Owen. It was Lowndes' fifth victory at Bathurst and Skaife's sixth, and the first team 1–2 finish since 1984. 17 October – Ducati Corse rider Casey Stoner took a popular home crowd victory in the 2010 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix, finishing eight seconds ahead of Spanish rider Jorge Lorenzo for the Yamaha Motor Racing team. 23 October – So You Think wins the Cox Plate for a second time at Moonee Valley. 1 November – Surfer Stephanie Gilmore wins the 2010 ASP World Tour, her fourth world championship. 2 November – French horse Americain, ridden by Gérald Mossé, wins the 150th Melbourne Cup. 2 December – Australia's bid to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup is unsuccessful, with Qatar selected as the location for the 2022 event. 26–29 December – England win the fourth Test and retain The Ashes. 28 December – Wild Oats XI takes line honours for the fifth time in the 2010 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, although a protest is unsuccessfully raised over the yacht's failure to report its position by radio as it entered Bass Strait at Green Cape. Deaths 8 January – Monica Maughan, 76, stage, film and television actor. 10 January – Bill Patterson, 86, racing driver and businessman. 12 January – Ken Colbung, 78, Aboriginal elder 18 January – Cyril Burke, 84, rugby union player 22 January – Betty Wilson, 88, cricketer 25 January – Lynn Bayonas, 66, writer and producer 27 January – George Hanlon, 92, racehorse trainer 2 February – Nelli Shkolnikova, 83, violinist 3 February – John McCallum, 91, actor and television producer 13 February – Ken Emerson, 79, cartoonist 13 February – Jock Ferguson, 64, union leader and politician 15 February – Ian Gray, 46, soccer player 18 February – Ruby Hunter, 55, singer 21 February – Robert Woodward, 86, architect and fountain designer 26 February – Tom Bass, 93, sculptor 28 February – Phillip Law, 97, scientist and explorer 9 March – Lionel Cox, 80, cyclist 15 March – Patricia Wrightson, 88, writer 20 March – Chicka Dixon, 81, Aboriginal activist 24 March – Ron Hamence, 94, cricketer, member of The Invincibles 26 March – Rocco Pantaleo, 53, restaurateur (La Porchetta) 2 April – Lady Sonia McMahon, 77, socialite and wife of William McMahon 13 April – Bernie Kilgariff, 86, Northern Territory politician 15 April – Sir Edward Woodward, 81, judge 18 April – Viewed, 6, racehorse,