|
Australian Cricket Team In Ceylon And India In 1935–36
An Australian cricket team toured Ceylon and India in 1935–36, playing 17 first-class matches between October 1935 and February 1936, including four unofficial Tests. Background This tour was privately organized, and was not endorsed by the Australian Board of Control. Australia's Test team were touring South Africa, and the Board, determined that the Sheffield Shield season should not be further affected by the absence of leading players, stipulated that no current Sheffield Shield players would be allowed to tour India."Third Man", "The Australians in India", ''The Cricketer'', Annual 1935-36, pp. 85–86. The finance for the tour was provided by The Maharaja of Patiala, and the team was selected and organized by the Australian cricketer Frank Tarrant, who had long playing experience in Australia, England and India. The team's official title was "His Highness the Maharaja of Patiala's Team of Australian Cricketers". The Australian team The team chosen consisted largely of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia National Cricket Team
The Australia men's national cricket team represents Australia in men's international cricket. As the joint oldest team in Test cricket history, playing in the first ever Test match in 1877, the team also plays One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, participating in both the first ODI, against England in the 1970–71 season and the first T20I, against New Zealand in the 2004–05 season, winning both games. The team draws its players from teams playing in the Australian domestic competitions – the Sheffield Shield, the Australian domestic limited-overs cricket tournament and the Big Bash League. The national team has played 845 Test matches, winning 401, losing 227, drawing 215 and tying 2. , Australia is ranked first in the ICC Test Championship on 128 rating points. Australia is the most successful team in Test cricket history, in terms of overall wins, win–loss ratio and wins percentage. Test rivalries include The Ashes (with England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ellis (Victoria Cricketer)
John Leslie Ellis (9 May 1890 – 26 July 1974) was an Australian cricketer. He played 101 first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ... matches, mostly for Victoria, between 1918 and 1930. He also toured with Australian teams to England in 1926 as reserve wicket-keeper and to India and Ceylon in 1935–36 as main wicket-keeper. References External links * 1890 births 1974 deaths Australian cricketers Victoria cricketers Cricketers from Melbourne {{Australia-cricket-bio-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yadavindra Singh
Maharaja Sir Yadavindra Singh () was the 9th and last ruling Maharaja of Patiala from 1938 to 1971. He was also an Indian cricketer who played in one Test in 1934. Early life and family Born at Patiala City in Patiala State, within the British Raj (now in Punjab, India) in 1914 into a Sikh Rajput family of the Yaduvanshi clan, Maharaja Yadavindra attended Aitchison College in Lahore. He served in the Patiala State Police, became its Inspector General and served in Malaya, Italy and Burma during the Second World War. In 1935, he married his first wife, Hem Prabha Devi of Saraikela State (1913–2014). He succeeded his father, Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, as the Maharaja of Patiala on 23 March 1938 and subsequently married his second wife, Mehtab Kaur (1922–2017), in 1938. Although the stated reason for his second marriage was that it was due to his first wife being issueless, it was believed that the actual reason was the influences of Akali leaders who wanted the future ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patiala Cricket Team
The Patiala cricket team was a first-class cricket team representing Patiala (Patiala State before 1947) in Indian domestic competitions. The team competed in the Ranji Trophy in the 1948–49, 1955–56, 1957–58 and 1958–59 seasons. They played their home matches at the Baradari Ground (now known as the Dhruve Pandove Stadium) in Patiala. Patiala played 14 first-class matches, with the first being a two-day match against Marylebone Cricket Club in February 1927 and the last coming in January 1959 against the Railways cricket team in the 1958–59 Ranji Trophy. See also * Southern Punjab cricket team (India), Southern Punjab cricket team * Eastern Punjab cricket team * Northern Punjab cricket team References External linksLists of matches played by Patiala Cricket in Punjab, India Indian first-class cricket teams Former senior cricket clubs of India 1927 establishments in India 1959 disestablishments in India Cricket clubs established in 1927 {{India-cricket-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Tarrant
Loris Bernard Napoleon Tarrant (29 December 1903 – c. August 1943) was an Australian cricketer who both played and umpired first-class matches in India during the 1930s. Unusually, he made his debut as a first-class umpire before making his debut as a first-class player. Personal life Born in Clifton Hill, Victoria, Tarrant was the son of Frank Tarrant, who played 329 first-class matches in Australia (for Victoria), England (for Middlesex), and India (for the Europeans and Patiala). Frank Tarrant's uncle, Ambrose Tarrant, also played at first-class level for Victoria. Tarrant moved to England at the age of six months, returning to Australia as a young man. He later accompanied his father to India and became guardian and tutor to Yadavindra Singh, the Yuvraj (Crown Prince) of Patiala. He coached the prince in cricket, swimming, soccer and boxing. Yadavindra succeeded his father as Maharaja of Patiala in 1938 and the following year Tarrant was appointed as his aide-de-camp wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Warne
Frank Belmont Warne (3 October 1906 – 29 May 1994) was an Australian first-class cricketer who played for teams on four continents during a 95-game career that stretched from the mid-1920s to the early 1940s. Early life Warne was born in North Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. His father, Tom Warne, played 46 first-class cricket matches, mostly for Victoria. Early career in Australia Warne made his first-class debut for Victoria against Tasmania at the MCG in January 1927. He scored 20 in his only innings, and picked up five wickets in the match as Victoria won the game by an innings. Although he played several minor games for Victoria Colts over the next couple of seasons – he once took 12 wickets against South Australia Colts — his only other first-class appearance for Victoria came against Tasmania (again) in February 1929. Warne opened the batting in the first innings, but made only 1; he was more successful with 33 not out down the order in the secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Oxenham
Ronald Keven Oxenham (28 July 1891 – 16 August 1939) was an Australian cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...er who played in seven Test matches from 1928 to 1931. References 1891 births 1939 deaths Australia Test cricketers Queensland cricketers Australian cricketers Cricketers from Brisbane Burials at Nudgee Cemetery {{Australia-cricket-bio-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisle Nagel
Lisle Ernest Nagel (born 6 March 1905, Bendigo, Victoria — died 23 November 1971, Mornington, Victoria) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1932. A tall right-arm fast bowler, Nagel played one match for Victoria in 1927–28, then played regularly between 1930–31 and 1933–34. He took 19 wickets at 25.05 in the 1931–32 season, including 6 for 35 against South Australia. He was selected for an Australian XI that played the MCC in Melbourne in November 1932, and took 8 for 32 in the second innings to dismiss the MCC for 60. He played in the First Test that followed shortly afterwards, and took two wickets, but was left out of the Second Test. He toured India and Ceylon with Frank Tarrant's Australian team in 1935–36. Lisle played 139 First XI Victorian district cricket matches for Melbourne between 1927 and 1947, taking 438 wickets at 14.74. He took 86 wickets in the 1939-40 season, which as of 2021 stands as the most by a bowler in a district cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Morrisby
Ronald Orlando George Morrisby (12 January 1915 – 10 June 1995), was an Australian cricketer who played first-class cricket for Tasmania from 1931 until 1952. He can be considered one of the most outstanding Tasmanian batsman of his era, and was unlucky never to be selected to play test cricket for Australia, despite having toured India with an Australian side. Morrisby was the 29th player to captain the Tasmanian first-class team, but was never able to lead them to victory.http://www.tascricket.com.au/site/_content/document/00000019-source.pdf An exciting batsman with a preference for playing off the back foot, he played for South Hobart Cricket Club in the Tasmanian Grade Cricket competition, and still holds many records in that competition, including being the all-time leading run scorer.http://www.tascricket.com.au/site/_content/document/00000058-source.pdf Club career Ronald Morrisby still holds the record for the most runs in a single season in the Tasmanian Grad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Mair
Frederick Mair (15 April 1901 – 25 December 1959) was an Australian cricketer. He played twenty-two first-class matches for New South Wales between 1933/34 and 1937/38. See also * List of New South Wales representative cricketers This is a list of male cricketers who have played for New South Wales in first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket. It is complete to the end of the 2017–18 season. The list refers to the sides named as "New South Wales" and does not include pl ... References External links * 1901 births 1959 deaths Australian cricketers New South Wales cricketers Cricketers from Sydney {{Australia-cricket-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Macartney
Charles George Macartney (27 June 1886 – 9 September 1958) was an Australian cricketer who played in 35 Test matches between 1907 and 1926. He was known as "The Governor-General" in reference to his authoritative batting style and his flamboyant strokeplay, which drew comparisons with his close friend and role model Victor Trumper, regarded as one of the most elegant batsmen in cricketing history. Sir Donald Bradman—generally regarded as the greatest batsman in history—cited Macartney's dynamic batting as an inspiration in his cricket career. He started his career as a bowling all-rounder. He made his Test debut in 1907, primarily as a left arm orthodox spinner who was considered to be a useful lower-middle order right-hand batsman. As Macartney was initially selected for his flexibility, his position in the batting order was frequently shuffled and he was largely ineffective. His most noteworthy Test contribution in his early career was a match-winning ten wicket haul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammy Love
Hampden Stanley Bray Love (10 August 1895 – 22 July 1969) was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test match for the Australia national cricket team in 1933. He replaced Bert Oldfield as wicket-keeper for the Ashes match played at Brisbane after Oldfield retired hurt in the Adelaide test of the Bodyline series. Love made his debut for New South Wales in the 1920–21 season but later switched to Victoria in order to gain more opportunities. He was Australia's second choice keeper for the first half of the 1930s but was unable to get a game due to Bert Oldfield William Albert Stanley Oldfield (9 September 1894 – 10 August 1976) was an Australian cricketer and businessman. He played for New South Wales and Australia as a wicket-keeper. Oldfield's 52 stumpings during his Test career remains a record ...'s keeping ability. He also was a more than useful batsman, hitting seven hundreds in 54 games with a top score of 192. References 1895 births 1969 deaths Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
