Marylebone Cricket Club tour of India and Ceylon in 1926–27

An international cricket team raised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured India and Ceylon from October 1926 to March 1927 and played several first-class matches against regional and national sides in both countries. Of the many MCC teams to visit Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), this was the first to play first-class matches there. Captained by Arthur Gilligan, the team played 26 first-class matches in India and a further four first-class matches in Ceylon. Team members included Maurice Tate, Maurice Leyland, Andy Sandham, Bob Wyatt, Arthur Dolphin, George Geary, Ewart Astill and George Brown.[1]

Matches in India

Two-Day Match : Parsees and Muslims vs MCC

19–20 October 1926
Scorecard
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339 (88 overs)
Bob Wyatt 63
Ghulam Mohammad 5/114 (36 overs)
187 (56.2 overs)
MJ Mobed 54
Stuart Boyes 2/22 (7 overs)
Match Drawn.
Karachi, British India
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss Unknown

Two-Day Match :Hindu and The Rest vs MCC

23–24 October 1926
Scorecard
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335 (104 overs)
D Jagannath 73
Maurice Tate 5/61 (29 overs)
249/5 (78 overs)
Andy Sandham 129
Dasrath Bhogawde 2/56 (20 overs)
Match Drawn.
Karachi, British India
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss Unknown

Two-Day Match :Europeans vs MCC

26–27 October 1926
Scorecard
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377 (88.3 overs)
Andy Sandham 67
Morgan 3/65 (13 overs)
151 (65.1 overs)
Claude Rubie 46*
Maurice Tate 4/19 (10.1 overs)
139/3 (22 overs)
Guy Earle 49
Noel Carbutt 2/44 (6 overs)
Match Drawn.
Karachi, British India
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss Unknown

Three-Day Match :All Karachi XI vs MCC

29–31 October 1926
Scorecard
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129 (54 overs)
Naoomal Jeoomal 32
MJ Mobed 32
Maurice Tate 4/32 (20 overs)
517 (135 overs)
JH Parsons 139
Noel Carbutt 5/135 (28 overs)
240 (103.3 overs)
Naoomal Jeoomal 81
Maurice Tate 5/35 (27.3 overs)
MCC won by an innings and 148 runs
Karachi, British India
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss Unknown

Two-Day Match :Europeans vs MCC

3–4 November 1926
Scorecard
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431/8d (85.4 overs)
Andy Sandham 150
Barlow 5/93 (25.4 overs)
145 (55 overs)
FJ Matthews 57*
George Geary 3/25 (11 overs)
185/5d (33 overs)
Arthur Gilligan 68
Skipp 2/37 (5 overs)
85/1 (23 overs)
Ronald Yeldham 40*
Maurice Tate 1/12 (4 overs)
Match Drawn.
Rawalpindi, British India
Umpires: Unknown
  • Toss Unknown

References

  1. ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club cricket team in India and Ceylon in 1926–27". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2014.


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