Malaya cricket team
The Malaya cricket team represented the combined territories of the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements in cricket matches between 1906 and 1961.
History
Early days
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Beginning in 1920, Malaya replaced the Straits Settlements in a regular series of
In June 1927, Australia, captained by Bert Oldfield, visited Malaya, and the Malayan side won the first match by 39 runs, their only win against a Test-playing nation.[11] A third visit to Hong Kong was made in November that year,[12] with Malaya losing by an innings to Shanghai[13] and Hong Kong.[14] In 1929, they lost to Shanghai by 1 wicket,[15] and to Hong Kong by four wickets.[16] The final visit in 1933 saw Malaya beat Hong Kong by 14 runs,[17] before gaining their first win over Shanghai by beating them by 50 runs.[18]
Later matches
Little is known of Malaya's matches after World War II. The two results that are known are that Malaya beat Hong Kong by 1 wicket in a fixture in December 1959,[1] and drew with the MCC in March 1961.[19]
Players
The following players played for Malaya and also played first-class cricket:
- Gerald Livock - played for Middlesex between 1925 and 1927.[20]
- Robert Phayre - played for the Europeans in India in 1928/29.[21]
- Alfred Hill - played for Warwickshire in 1920.[22]
- Edward Armitage - played for Hampshire between 1919 and 1925.[23]
- Neville Foster - played for Worcestershire between 1914 and 1923.[24]
- Charles Congdon - played for the Royal Navy between 1921 and 1929.[25]
- Robert Braddell - played for Oxford University and the MCC between 1908 and 1911.[26]
- Herbert Hopkins - played for Worcestershire between 1921 and 1931.[27]
- Lall Singh - played Test cricket for India in 1932.[28]
- Victor Croome - played for the Royal Air Force between 1928 and 1930.[30]
- Thomas Hart - played for Oxford University and Scotland between 1931 and 1934.[31] Hart also played twice for the Scotland rugby union team in 1930.[31]
See also
- Federated Malay States cricket team
- Straits Settlements cricket team
- Malaysia national cricket team
- Singapore national cricket team
References
- ^ a b c d Encyclopaedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, Sports Books Publishing
- ^ Scorecard of Federated Malay States v Straits Settlements, 4 February 1905 at CricketArchive
- ^ Interport matches 1920/21 at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Hong Kong v Malaya, 9 November 1920 at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Shanghai v Malaya, 12 November 1920 at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Hong Kong v Shanghai and Malaya
- ^ Interport matches, 1924/25 at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Shanghai v Malaya, 16 November 1924 at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Hong Kong v Malaya, 18 November 1924 at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Malaya v Hong Kong, 28 May 1926 at CricketArchive
- ^ History of Malaysian cricket
- ^ Interport matches 1927/28 at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Shanghai v Malaya, 23 November 1927 at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Hong Kong v Malaya, 27 November 1927 at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Shanghai v Malaya, 5 November 1929 at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Hong Kong v Malaya, 13 November 1929 at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Hong Kong v Malaya, 6 November 1933 at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Shanghai v Malaya, 15 November 1933 at CricketArchive
- ^ Scorecard of Malaya v MCC, 18 March 1961 at CricketArchive
- ^ Gerald Livock at CricketArchive
- ^ Robert Phayre at CricketArchive
- ^ Alfred Hill at CricketArchive
- ^ Edward Armitage at CricketArchive
- ^ Neville Foster at CricketArchive
- ^ Charles Congdon at CricketArchive
- ^ Robert Bradell at CricketArchive
- ^ Herbert Hopkins at CricketArchive
- ^ Lall Singh at CricketArchive
- ^ William Smith at CricketArchive
- ^ Victor Croome at CricketArchive
- ^ a b "Thomas Hart". Cricket Archive. 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2013.