Rangoon Gymkhana cricket team was a scratch

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team formed in

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. The team played a single first-class match in January 1927 at the Gymkhana Ground against the touring

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(MCC), resulting in a

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. A second scratch eleven was formed to play MCC on the following days at the Burma Athletic Association Ground. This time the team was styled 'Burma'. Both teams were captained by

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, the

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and

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batsman.''European Cricketers in India'', ACS, 2002. Six men appeared for both Burmese teams. All were European officials. Until 1937, Burma was administered as part of

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