Kilvidi Seshachari

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Kilvidi Seshachari
Calcutta
, British India
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1902/03–1912/13Hindus
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 19
Runs scored 138
Batting average 5.75
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 29
Catches/stumpings 20/16
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 November 2021

Kilvidi Seshachari (2 January 1875 – 25 January 1917) was an Indian cricketer and a member of the

Maharaja of Natore
's cricket teams.

Biography

Seshachari was born on 2 January 1875

British India.[2][need quotation to verify] He took up playing cricket in his teens and soon became a well known wicket-keeper.[3][4] He played during this period as a member of various minor clubs before being elected a member of the "Premier Hindu Club of Southern India".[5] Some of the records of the period have Seshachari listed as an alumnus of Dulwich College in London, England.[4]

In the early 1900s, Seshachari moved to

Calcutta Cricket Club.[7] He continued to play for the team through the early 1910s.[2][7] In this same period, work in the plantations kept him busy, although he played regularly for the Hindus in Bombay, Ootacamund Civilians, and for the Maharaja of Natore's teams.[5]

Seshachari was a member of the

Bangalore Jayaram and Mukundrao Pai from Bombay. In addition to Hindus, the team had representation from the Parsee and Muslims cricket teams, making it the first all-Indian team to tour the British Isles.[4] In the tour, Seshachari, as the wicket-keeper, made for a formidable pair with spinner Palwankar Baloo. Despite his personal success behind the stumps, the team's collective performance was considered sub-par, winning only 2 of the 23 games that they played.[5]

Seshachari played his last match in the

Bombay Quadrangular in which the Hindus drew against the Muslims.[9]

Seshachari died from pneumonia on 25 January 1917 at

Calcutta Medical College. He was aged 42.[5][10]

Notes

  1. ^ There is some confusion about Seshachari's date of birth, with some reports indicating that it was 2 January 1876. The Wisden Cricketers' Almanack of 1913 indicates that it was 2 January 1875.

References

  1. ISBN 978-1-4729-8378-7. Archived
    from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-93-5118-693-9. Archived
    from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d "Cricket 1906". archive.acscricket.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-1-4081-9699-1. Archived
    from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Madras Men in India's first English cricket tour – 1 « Madras Musings. We Care for Madras that is Chennai". www.madrasmusings.com. 21 November 2019. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Cricket 1906". archive.acscricket.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-1-317-97013-2. Archived
    from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Cricket 1913". archive.acscricket.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  9. ^ "cricHQ". leaderboards.crichq.com. Archived from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  10. ISBN 978-0-19-884313-9. Archived
    from the original on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.

External links
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