Rustomji Jamshedji

Infobox Historic Cricketer


nationality = Indian
country = India
country abbrev = IND
name = R.J.D. Jamshedji
picture = Cricket_no_pic.pngbatting style = Right-hand bat (RHB)
bowling style = Slow left arm orthodox
tests = 1
test runs = 5
test bat avg = -
test 100s/50s = 0/0
test top score = 4*
test balls = 210
test wickets = 3
test bowl avg = 45.66
test 5s = -
test 10s = -
test best bowling = 3/137
test catches/stumpings = 2
FCs = 29
FC runs = 291
FC bat avg = 11.19
FC 100s/50s = 0/0
FC top score = 43
FC balls = 5,835
FC wickets = 134
FC bowl avg = 22.12
FC 5s = 10
FC 10s = 3
FC best bowling = 7/61
FC catches/stumpings = 7
debut date = 15 December
debut year = 1933
last date = 15 December
last year = 1933
source = http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/625/625.html

Rustomji Jamshedji Dorabji Jamshedji audio|Rustomji_Jamshedji.ogg|pronunciation (born November 18, 1892, Bombay - died April 5, 1976, Bombay) was an Indian Test cricketer.

Jamshedji was a little left arm spinner who played a single Test for India. He made his debut at the age of 41 years and 27 days and is still the oldest Indian on his first appearance. In the Test at Bombay Gymkhana against England in 1933/34, he took three wickets in the England innings.

Most of Jamshedji's noted successes were in the Bombay Quadrangular. Playing for Parsis, he took 11 for 122 in the 1922/23 final against the Hindus and 10 for 104 in the 1928/29 final against the Europeans. On the latter occasion, 'wild scenes of jubilation were witnessed after the match and the Parsi team was mobbed by the admiring crowd'. Jamshedji was chaired and carried to the pavilion ref|Guha1.

Jamshedji came across the English left arm spinner Wilfred Rhodes in the early 1920s when the latter played in the Bombay tournament. Rhodes is supposed to have told Jamshedji : "If I had your powers of spin, no side would get a hundred"ref|Guha2. Jamshedji carried violin resin in his pocket to keep his finger supple.

Notes

* In his Cricinfo article "From Palwankar to Nayudu", Partab Ramchand names him as "Rusi" Jamshedji [http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/108807.html] . Ramachandra Guha ref|Guha1 calls him "Jamsu".

References

* Ramachandra Guha, "A Corner of a Foreign Field" (2002), p.79
* Guha, "Fielding a Parsi", The Hindu, August 18, 2002 [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mag/2002/08/18/stories/2002081800240300.htm] (accessed September 9, 2005)

External links

* [http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/29674.html Cricinfo Profile]
* [http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/625/625.html Cricketarchive Profile]