22 August and Parcy Fender

Surrey's Percy Fender was born on 22 August 1892 (The season wehn the first ever First class cricket match played in India). The world of cricket always Percy Fender for his fastest FC hundred. He scored 100 in only 35 minutes against Northemptonshire in 1920 (also in August) at Northempton.

In 1983 Steven O'Shaughnessy of Lancashire equelled Percy Fender's record by scoring 100 in just 35 minnutes against Leicestershire at Old Trafford, Machester. After hitting 100 off 35 minutes O'Shaughnessy met Fender at his London home. On that day fender told O'Shaughnessy that in 1920 there was a problem in Northempton's clock and when he came back after scoring hundred it was around 34 minutes and not 35 minutes which recorded. However world historian and statistician still believe that both Fender and O'Shaughnessy scored hundred in 35 minutes.

The most significant thing between Fender and O'Shaughnessy is both scored fastest in in the month they born. Fender did it in August and O'Shaughnessy did it in September (he was born on 9 September 1961) and he scored 100 off 35 minutes in September 1983.

Percy Fender died in 1985 (15 June). In 1932 once he called Duglas Jardine, the then England captian, and asked him to invent a theory to check Sir Don Bradman and then Jardine & Fender invented BODY LINE bowling to check Bradman and also Bill Woodful.

By the way Woodful was also born on 22 August.