Marylebone Cricket Club tour of India and Ceylon in 1926–27
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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
[edit]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.
External links
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- 1926 in English cricket
- 1926 in Indian cricket
- 1927 in English cricket
- 1927 in Indian cricket
- 1927 in Ceylon
- English cricket tours of India
- English cricket tours of Sri Lanka
- International cricket competitions from 1918–19 to 1945
- Indian cricket seasons from 1918–19 to 1944–45
- Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 1880–81 to 1971–72
- Marylebone Cricket Club
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