Joe Solomon

Joseph Stanislaus Solomon was a Guyanese cricketer who played 27 Test matches for the West Indies from 1958 to 1965, scoring 1,326 runs, mainly from number six and seven in the batting line-up. He also bowled occasional leg-breaks but was best known as a brilliant fieldsman. He was best remembered for his role in the famous Tied Test match between the West Indies and Australia in 1960 at the Gabba, where he was involved in two direct hit runout dismissals.

26 August 1930

Born on the same birth day (26 August): Benedict Anderson • Brandon McDonald (gridiron football) • Evan Ross • Giuseppe Resnati • Hellmuth Walter • Howard Clark (golfer) • Jayson Nix • Jean-Baptiste L. Romé de l'Isle • Keke Palmer • Kotoshōhō Yoshinari • Michael Jeter • Oleksiy Kasyanov • Otto Binder • Petey Williams • Pyotr Todorovsky • Sally Beamish • Sam Hardy (footballer) • Zhou Ji (born 1946) • Zona Gale

Born in the same month (August 1930): Barry Unsworth • Carlos Loyzaga • Frank McCourt • Gholamreza Takhti • Gilmar • György Enyedi (geographer) • James Komack • Jerry Tarkanian • Michal Kováč • Noel Harford • Wilfried Hilker • Wilmer Mizell • Windsor Davies