English cricket team in India in 1933–34

England in India 1933-34
	India	England
Dates	15 December 1933 – 4 March 1934
Captains	CK Nayudu	Douglas Jardine
Test series
Result	England won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs	Lala Amarnath (203)	Cyril Walters (284)
Most wickets	Amar Singh (13)	Hedley Verity (24)

A cricket team from England organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured India from 15 December 1933 to 4 March 1934. In the Test matches, the side was known as "England"; in other matches, it was known as "MCC". England won the Test series 2–0. The MCC team concluded its tour with four matches in Ceylon, two of them first-class.

Test matches

1st Test

15–18 December 1933 Scorecard

India	v	England
219 (91.2 overs) Lala Amarnath 38 James Langridge 3/42 (17 overs)		438 (136.5 overs) Bryan Valentine 136 Mohammad Nissar 5/90 (33.5 overs)
258 (90.5 overs) Lala Amarnath 118 Stan Nichols 5/55 (23.5 overs)		40/1 (7.2 overs) Charlie Barnett 17 Amar Singh 1/15 (3.2 overs)

England won by 9 wickets Azad Maidan, Bombay Umpires: Bill Hitch and Frank Tarrant

• India won the toss and decided to bat.
• Arthur Mitchell and Bryan Valentine (both Eng), and Lala Amarnath, Ladha Ramji, L. P. Jai, Rustomji Jamshedji and Vijay Merchant (all Ind) made their Test debut.
• Lala Amarnath became the first Indian player to score an international century.

2nd Test

5–8 January 1934 scorecard

England	v	India
403 (159.5 overs) James Langridge 70 Amar Singh 4/106 (54.5 overs)		247 (107.4 overs) Dilawar Hussain 59 Hedley Verity 4/64 (28.4 overs)
7/2 (5 overs) Bryan Valentine 3 Mohammad Nissar 1/2 (2 overs)		237 (f/o) (90.3 overs) Dilawar Hussain 57 Hedley Verity 4/76 (31 overs)

Match drawn Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: JW Hitch, FA Tarrant

• England won the toss and decided to bat
• This was the first test match played at the Eden Gardens

3rd Test

10–13 February 1934 scorecard

England	v	India
335 (131.4 overs) Fred Bakewell 85 Amar Singh 7/86 (44.4 overs)		145 (59.5 overs) Vijay Merchant 26 Hedley Verity 7/49 (23.5 overs)
261/7 d. (75.5 overs) Cyril Walters 102 Nazir Ali 4/83 (23 overs)		249 (69.2 overs) Yuvraj of Patiala 60 James Langridge 5/63 (24 overs)

England won by 202 runs Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras Umpires: JB Higgins, JW Hitch

• England won the toss and decided to bat

External links

• MCC in India and Ceylon 1933-34 at CricketArchive
• Tour page ESPNcricinfo
• Record ESPNcricinfo

Further reading

• Ramachandra Guha, A Corner of a Foreign Field, Picador, London, 2002, pp. 199–221