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1925
 
   
British jockey Gordon Richards becomes champion jockey for the first of 26 times      
1926
 
   
The England cricketer Jack Hobbs makes the highest score of his career, 316 not out for Surrey against Middlesex      
1926
 
    
Ely Culbertson devotes his playing skill and his promotional abilities to the new contract version of bridge       
1927
 
    
US golfer Walter Hagen wins his fifth PGA Championship, and the fourth in succession       
1928
 
   
In only his third Test match, 20-year-old Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a century      
1928
 
   
Norwegian figure-skater Sonja Henie wins the first of three individual Olympic gold medals in successive games      
1929
 
   
Baseball star Ty Cobb retires with a career record of 2245 runs, that will remain unbeaten into the twenty-first century      
1930
 
    
US golfer Bobby Jones retires after winning his thirteenth major in eight years       
1930
 
    
The New Zealand racehorse Phar Lap wins huge popularity after an easy victory in the Melbourne Cup       
1931
 
    
16-year-old English footballer Stanley Matthews plays his first League game for Stoke City