* 1974 – Christina Davis, Australian ballet dancer and contestant on the first season of Big Brother Australia

Essendon had tough, but talented players with the likes of " Rotten Ronnie " Ron Andrews and experienced players such as Barry Davis, Ken Fletcher, Geoff Blethyn, Neville Fields and West Australian import Graham Moss.

* 1934 – Neil Davis, Australian cameraman ( d. 1985 )

* 1980 – Allan Davis, Australian cyclist

Only in the final sets of matches at the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, the Olympic Games, Davis Cup, and Fed Cup are tie-breaks not played.

* November 14 – Arthur Hoey Davis, Australian author ( d. 1935 )

** Judy Davis, Australian actress

With both Sampras and Agassi participating, the U. S. won the Davis Cup in 1995. Notable Sampras-Agassi matches of 1995 included the finals of the Australian Open, the Newsweek Champions Cup, the Lipton International Players Championships, the Canadian Open, and the US Open, with Sampras winning the Newsweek Champions Cup and the US Open.

The loss included only one of his 14 Grand Slam title trophies, from his first Australian Open victory, but also included two Davis Cups, an Olympic ring and six trophies for finishing top in the year-end rankings.

The first known recorded recipe named " pavlova " was published in the fifth Australian edition of Davis Dainty Dishes in 1926.

He was coached in Queensland by Charlie Hollis and later by the Australian Davis Cup team captain Harry Hopman, who gave Laver the nickname " Rocket ".

Judy Davis ( born 23 April 1955 ) is an Australian actress best known for her roles in Husbands and Wives, Barton Fink, A Passage to India and in the TV miniseries Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows.

First coming to prominence for her role as Sybylla Melvyn in the coming-of-age saga My Brilliant Career ( 1979 ), for which she won BAFTA Awards for Best Actress and Best Newcomer, Judy Davis also played the lead in the Australian New Wave classics Winter of Our Dreams ( 1981 ) ( as a waif-like heroin addict ) and Heatwave ( 1982 ) ( as a radical tenant organizer ).

In 2011, Davis appeared in a TV-drama film, Page Eight and played Dorothy de Lascabanes in the adaptation of Patrick White's novel, The Eye of the Storm for which, in 2012, she won an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

Ashe, an African American, was the first black player ever selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man to ever win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open.

The plays of Jack Davis are on the school syllabus in several Australian states.

An eight step policy cycle is developed in detail in The Australian Policy Handbook by Peter Bridgman and Glyn Davis: ( now with Catherine Althaus in its 4th edition-5th edition in press )

* Stuart Davis ( rugby league ), Australian rugby league footballer

In the quarter-final match against Australian Neil Robertson, Davis recovered from a 2 – 12 deficit to force the match into the third session, eventually losing 5 – 13.

Davis started the 2012 / 2013 season at number 51, but couldn't qualify for the first two ranking events, as he lost 3 – 5 against Kurt Maflin at the Wuxi Classic, and 0 – 5 against Michael Wild at the Australian Goldfields Open.

* David Davis ( Australian politician ) ( born 1962 ), Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Council

On May 6, 1985, Kluge announced the sale of Metromedia's television stations, and Metromedia Producers Corp., to the News Corporation ( owned by Australian newspaper publisher Rupert Murdoch ) and 20th Century Fox Film Corporation ( owned jointly by Murdoch and Marvin Davis ) for $ 3. 5 billion.

He was the Australian junior champion in 1961, 1962, and 1963 and was a member of Australia's Davis Cup winning team in 1964.

In 1968 there were a ) an amateur circuit including the Davis Cup (" closed " to any " contract " professional until 1973 ) and the Australian Championships, b ) two pro circuits: the " World Championship of Tennis ( WCT )" circuit and the " National Tennis League ( NTL )" circuit which met on 4 tournaments, and c ) an open circuit ( with a little more than 10 tournaments ).

Between 1977 and 1987, the Australian Football Council ( AFC ) in conjunction with the VFL ran a night series, which invited clubs and representative sides from around the country to participate in the " National Football League " for the Wills Cup, however Victorian sides still dominated.

Twenty countries have participated in the Euro Cup and 22 countries have participated in the International Cup with both competitions prohibiting Australian players.

The Australian Football International Cup is currently the highest level of senior international competition.

The 1974 Australian America's Cup Challenger was named " Southern Cross " KA 4 representing the Royal Perth Yacht Club and was defeated 4-0 sailing off Newport Rhode Island by " Courageous " US26 sailing for the New York Yacht Club.

A large crowd of over 10, 000 fans welcome the Australian team on completing the first World Cup Hat-trick # Cricket | hat-trick – Martin Place, Sydney.

The MCG, often referred to by locals as " The G ", has also hosted other major events, including International Rules between the Australian Football League ( AFL ) and Gaelic Athletic Association, international Rugby union, State of Origin series ( rugby league ), FIFA World Cup qualifiers and International Friendly matches, serves as the finish line for the Melbourne Marathon and also major rock concerts.

Other transnational competitions include the Pro 12, involving Irish, Italian, Scottish and Welsh teams ; The Rugby Championship, involving South African, Australian, New Zealand and Argentinian Teams ; and the Heineken Cup, involving the top European teams from their respective domestic competitions.

Two-time Australian V8 Supercar Champion Marcos Ambrose has competed the Sprint Cup Series events since 2007.

* Australian Nations Cup Championship A series for GT type cars which ran from 2000 to 2004.

The Australian said this has helped secure the BDO's world status and become recognised as one of the most successful and long-running rock festivals in the world, going on to say the festival is as much a part of Australian culture as the Melbourne Cup.

Taylor scored 74, a record score by an Australian captain in the World Cup, but Sri Lanka comfortably triumphed on this occasion by seven wickets to claim the trophy.

* Glencoe II, Australian Thoroughbred racehorse, won 1868 Melbourne Cup

His three centuries at the 1996 Cricket World Cup made him the only batsman to ever achieve this feat, and a fourth century in the 1999 tournament made him the only Australian to score more than 1000 runs in World Cup competition and to score four centuries.

Since its inception in 1954, the Australian team has dominated the Rugby League World Cup, having won the competition nine times.

In order to seek a higher level of competition, the Australian national team moved from the Oceania Football Confederation to the Asian Football Confederation in 2006, a much stronger confederation which has guaranteed places in the World Cup, thereby avoiding repetition of a history of missed opportunities in forced sudden-death playoffs.

* Rally racing – In the first rally to cross the Sahara Desert, the Australian team of Ken Tubman, Andre Welenski, and Jim Reddiex win the World Cup Rally driving a Citroën.

* The New York Yacht Club retains the America's Cup as Courageous defeats Australian challenger Southern Cross, of the Royal Perth Yacht Club, 4 races to 0 ; it is Australian businessman Alan Bond's first Cup challenge