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Madras Presidency Match
The Madras Presidency Match was an annual first-class cricket fixture played in Madras (now Chennai) from the 1915–16 season to 1951–52 between teams called the Indians and the Europeans (i.e., Europeans who were living in India). The matches were played in the Chepauk Grounds (the present M. A. Chidambaram Stadium) usually in mid-January around the time of Pongal festival, and the fixture was sometimes called the Pongal match. Of the 37 matches played, 33 were first-class and the Indians won 15 of those, the Europeans eight and ten were drawn. Background The Presidency Match was the idea of Buchi Babu Naidu of the Madras United Club (MUC) and Percival Partridge of the Madras Cricket Club (MCC). The MCC, at the time, was an exclusively white organisation and the MUC was founded by Buchi Babu as a similar cricket club for the Indians. Shortly before the first match Buchi Babu, who was to captain the Indian side, died of a heart attack. The match still went ahead, mainly becau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each, although in practice a team might play only one innings or none at all. The etymology of "first-class cricket" is unknown, but it was used loosely before it acquired official status in 1895, following a meeting of leading English clubs. At a meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference (ICC) in 1947, it was formally defined on a global basis. A significant omission of the ICC ruling was any attempt to define first-class cricket retrospectively. That has left historians, and especially statisticians, with the problem of how to categorise earlier matches, especially those played in Great Britain be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percival Partridge
Percival Walter Partridge (27 August 1879 — 12 July 1964) was an English first-class cricketer and solicitor. Partridge was born in August 1879 at Witney, Oxfordshire. He was educated at Felsted School. Partridge played minor counties cricket for Norfolk from 1898 to 1901, making 19 appearances in the Minor Counties Championship. He went to India in 1903, where he practiced as a solicitor at the family law firm King & Partridge in Madras. A member of the Madras Cricket Club, Partridge was instrumental in allowing for the indigenous members of the Madras Union Club to have lunch in the cricket pavilion of the Madras Cricket Club Ground during a game between the two teams, with the usual custom being for indigenous players to have their lunch under trees outside the pavilion. Partridge played first-class cricket in Madras on three occasions for the Europeans cricket team, all against the Indians Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Domestic Cricket Competitions
Indian or Indians may refer to: Peoples South Asia * Indian people, people of Indian nationality, or people who have an Indian ancestor ** Non-resident Indian, a citizen of India who has temporarily emigrated to another country * South Asian ethnic groups, referring to people of the Indian subcontinent, as well as the greater South Asia region prior to the 1947 partition of India * Anglo-Indians, people with mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in the Indian subcontinent * East Indians, a Christian community in India Europe * British Indians, British people of Indian origin The Americas * Indo-Canadians, Canadian people of Indian origin * Indian Americans, American people of Indian origin * Indigenous peoples of the Americas, the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas and their descendants ** Plains Indians, the common name for the Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains of North America ** Native Americans in the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Cricket (annual)
Indian Cricket was a cricket yearbook published by ''The Hindu'' from 1946–47 to 2004. There was no 2003 issue and so there are 57 editions in all. During most of its run it was the principal annual of its kind in India. The editions were originally dated by the season covered (e.g., 1946–47) but, since the 1962 edition, the date is the calendar year of publication. ''Indian Cricket'' was founded in 1946–47 under the editorship of S. K. Gurunathan who continued in that role until his death in 1966. He was succeeded by P. N. Sundaresan, sports editor of ''The Hindu'' and Indian cricket correspondent of ''Wisden Cricketer's Almanack''.Prabhu, ''op. cit.'' G. Viswanath edited the most recent issues. The first edition was only 104 pages long, whereas the 2004 edition had 1240 pages.''Indian Cricket'' 2004. The early issues were paperbacked and then a hardbacked standard edition was issued from 1972. ''Indian Cricket'' was largely inspired by ''Wisden Cricketers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Parsons (cricketer)
The Rev. Canon John Henry Parsons MC (30 May 18902 February 1981) was an English first-class cricketer for Warwickshire County Cricket Club. A right-handed batsman, he made 17969 runs at 35.72 in his 355-game career which extended over 26 years. He became a Church of England clergyman. He was born in Oxford, and qualified by residence for Warwickshire County Cricket Club after moving to Coventry. He played for the county from 1910 to 1914 as a professional. He was commissioned into the British Army during the Great War, in which he won a Military Cross for gallantry. He continued in the Army afterwards, appearing for his county as an amateur in 1919 and 1923 as Capt. J. H. Parsons. In 1924, he resumed his professional career. In 1929, he was ordained, and from then until his retirement from the game in 1934 played again as an amateur. According to his obituary in ''Wisden'', he might well have played for England but for the break in his career between 1914 and 1923. "A tall ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Penfold
Alexander George Penfold (14 May 1901 – 28 September 1982) was an English first-class cricketer active 1924–30 who played for Surrey Surrey () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South East England, bordering Greater London to the south west. Surrey has a large rural area, and several significant urban areas which form part of the Greater London Built-up Area. .... He was born in Kenley; died in Isfield. References 1901 births 1982 deaths English cricketers Surrey cricketers Tamil Nadu cricketers Europeans cricketers Cricketers from the London Borough of Croydon People from Isfield {{England-cricket-bio-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gopalaswami Parthasarathy (diplomat)
Gopalaswami Parthasarathy (7 July 1912 – 1 August 1995), often known simply as GP, was an Indian journalist, educationist, and diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Permanent Representative to the United Nations from August 1965 to December 1968. He was the son of N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar, a civil servant in the Madras Presidency who later became Diwan Bahadur of Kashmir, a member of the Constituent Assembly, and a minister in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.Remembering GP the gentle colossus in ''The Hindu''; published 7 July 2012; retrieved 25 April 2016 Early life and education Parthasarathy was the youngest of four children, and the only son of Komalam and Gopalaswami Ayyan ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cotah Ramaswami
Cotah Ramaswami - sometimes written as Cota or Cotar - (born 16 June 1896 – presumed dead (possibly January 1990)) was a double sports international who represented India in both cricket and tennis. Family and early life Ramaswami came from one of the leading sports families in India. He was the youngest son of Buchi Babu Naidu, often considered the father of South Indian cricket. His two brothers, son and four nephews all played first class cricket. When the only brother of his mother died young, Ramaswami was given in adoption to his maternal grandfather, which led to his family name being different from that of his brothers. He studied in Wesley High School, Wesley College and the Presidency. On one occasion while at Wesley, he put on more than 200 runs for the last wicket to win a match after his team was 50 for nine, himself scoring 188*. Education He joined Cambridge University in 1919 where he studied until 1923. Tennis In the summer of 1920, he won the singles t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernest Bradfield
Lieutenant-general Sir Ernest William Charles Bradfield (28 May 1880 — 28 October 1963) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Graduating from St Mary's Hospital Medical School, he joined the Indian Medical Service in 1903 and would serve in campaigns in the North-West Frontier Province of British India and in the Mesopotamian campaign of the First World War. He would go onto hold a number of senior appointments within the Indian Medical Service, rising to the rank of lieutenant-general. Bradfield was noted as being infleuential in the establishment of the Indian Army Medical Corps during the Second World War. In addition to his lengthy and decorated military career, Bradfield also played first-class cricket on four occasions for the Europeans cricket team in India. Life and military career The son of W. G. Bradfield, he was born at Birmingham in May 1880. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, before matriculating to the St Mary's Hospi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Goldie
Kenneth Oswald Goldie (19 September 1882 – 14 January 1938) was an English cricketer active from 1900 to 1921 who played for Sussex and London County Cricket Club. He was born in Burma and died in Madras Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th .... He appeared in 86 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who bowled right arm fast. He scored 3,114 runs with a highest score of 140 and took 65 wickets with a best performance of five for 80. An occasional wicketkeeper, he completed 89 catches and two stumpings. Notes 1882 births 1938 deaths English cricketers Sussex cricketers London County cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Europeans cricketers Gentlemen cricketers Non-international England cricketers Gentlemen of the South cricketers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Richmond
Sir Robert Daniel Richmond (29 October 1878 – 1 May 1948) was Chief Conservator of Forests in India and played cricket for Jamaica. Early life and career Richmond was born on 29 October 1878, the son of J Richmond CMG JP. He was educated at Bedford Modern School. Richmond entered the Indian Forest Service in 1898. After training in England and Germany he joined the service in Madras (1901) becoming District Forest Officer (1903), Principal of the Madras Forest College (1913), and Assistant Inspector-General of Forests to the Government of India (1919–22). He became Conservator of Forests (1923), a Member of the Madras Legislative Council (1923), Chief Conservative of Forests Madras (1927) and retired from the Indian Forest Service in 1932. After retirement he was appointed to the Madras Public Service Commission becoming its Chairman (1935–40). Richmond was made a Knight Bachelor in 1936 and a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in 1932. Internation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partition Of India
The Partition of British India in 1947 was the Partition (politics), change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: Dominion of India, India and Dominion of Pakistan, Pakistan. The Dominion of India is today the India, Republic of India, and the Dominion of Pakistan—which at the time comprised two regions lying on either side of India—is now the Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the Bangladesh, People's Republic of Bangladesh. The partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947. The change of political borders notably included the division of two provinces of British India, Bengal Presidency, Bengal and Punjab Province (British India), Punjab. The majority Muslim districts in these provinces were awarded to Pakistan and the majority non-Muslim to India. The other assets that were divided included the British Indian Army, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
