ON THIS DAY

Jimmy Greaves scored a hat-trick for Chelsea in their 6-3 thumping of Manchester City in a First Division fixture at Stamford Bridge. In doing so he scored his 100th League goal and, at 20 years 290 days old, he became the youngest player ever to score a century of League goals.

When I was a kid at school a sporting 'all-rounder' was someone who could get into the house team at both football and cricket. But there are those who can do a tad better than that! In the early 1900s goalkeeper Benjamin Howard Baker was good enough to play for England at football. He also represented GB at the Olympics in 1912 and 1920 (high jump and triple jump) and was a decent hurdler, long-jumper and discus thrower. He was water-polo player of international standard, a championship-winning tennis player and did a lot more than play for his school house at cricket! A First World War injury saw him concentrate on football and the 1920s saw him make League appearances for Chelsea, Everton and Oldham. Most of those appearances were for Chelsea - 93 in League and FA Cup - and in one of those on 19th November 1921 he showed a bit more of his varied abilities. On that day goalkeeper Baker scored the only goal for Chelsea in the First Division match against Bradford City at Stamford Bridge - from the penalty spot. He lost his penalty-taking duties after a miss against Arsenal later in the season but, hey, what an all-rounder! 20 th November