Lord Hawke's XI cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1892-93

An English cricket team led by Lord Hawke toured Ceylon and India in the winter of 1892-93.

The team played four first-class matches, all of them in India, including the first match ever to involve an All-India XI. This was the second visit by an English team to India and the third to Ceylon.

The team left Tilbury on 14 October 1892 and the tour ended in the first week of March 1893. In all, they played 23 matches of which 15 were won, 2 lost and 6 drawn. Three of the matches were in Ceylon. The team was made up of fourteen amateurs and included six past and future Test cricketers.

Lord Hawke fell ill early on the tour (as in 1889-90) and missed matches in Ceylon.

The team

* Lord Hawke
* GF Vernon
* Hon. FS Jackson
* AJL Hill
* CW Wright
* JS Robinson
* MF MacLean
* JHJ Hornsby
* HF Wright
* ABE Gibson
* AE Leatham
* GAT Foljambe
* C Heseltine
* JA Gibbs

Hawke, Vernon and Gibson were also part of the 1889-90 team. Jackson and Hill were at Cambridge and Jackson had just been appointed as the captain of the Cambridge cricket team.

Match summary

1. November 11-12 at Colombo : Lord Hawke's XI 252 Colombo 106 and 34 for no loss:Match drawn

2. November 14-15 at Colombo : Lord Hawke's XI 81 and 107 Colts 24 and 44:Lord Hawke's XI won by 120 runs

3. November 18-19 at Radella : Lord Hawke's XI 237 Up-country XI 82 and 62:Lord Hawke's XI won by an innings and 93 runs

4. November 28-29 at Madras : Madras CC 184 and 170 for 6 Lord Hawke's XI 138:Match drawn

5. November 30 at Madras : Native XI 29 and 46 Lord Hawke's XI 137 for 5 decl:Lord Hawke's XI won by an innings and 62 runs

6. December 2-3 at Madras : Lord Hawke's XI 126 and 112 Madras Presidency 132 and 15 for 2:Match drawn

7. December 6-7 at Bangalore : Madras Presidency 203 and 112 Lord Hawke's XI 280 and 36 for 1:Lord Hawke's XI won by 9 wickets

8. December 9-10 at Bangalore : Bangalore 51 and 132 Lord Hawke's XI 272:Lord Hawke's XI won by an innings and 89 runs

9. December 16-17 at Poona : Poona Gymkhana 84 ad 207 Lord Hawke's XI 185:Match drawn

10. December 22-24 at Bombay : Parsees 93 and 182 Lord Hawke's XI 83 and 93:Parsees won by 109 runs ( [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/3/3902.html First class match] )

11. December 26-28 at Bombay : Lord Hawke's XI 263 and 35 for 2 Bombay Presidency 157 and 140:Lord Hawke's XI won by 8 wickets ( [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/3/3904.html First class match] )

12. December 29-31 at Bombay : Lord Hawke's XI 139 and 85 Parsees 127 and 90:Lord Hawke's XI won by 7 runs ( [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/3/3906.html First class match] )

13. January 5-6 at Calcutta : Lord Hawke's XI 291 Calcutta Club 116 and 92:Lord Hawke's XI won by an innings and 83 runs

14. January 13 and 16 at Calcutta : Lord Hawke's XI 158 and 83 for 6 Bengal Presidency 72 and 268:Lord Hawke's XI won by 4 wickets

15. January 18-20 at Mozufferpore : Behar Wanderers 169 and 116 Lord Hawke's XI 90 and 127:Wanderers won by 68 runs

16. January 23-24 at Allahabad : Upper India 140 and 92 Lord Hawke's XI 225 and 10 for no loss:Lord Hawke's XI won by 10 wickets

17. January 26-28 at Allahabad : All India 139 and 199 Lord Hawke's XI 343:Lord Hawke's XI won by an innings and 5 runs ( [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/3/3912.html First class match] )

18. January 31 - February 1 at Oudh : Lord Hawke's XI 315 Oudh 79 and 92:Lord Hawke's XI won by an innings and 144 runs

19. February 6-7 at Agra : Agra 108 and 67 Lord Hawke's XI 61 and 115 for 6:Lord Hawke's XI won by 4 wickets

20. February 16-18 at Umballa : Lord Hawke's XI 185 and 146 Umballa 145:Match drawn

21. February 20-21 at Lahore : Punjab 128 and 111 Lord Hawke's XI 243:Lord Hawke's XI won by an innings and 4 runs

22. February 23-25 at Lahore : Lord Hawke's XI 138 and 26 for 3 Sindh 50 and 112:Lord Hawke's XI won by 7 wickets

23. February 28-March 2 at Peshawar : Peshawar 68 and 112 Lord Hawke's XI 483:Lord Hawke's XI won by an innings and 303 runs

External sources

* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/Tours_1892-93.html CricketArchive tour itinerary]

Further reading

* Rowland Bowen, "Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development", Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970
* Vasant Raiji, "India's Hambledon Men", Tyeby Press, 1986
* Mihir Bose, "A History of Indian Cricket", Andre-Deutsch, 1990
* Ramachandra Guha, "A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport", Picador, 2001

ee also

* GF Vernon's XI cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1889-90