Victoria v Tasmania
1923-02-22
On 22 February 1923 the 22-year-old Bill Ponsford made 429 against Tasmania at the MCG, breaking Archie MacLaren's 28-year-old world first-class record of 424 and announcing the arrival of the most prolific run-machine Australian cricket had yet produced — a man who would go on to break his own record five years later with 437.
South Africa v England
1923-02-26
Frank Mann's MCC tourists arrived in South Africa in late 1922 to face Herbie Taylor's improving home side on matting wickets. Across five Tests they ground out a 2-1 series win — the first English Test victory in South Africa since 1913-14 — and confirmed the post-war restoration of England as a Test power away from Australia.
Sussex and England
1923-09-15
Through 1922 and 1923, on the advice of his Sussex captain Arthur Gilligan, the 28-year-old off-spinner Maurice Tate switched to fast-medium swing bowling. The change produced 219 wickets in 1923, his Test debut against South Africa at Edgbaston in 1924, and the bowling career that became the model for the English fast-medium swing tradition.
Yorkshire and English County Championship
1923-09-08
In the 1923 County Championship Yorkshire won 25 of their 32 matches under Geoffrey Wilson — at the time the highest number of wins by any county in a single season since the modern Championship began in 1890.