Sam Morris (cricketer)

Samuel Morris was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1885. He was the first black man to play Test cricket, as well as the first person of West Indian heritage and the first Tasmanian-born player to play Tests. He and Andrew Symonds are the only people of West Indian heritage to play for Australia.

22 June 1855

Born on the same birth day (22 June): Aleksander Warma • Aquivaldo Mosquera • Clifton McNeely • Clyde Drexler • George Vancouver • Ian Kinsler • Jerry Rawlings • Jo Cox • John Dillinger • Katherine Dunham • Maximilian von Spee • Mikel Merino • Robert Ritter von Greim • Sebastian Jung • Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet • Thomas Leuluai • Thomas Voeckler

Born in the same month (June 1855): George Charles Haité • George F. Roesch • Richard Lodge • Robert M. La Follette