97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot
- 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot
The 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1824 and amalgamated into The Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) in 1881.
The regiment was raised in 1824, taking its title from Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany and Earl of Ulster.
In November 1832, the regiment's cricket team played the Colombo Cricket Club at the Rifle Green in Colombo, in the first recorded cricket match in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) . [cite web
last = Perera
first = Ajith C S
title = A Peep in to Sri Lankan Cricket History
date = 02-10-2003
work = Thinking Cricket with Ajith C S Perera
url = http://thinkingcricket.tripod.com/cricket/id2.html
accessdate = 15-09-2008]
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* [http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/097-824.htm 97th (The Earl of Ulster's) Regiment of Foot] , regiments.org
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