Australian cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1935-36
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An Australian cricket team toured Ceylon and India
in the winter of 1935-36.
This was a secondary tour by Australia whose "first team" had gone to South Africa. The team in India and Ceylon therefore played first-class matches
only and not Test cricket
.
The team was captained by Jack Ryder and included Charlie Macartney, Bert Ironmonger
, Hunter Hendry
and Lisle Nagel
.
The tour began in October 1935 in Colombo
with one first-class match against Ceylon which the Australians won by an innings and 127 runs.
From November 1935 to February 1936, the team played 16 first-class matches in India, including four matches against an All-India XI:
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
in the winter of 1935-36.
This was a secondary tour by Australia whose "first team" had gone to South Africa. The team in India and Ceylon therefore played first-class matches
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...
only and not Test cricket
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
.
The team was captained by Jack Ryder and included Charlie Macartney, Bert Ironmonger
Bert Ironmonger
Herbert Ironmonger was a Victorian and Australian cricketer....
, Hunter Hendry
Hunter Hendry
Hunter Scott Thomas Laurie Hendry was a cricketer who played for New South Wales, Victoria and Australia national cricket team.Nicknamed Stork, he was a formidable batsman who bowlers found difficulty in delivering to...
and Lisle Nagel
Lisle Nagel
Lisle Ernest Nagel was an Australian cricketer who played in one Test in 1932. His twin brother, Vernon, also played first-class cricket for Victoria.-See also:...
.
The tour began in October 1935 in 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...
with one first-class match against Ceylon which the Australians won by an innings and 127 runs.
From November 1935 to February 1936, the team played 16 first-class matches in India, including four matches against an All-India XI:
- 1st international @ Bombay GymkhanaBombay GymkhanaBombay Gymkhana ,, established in 1875, is one of the premiere gymkhanas in the city of Mumbai, India. It is located in the South Mumbai area and was originally built as a British-only club, designed by English architect, Claude Batley. The Gymkhana Grounds lie in the southern end of the Azad Maidan...
– Australia won by 9 wickets - 2nd international @ Eden GardensEden GardensEden Gardens is a cricket ground in Kolkata , India. It is the home of the Bengal cricket team and the Indian Premier League's Kolkata Knight Riders, as well as being a Test and One Day International ground. It is the largest cricket stadium in India by seating capacity...
, Calcutta – Australia won by 8 wickets - 3rd international @ Bagh-e-Jinnah, LahoreLahoreLahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
– India won by 68 runs - 4th international @ M. A. Chidambaram StadiumM. A. Chidambaram StadiumThe M. A. Chidambaram Stadium is a cricket stadium in Chennai , India, named after M. A. Chidambaram, the former President of BCCI and the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association. The stadium was formerly known as Madras Cricket Club Ground or Chepauk Stadium. Commonly known as Chepauk, its first match was...
, Madras – India won by 33 runs
External sources
Further reading
- Mihir BoseMihir BoseMihir Bose also referred to as Spermy ,is a British Indian sportswriter and journalist, who was the BBC's sports editor until 4 August 2009.-Early life:...
, A History of Indian Cricket, Andre-Deutsch, 1990 - Ramachandra GuhaRamachandra GuhaRamachandra Guha is an Indian writer whose research interests have included environmental, social, political and cricket history. He is also a columnist for the newspapers The Telegraph , and The Hindustan Times.-Early life and education:Born in Dehra Dun, Uttarakhand, India in 1958, Guha studied...
, A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport, Picador, 2001