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
[edit]Two-Day Match : Parsees and Muslims vs MCC
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Two-Day Match :Hindu and The Rest vs MCC
[edit]Two-Day Match :Europeans vs MCC
[edit]Three-Day Match :All Karachi XI vs MCC
[edit]Two-Day Match :Europeans vs MCC
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club cricket team in India and Ceylon in 1926–27". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
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