C. G. Howard's XI cricket team in India in 1956–57
An English cricket team managed and selected by
The tour coincided with the English tour of South Africa, thus no players who were part of that touring party played on this tour. Neither were any of the players that had beaten Australia in the final Test of 1956. Nevertheless, with the exception of wicket-keeper Jock Livingston the entire touring party of twelve had previous Test experience, eight of them for England and three of them for Australia.
Touring party
Name | Age | Style | Domestic team | Tour statistics | ||||
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Mat | Runs | Bat avg | Wkts | Bowl avg | ||||
Bill Edrich (c) | 40 | RHB, RFM |
Middlesex | 2 | 125 | 31.25 | 0 | |
Alec Bedser | 38 | RHB, RMF |
Surrey | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 2 | 59.50 |
Bruce Dooland | 33 | LBG |
Nottinghamshire | 2 | 33 | 11.00 | 8 | 28.12 |
Tom Graveney | 29 | LB |
Gloucestershire | 2 | 284 | 94.66 | ||
Jock Livingston | 36 | WK |
Northamptonshire | 1 | 29 | 29.00 | 0 | |
Colin McCool | 40 | (WK) |
Somerset | 1 | 24 | 12.00 | 0 | |
Alan Moss | 28 | RHB, RFM |
Middlesex | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 4 | 25.25 |
Reg Simpson | 36 | OB |
Nottinghamshire | 2 | 97 | 24.25 | ||
George Tribe | 36 | LHB, SLW |
Northamptonshire | 2 | 54 | 18.00 | 11 | 13.45 |
Fred Trueman | 25 | RHB, RF |
Yorkshire | 2 | 96 | 48.00 | 8 | 25.50 |
Alan Wharton | 33 | LHB, RM |
Lancashire | 2 | 101 | 25.25 | 0 | |
Willie Watson |
36 | LHB |
Yorkshire | 2 | 102 | 25.50 |
Matches
30 December–2 January: Bengal Chief Minister's XI vs CG Howard's XI
Chief Minister 's XI
|
149 | & | 379/8d | Bengal Chief Minister's XI won by 142 runs |
NJ Contractor 157 |
Calcutta, India Umpires: Sunil Banerjee (Ind) and Santosh Ganguli (Ind) | |||
CG Howard's XI | 227/9d | & | 158 | |
WJ Edrich 58 |
FS Trueman 46* |
The first match was a part of the celebrations for the silver jubilee of the Bengal Cricket Association.[2] The hosting eleven, representing Bidhan Chandra Roy as Chief Minister of West Bengal, turned a first innings deficit around to a win after the tourists' wicket-keeper Livingston and No. 3 batsman Graveney were both forced to miss the second innings due to illness. Seven of the select XI had featured in the 3-Test series against Australia in October and November, while three of the remaining four had been dropped from the scene in the early 1950s. Nari Contractor had played in the final Test against Australia and now made 73 not out on New Year's Eve and continued towards 157 on New Year's Day. On the first day, the tourists' Australian spinners Dooland and Tribe took seven wickets, before Edrich made 58 for the tourists against the hosts' spinners Ghulam and Subhash Gupte, who shared eight between them. With Livingston and Graveney out, Howard's eleven was 16 for nought overnight on the final day chasing 301 to win, but were bowled out by Ghulam and Vinoo Mankad.
5 January–8 January: Cricket Club of India President's XI vs CG Howard's XI
CG Howard's XI | 319 | & | 313/7d | CG Howard's XI won by 152 runs |
TW Graveney 153 |
TW Graveney 120 |
Bombay, India Umpires: RS Mahajan ( Burma ) | ||
Cricket Club of India President's XI | 171 | & | 158 | |
PR Umrigar 57 |
PR Umrigar 100 |
Another strong eleven were fielded by the
Tour aftermath
From the touring side,
References
- ^ "C. G. Howard's XI in India, 1956–57". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- Geoffrey Howard, "A Visit to India", The Cricketer, Spring Annual 1957, pp. 57–58.
Sources
- Playfair Cricket Annual
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack