that EnglishjudokaSamantha Lowe was selected, then deselected, then reselected for the2002 Commonwealth Games, and went on to win a gold medal?
... that at the age of 10,Sky Brown became the youngest professional skateboarder in the world?
... that at the age of 11,Gabrielle Reidy made her first appearance at theAbbey Theatre in Dublin?
... that theIrish Central Committee for the Employment of Women, which operated from 1914 to 1919, paid Irish women the same as their British counterparts?
... that in a January 2020Premiership Rugby match, refereeLuke Pearce appointedManu Vunipola asSaracens captain, after Pearce decided that he did not want to speak withJackson Wray?
... thatDorothy Doolittle, winner of the inauguralChicago Marathon, was later an assistant coach for the U.S. team at the1992 Summer Olympics?
... that while other 1978Chicago Marathon runners complained the late start meant finishing in 80 °F (27 °C) heat, winnerLynae Larson was concerned about its effect on her six-hour drive home?

2019 DYKs

... that Ivorian special advisorEuphrasie Kouassi Yao has worked as aUNESCO chair for Water, Women and Decision-making, and has been honoured by the Global Platform for Enterprising Women?
... that medieval historianMaria Teresa Ferrer i Mallol believed that the 14th-centuryMudéjar, Jewish, and Muslim communities inCatalonia andValencia co-existed due toreligious segregation?
... that jams made by FrenchchocolatierChristine Ferber(pictured) are sold in TokyoIsetan department stores, each wrapped in red cloth with a white bow? + (5.4k)
... that theCentral Committee on Women's Employment was founded to help British women who were out of work due to the First World War?
... thatEgyptologistWafaa El Saddik has provided historical tours toMargaret Thatcher,Jimmy Carter,Helmut Schmidt, andAnwar Sadat?
... that the main award of theDanish Animation Society is named afterBørge Ring(pictured), who directed theOscar-winning animated short filmAnna & Bella?
... that during the Second World War,Rachel Dübendorfer received sensitive German military information, includingplans for the invasion of the USSR?
... that from 1977 to 1982,Pierre Cangioni presentedTéléfoot, France's first dedicatedfootball television programme?
... thatStephen Twinoburyo, a Ugandan expatriate in South Africa, said that Ugandans were unhappy about the ticket prices for the2010 FIFA World Cup that took place in his new country?
... that in 1956, Germancivil servantErica Pappritz co-wrote a book onetiquette which included sections on correct odour and on howBonn diplomats liked to carry umbrellas?
~~... that the main award of theDanish Animation Society is named afterBørge Ring, the first Dane to win anOscar?~~Incorrect as he wasn't the first, contrary to the source
... that in 1901, French feminist writerMarie-Louise Gagneur was awarded theLegion of Honour?
... thatJean-Pierre Bernès, former general manager ofOlympique de Marseille, started out selling membership cards for the club?
... that in 1960Emil Paleček discovered thatnucleic acids could be studiedelectrochemically, contradicting previous assumptions that DNA molecules were too large to have electrochemical properties?
... that in November 2018,Matthew Hedges received a pardon from his life sentence for spying in theUnited Arab Emirates?
... thatRoberto Tobar officiated the 2017Segunda División final, in which only one team turned up for thepenalty shootout?

2018 DYKs

... thatDorothée Munyaneza, who moved to London as a girl because of theRwandan genocide, has choreographed two works about her experiences?
... thatClare Faulds, the first woman admitted to theManx bar, later served as theVicar General of Sodor and Man?
... thatLisa Buckwitz andMariama Jamanka, who were nicknamed the "Berlin Bob", won thetwo-woman bobsleigh event at the2018 Winter Olympics?
... that a bracelet lost byJosephine Heffernan during theFirst World War was found in 2002, and returned to her family in 2017?
... thatClémentine Touré coached theIvory Coast women's national football team in their first matches outside Africa at the2015 FIFA Women's World Cup?
... thatKarabo Mathang-Tshabuse is South Africa's first femaleFIFA-accreditedsoccer agent?
... that gymnastPierre Payssé, who won two gold medals at the1906 Intercalated Games, later helped organise women's football matches?
... thatSusanna Dinnage is expected to become the first female chief executive of the EnglishPremier League early next year?
... that in 2018,Sara Cox became the first woman to referee aPremiership Rugby match?
... that in 1794, a silver statue of theVirgin Mary from the chapel atNotre-Dame de la Garde was melted down at the mint ofMarseille located onRue du Tapis-Vert?
... thattrail runnerAurélia Truel gave up on playinghandball because she was too short?
... thatIris Kadrić played international football forSweden under-17s, before switching to play forBosnia and Herzegovina?
... that formerFirst Lady of SloveniaBarbara Miklič Türk met her husband and former Slovenian presidentDanilo Türk while working as a librarian at theUnited Nations?
... that in 2017,Sofía Gómez broke theCMAS Constant Weight Bi-Finsfreediving world record, and then broke her own record two days later?
... that in 2017,Renee Rabinowitz successfully suedEl Al after the airline forced her to move at the request of aHaredi Jewish man who refused to sit beside her? ++ (12,070 views)
... thatColombian Supreme Court judgeAugusto Ibáñez Guzmán claimed that in 2008, a dozen armed men stormed his house to steal his personal computer?
... thatChristian Boros owns an art gallery in a formerbunker in Berlin?
... that at the2018 Winter Olympics,Dom Parsons won the first medal for a British male inskeleton in 70 years?
... thatbobsleigh duoMica McNeill andMica Moore crowdfunded £30,000 to compete at2017–18 Bobsleigh World Cup events?
... that siblingsThomas,Glen, andEve Muirhead are all competing incurling forGreat Britain at the 2018 Winter Olympics?
... thatAngeline Murimirwa received money for her secondary education fromCamfed, and is now its regional executive director for Southern & Eastern Africa?

2017 DYKs

... thatAlex Virot is the only journalist to have died whilst covering theTour de France?
... thatWilliam Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse, the first airman to receive theVictoria Cross, is buried atParnham House?
... that after thedisappearance of Dora Bloch, Britain cut all diplomatic ties with Uganda? ++(14,000 views)
... thatMary Hogarth(pictured) is believed to be the inspiration forCharles Dickens' characters Rose inOliver Twist and Little Nell inThe Old Curiosity Shop?
... that from 1973 until 2012,Myra Nimmo held the Scottish women's nationallong jump record?
... that the British art historianHumphrey Brooke grew more than 500 varieties of rose?
... thatCarlos Fernández Gondín fought against Cuban dictatorFulgencio Batista and the United States in theBay of Pigs Invasion, and afterwards helped found theCommunist Party of Cuba?
... thatPatrick Eagar took photographs at 325Test matches, including 98Ashes matches?
... thatJames Braidwood, superintendent of the London Fire Engine Establishment, was killed during the1861 Tooley Street fire(pictured)? + (7.0k)
... that in 2015,Alison Hughes was part of the first ever all-female officiating team in aFed Cup final?

2016 DYKs

... thatMary Barkas was the first femalehouse physician at theBethlem Royal Hospital in London?
... thatHelen Boyle was the first female president of theRoyal Medico-Psychological Association?
... thatHannah Dadds was the first female train driver on the London Underground? + (6.3k)
... thatJackie Stedall won the 2013Neumann Prize for the best English-language book on thehistory of mathematics?
... thatChristiana Willes is sometimes incorrectly attributed as the founder ofroundarm bowling?
... that in 2014,West Horsley Place(pictured) was "accidentally" inherited byBamber Gascoigne?
... that the extension toPoole Methodist Church was nominated for the 2016Carbuncle Cup?
... that in 1976, theAdmiral Von Trompfishing trawler was shipwrecked atSaltwick Bay?
... that theGrid Compass was allegedly designed to match the dimensions of the company founderJohn Ellenby's briefcase?
... that at the age of 57,Jude Flannery became the oldest woman ever to be named Master Female Triathlete of the Year?
... that in 1747, theCustom House inPoole was raided by 30 smugglers, led by members of theHawkhurst Gang?
... thatTony Sainsbury is thechef de mission of theIndependent Paralympic Athletes Team at the 2016 Summer Paralympics?
... that in 2016,Andrew Butchart broke the Scottish5000 metres record, despite running the last lap of the race with only one shoe?
... thatTheodor Lewald(pictured) successfully campaigned forGermany to compete at the1928 Summer Olympics and host the1936 Summer Olympics?
... thatNorwich City F.C. joint majority shareholderMichael Wynn-Jones attended his first Norwich match in 1953?
... thatYona Knight-Wisdom is the first maleJamaican diver to compete at theOlympic Games? + (6.4k)
... that in 2013, a Russian man who had edited his credit card agreement withTinkoff Bank attempted to sue the bank for 24 million rubles?
... that between 2005 and 2014 theQhubeka Foundation provided more than 45,000 bicycles in South Africa?
... that due to theFrench football bribery scandal, no team is classed as winning the1992–93 French Division 1 title?
... that the British art dealerSir Jack Baer saved £150 million of art for the nation?
... that in December 2015,Trinidadian commentatorFazeer Mohammed was banned from speaking to players in theWest Indies cricket team before theBoxing Day Test match?
... that cricket journalistTony Munro was born withdwarfism?
... that in February 2016, fake documents were sent toCompanies House claiming thatKatrien Meire had resigned as chief executive ofCharlton Athletic F.C.?
... thatHamza Ali died at age 20, having already playedfirst-class cricket forHampshire County Cricket Club andList A cricket forRawalpindi Rams?
... that due to thepoints system being used,England won the2013–14 Women's Ashes despite winning fewer matches?
... thatMaison Bertaux inSoho is London's oldestpâtisserie shop?
...that theGrade I listedTrinity Green Almshouses were built to house "28 decay'd Masters & Commanders of Ships or ye Widows of such"?
... that the originalHove Town Hall building(pictured) was damaged by fire in 1966?
... that the websiteFootball Leaks reveals transfer fee, wage and contract information about famousfootballers?
... that currentLiga de Fútbol Profesional presidentJavier Tebas is aReal Madrid supporter?
... that 1–13Arundel Terrace inBrighton consists entirely ofGrade I listed buildings?
... that theOld Ship Hotel is the oldest hotel inBrighton?
... that theFarmers Cricket Club Ground inSaint Martin, Jersey, is scheduled to host five matches in the2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Five between 21 and 28 May?
... thatLaura Wolvaardt made herWomen's One Day International cricket debut forSouth Africa at the age of 16?
... that theGrade I listed building56 Artillery Lane inLondon is now used as a free art exhibition space?
... thatNeisha Pratt captained theHong Kong women's national cricket team in their first official match in 2006?
... thatElspeth Beard was the firstEnglish woman to ride a motorcycle around the world?
... that despite being removed from the 1992Honduras Olympic team andOlympic Village,Polin Belisle still competed in theOlympic marathon?
... that theHarmony Gold Mine Cricket Club A Ground holds the record for some of the lowest scores by theFree State cricket team?
... thatDerick Adamson won the 1984 and 1985Philadelphia Marathons?
... that in a 2014Sussex Cricket League Premier Division match againstHorsham,Philip Salt scored 200not out from just 129balls?
... thatGraham Charlesworth has playedfirst-class cricket in England and South Africa?
... thatGehan Mendis was part of theLancashire cricket team that won the 1990Benson & Hedges Cup andNatwest Trophy?
... thatKeenu Gill becamevice-captain of theHong Kong women's national cricket team at the age of 17?
... thatCharles Wollaston was the first person to win fiveFA Cup winners medals?
... thatJake Doran is the youngest player to have signed for aBig Bash League team?
... that in September 2003, theZoological Society of London releasedcrickets of the endangered speciesGryllus campestris into the wild at theArundel Castle Cricket Ground?
... thatMark Sanders scored only onefirst-class century in hiscricket career?
... thatW. G. Grace,Jack Hobbs,Denis Compton andDon Bradman all scoredfirst-class centuries at theCentral Recreation Ground, Hastings?
... thatMatt Hobden scored 65not out in aSussex County Cricket Club record tenth-wicketpartnership of 164 withOllie Robinson?
~~... thatCity Oval,Pietermaritzburg andSt Lawrence Ground,Canterbury, are the only twofirst-class cricket grounds with a tree inside theboundary?~~ Incorrect, as the St Lawrence Ground no longer has a tree inside the boundary, but theVRA Cricket Ground does.
... that in April 2015,Ollie Robinson became the firstSussex cricketer in 95 years to score a century on aCounty Championship debut?