Europeans cricket team (Ceylon) explained

The Europeans cricket team was a cricket team based in Ceylon and composed of colonial officials. The team played a single first-class match in January 1927 against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club.[1] The match, which was played at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground, ended in a draw.[2]

Scorecard

Europeans 154 all out&194/4Match drawn
George Neale 76
Ewart Astill 5/52 (21.2 overs)
Alistair Blair 95
Peter Eckersley 2/57 (9.4 overs)
Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: W.S. Flindall and Frank Ondaatje
Marylebone Cricket Club419 all out
Bob Wyatt 76
Edward Wedlake-Lewis 5/87 (23 overs)

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Europeans (Ceylon). CricketArchive. 3 September 2011.
  2. Web site: Europeans v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1926/27. CricketArchive. 3 September 2011.