On this day in history — September 2

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Wednesday, September 02, 2009
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1893: Liverpool beat Middlesbrough Ironopolis to claim their first win in the Football League.

1973: England legend Ian Botham played his first game for Somerset when he turned out in a Sunday League game against Sussex at Hove.

1980: John Arlott, the 'voice of cricket', commentated on his last Test match on the occasion of the Lord's centenary match between England and Australia.

2001: John Daly secured his first tournament win for six years with victory in the BMW International in Germany.

2006: Jermain Defoe (two), Peter Crouch (two) and Steven Gerrard scored as England beat Andorra 5-0 in their opening European Championship qualifier at Old Trafford.

2007: Andy Murray was knocked out of the US Open in the third round after losing to Korea's Hyung-Taik Lee 6-3 6-3 2-6 7-5 in New York.

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