Portal:Cricket/Anniversaries/May/May 12

;Australia

• 1867 - Hugh Trumble, off-spinning all-rounder who was a mainstay of the Australian attack throughout the 1890s and beyond, is born at Abbotsford, Victoria

;England

• 1903 - Jim Parks, Sr., all-rounder who scored 3003 runs and took 101 wickets for a unique double in 1937, is born at Haywards Heath.
• 1979 - Robert Key is born at East Dulwich in south-east London