Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/September/September 9
Appearance
![The Demon Spofforth](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Fred_Spofforth.jpg/100px-Fred_Spofforth.jpg)
- Australia
- 1853 - Fred Spofforth, the "Demon", born in Balmain, New South Wales.
- England
- 1959 - West Indian Test all-rounder Collie Smith dies at Stoke-on-Trent after being injured in a road accident three days earlier.