Europeans cricket team (Ceylon)
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The Europeans cricket team was a cricket team based in Ceylon
and composing of colonial officials. The team played a single first-class
match in January 1927 against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club
. The match, which was played at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground
, ended in a draw.
British Ceylon
British Ceylon refers to British rule prior to 1948 of the island territory now known as Sri Lanka.-From the Dutch to the British:Before the beginning of the Dutch governance, the island of Ceylon was divided between the Portuguese Empire and the Kingdom of Kandy, who were in the midst of a war for...
and composing of colonial officials. The team played a single first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
match in January 1927 against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
. The match, which was played at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground
Colombo Cricket Club Ground
Colombo Cricket Club Ground is a multi-purpose stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is currently used mostly for domestic first-class cricket matches and for hosting warm up matches for touring teams. The stadium can hold 6,000 people and hosted its first Test match in 1984. It is one of the smallest...
, ended in a draw.
Scorecard
| Europeans | 154 all out | & | 194/4 | Match drawn |
George Neale 76 Ewart Astill Ewart Astill Ewart Astill was, along with George Geary, the mainstay of the Leicestershire team from 1922 to about 1935. He played in nine Test matches but was never picked for a home Test or for the Ashes tour... 5/52 (21.2 overs) |
Alistair Blair Alistair Blair Alistair Edmunds Blair MBE was an English cricketer of Ceylonese descent. He was born in British Ceylon and was educated at Radley College in England.... 95* Not out In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress... Peter Eckersley Peter Eckersley (cricketer) Peter Thorp Eckersley was the captain of Lancashire County Cricket Club who retired for a career as a Conservative Party politician.He was elected at the 1935 general election as Member of Parliament for Manchester Exchange... 2/57 (9.4 overs) |
Colombo Cricket Club Ground Colombo Cricket Club Ground Colombo Cricket Club Ground is a multi-purpose stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is currently used mostly for domestic first-class cricket matches and for hosting warm up matches for touring teams. The stadium can hold 6,000 people and hosted its first Test match in 1984. It is one of the smallest... , Colombo Colombo Colombo is the largest city of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte, the capital of Sri Lanka. Colombo is often referred to as the capital of the country, since Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte is a satellite city of Colombo... Umpires: W.S. Flindall and Frank Ondaatje |
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| Marylebone Cricket Club | 419 all out | |||
Bob Wyatt Bob Wyatt Robert "Bob" Elliott Storey Wyatt was an English cricket player. He played for Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and the English cricket team.... 76 Edward Wedlake-Lewis 5/87 (23 overs) |
External links
- Europeans (Ceylon) at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...