Rangoon Gymkhana cricket team
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Rangoon Gymkhana cricket team was a scratch cricket
team formed in Rangoon, Burma. The team played a single first-class
match in January 1927 at the Gymkhana Ground
against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club
resulting in a draw
. A second scratch eleven was formed to play MCC on the following days at the Burma Athletic Association Ground. This time the team was styled 'Burma'. Both teams were captained by Hubert Ashton
the Cambridge University and Essex batsman. Six men appeared for both Burmese teams. All were European officials. Until 1948 Burma was administered as part of India.
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...
team formed in Rangoon, Burma. The team played a single first-class
First-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...
match in January 1927 at the Gymkhana Ground
Gymkhana Ground, Rangoon
The Gymkhana Ground was a cricket ground in Rangoon, Burma . The first recorded match held on the ground was in December 1912, when Rangoon Gymkhana played the Europeans. Two further matches were held in that month, with Upper Burma playing the Europeans, and Burma playing the Europeans...
against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone 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...
resulting in a draw
The result in cricket
The result in a game of cricket may be a win for one of the two teams playing, a draw or a tie. In the case of a limited overs game, the game can also end with no result...
. A second scratch eleven was formed to play MCC on the following days at the Burma Athletic Association Ground. This time the team was styled 'Burma'. Both teams were captained by Hubert Ashton
Hubert Ashton
Sir Hubert Ashton KBE MC was an English cricketer and politician...
the Cambridge University and Essex batsman. Six men appeared for both Burmese teams. All were European officials. Until 1948 Burma was administered as part of India.