Federated Malay States cricket team
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The Federated Malay States cricket team was a team that represented the Federated Malay States
in international cricket
matches between 1905 and 1940. Cricket has been played in Peninsular Malaysia
since the 1880s, and the Federated Malay States usually combined with the Straits Settlements cricket team
to form the Malaya cricket team
. Indeed, of their 37 recorded matches, only one was not against the Straits Settlements.
in May 1926, winning by an innings. Highlights of the series against the Straits Settlements were 408/9 declared that they scored in 1937, their highest score in the series, and the 218 scored by Cyril Reed
in 1933, the highest score in the series.
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Federated Malay States
The Federated Malay States was a federation of four protected states in the Malay Peninsula—Selangor, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang—established by the British government in 1895, which lasted until 1946, when they, together with the Straits Settlements and the Unfederated Malay...
in international cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
matches between 1905 and 1940. Cricket has been played in Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia , also known as West Malaysia , is the part of Malaysia which lies on the Malay Peninsula. Its area is . It shares a land border with Thailand in the north. To the south is the island of Singapore. Across the Strait of Malacca to the west lies the island of Sumatra...
since the 1880s, and the Federated Malay States usually combined with the Straits Settlements cricket team
Straits Settlements cricket team
The Straits Settlements cricket team was the team that represented the Straits Settlements in international cricket matches between 1890 and 1940.-History:...
to form the Malaya cricket team
Malaya cricket team
The Malaya cricket team was a team that represented the combined territories of the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements in various international cricket matches between 1906 and 1961.-Early days:...
. Indeed, of their 37 recorded matches, only one was not against the Straits Settlements.
History
The Federated Malay States met the Straits Settlements 36 times between 1905 and 1940, winning 20 matches. The Straits Settlements won eight times, and eight matches were drawn. They also played one match against Hong KongHong Kong cricket team
The Hong Kong cricket team represents Hong Kong in international cricket. It played its first match in 1866 and has been an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1969....
in May 1926, winning by an innings. Highlights of the series against the Straits Settlements were 408/9 declared that they scored in 1937, their highest score in the series, and the 218 scored by Cyril Reed
Cyril Reed
Cyril Norman Reed was an Indian born cricketer who in addition to playing ten first-class matches in India between 1928 and 1948, also played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire and international cricket for the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements.-Biography:Born in Poona ,...
in 1933, the highest score in the series.
Players
The following players played for the Federated Malay States and also played first-class cricketFirst-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...
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- Edward Barrett - played for HampshireHampshire County Cricket ClubHampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
and the MCCMarylebone Cricket ClubMarylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
between 1896 and 1925. - Henry TalbotHenry TalbotHenry Lynch Talbot was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played one first-class match for the MCC in 1895, he also played for the Straits Settlements between 1891 and 1904, and for the Federated Malay States between 1906 and 1908.-References:...
- played for the MCC in 1895. - Sydney MaartenszSydney MaartenszSydney Gratien Adair Maartensz was an English cricketer...
- played for Hampshire in 1919. - Maurice FosterMaurice Foster (English cricketer)Maurice Kirshaw Foster was an English cricketer who played 170 first-class matches. The great bulk of these were for Worcestershire, which county he captained for three seasons from 1923 to 1925...
- played for WorcestershireWorcestershire County Cricket ClubWorcestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Worcestershire...
and the MCC between 1908 and 1936. - Claude BancroftKeith BancroftClaude Keith Bancroft was a West Indian cricketer who toured with the second West Indian touring side to England in 1906 as their wicket-keeper....
- played for the West Indies on their 1906 tour of EnglandWest Indian cricket team in England in 1906The West Indian cricket team toured England in the 1906 season. The team played 19 matches between 11 June and 18 August 1906 of which 13 were regarded as first-class....
. - Archibald SpoonerArchibald SpoonerArchibald Franklin Spooner was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played for Lancashire between 1906 and 1909...
- played for LancashireLancashire County Cricket ClubLancashire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Lancashire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1864 as a successor to Manchester Cricket Club and has played at Old Trafford since then...
between 1906 and 1909. - Neville FosterNeville FosterNeville John Acland Foster was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he was the youngest of seven brothers to play first-class cricket for Worcestershire, though his county cricket was restricted to two seasons as he spent most of his life in Malaya.-Biography:Born in Malvern, Foster...
- played for Worcestershire between 1914 and 1923. - Leslie PrenticeLeslie PrenticeLeslie Roff Vincent Prentice was an Australian born English cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm slow bowler, he had a brief first-class cricket career for Middlesex in the 1920s.-Biography:...
- played for MiddlesexMiddlesex County Cricket ClubMiddlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...
between 1920 and 1923. - Bert PrattenBert PrattenHerbert Graham "Bert" Pratten was an Australian cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket for New South Wales between 1913 and 1915.-Biography:...
- played for New South Wales between 1913 and 1915. - William CockburnWilliam Cockburn (cricketer)William Robert Marshall Cockburn was a Scottish cricketer who played once for the Scotland national cricket team in 1921....
- played for Scotland in 1921. - Henry NicollHenry Nicoll (cricketer)Henry Russell Nicoll was a Scottish cricketer. Born in Angus and educated at the Morgan Academy, Nicoll played once for the Scotland national cricket team, a first-class match against Ireland in July 1914...
- played for Scotland in 1914. - Rattan JaidkaRattan JaidkaRattan Chand Jaidka was a Malayan-born English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire in 1927....
- played for GloucestershireGloucestershire County Cricket ClubGloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Gloucestershire. Its limited overs team is called the Gloucestershire Gladiators....
in 1927. - Alfred HillAlfred Hill (cricketer)Alfred John Bostock Hill, also known as Alfred John Bostock-Hill was an English cricketer. A right-arm bowler, he played one first-class match for Warwickshire in 1920...
- played for WarwickshireWarwickshire County Cricket ClubWarwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears. Their kit colours are black and gold and the shirt sponsor...
in 1920. - Percival PenmanPercival PenmanArthur Percival Penman, usually known by his middle name, was an Australian cricketer and Australian rugby union representative...
- played for New South Wales between 1914 and 1916. - Lall SinghLall SinghLall Singh was an early Indian Test cricketer.Lall Singh's fame rests on his brilliant fielding which he displayed in India's first Test tour of England in 1932. He played in the only Test of the series and ran out Frank Woolley...
- played Test cricketTest cricketTest 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...
for India in 1932. - Herbert HopkinsHerbert HopkinsHerbert Oxley Hopkins was an Australian-born Englishcricketer who played 85 first-class matches between the wars. The bulk of these games were for Worcestershire and Oxford University, though he also appeared once for Harlequins...
- played for Worcestershire between 1921 and 1931. - Christopher FosterChristopher FosterChristopher Knollys Foster was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman, he played first-class cricket for Worcestershire in 1927.-Biography:...
- played for Worcestershire in 1927. - William SmithWilliam Smith (Scottish cricketer)William Alexander Bremner Smith was a Scottish cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler, he played once for the Scotland national cricket team in 1927.-Biography:...
- played for Scotland in 1927. - T. K. SukumaranT. K. SukumaranTK Sukumaran was an Indian cricketer who played in two first-class matches .His name is recorded as Sukumaran on the scorecards of the matches he took part in but he has also been called Sukumana ....
- played for India between 1924 and 1925. - Cyril ReedCyril ReedCyril Norman Reed was an Indian born cricketer who in addition to playing ten first-class matches in India between 1928 and 1948, also played Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire and international cricket for the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements.-Biography:Born in Poona ,...
- played ten first-class matches in IndiaIndiaIndia , 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...
between 1928 and 1948. - Thomas HartThomas Hart (cricketer)Thomas Mure Hart was a Scottish cricketer and rugby union player. He played twice for the Scotland national rugby union team and twice for the Scotland national cricket team as a right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler.-Biography:Born in Glasgow in 1909, Hart was educated at...
- played for Oxford UniversityOxford University Cricket ClubOxford University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at the University Parks in Oxford, England...
between 1931 and 1932, and for Scotland between 1933 and 1934.