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Indian side, died of a heart attack. The match still went ahead, mainly because of the efforts of B. Subramaniam, an assistant of Buchi Babu. The Indian side was captained by B. S. Ramulu Naidu and the
Europeans by Partridge. This "Presidency Hindus" and "Presidency Europeans" match was to have been played between 29 December 1908 and 1 January 1909, but it was abandoned because of rain without the first innings being completed.
124:, the Europeans struggled to raise a team. As a consequence, the number of spectators saw a steady decrease. No match was played in 1949 and 1950 and those for 1951 and 1952 were two-day affairs and not first-class. The match in the latter year was watched by a crowd of six people, four of whom were journalists. This was the last Madras Presidency match.
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all played for the
Indians. In 1921, C. K. Nayudu hit 128 before lunch on the first day, an innings that included a famous hit which cleared "the boundary wall at the southern end of the MCC compound – to land near a coconut tree 50 yards from the MCC grounds. The hit was easily above 150 yards from
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The
Indians generally dominated the series and it was 1920–21 before the Europeans scored their first victory. The length of the match was increased from two to three days in the third year and gates were introduced in 1921. The 1935 match was cancelled because of a dispute about sharing the profits
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of the Madras United Club (MUC) and
Percival Partridge of the Madras Cricket Club (MCC). The MCC, at the time, was an exclusively white organisation and the MUC was founded by Buchi Babu as a similar cricket club for the Indians. Shortly before the first match Buchi Babu, who was to captain the
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An attempt was made in 1956 to revive the competition and a match was played between Indian and
European members of the Madras Cricket Club. The Indians won by an innings and the experiment was never repeated.
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Europeans v Indians series was not revived until the 1915–16 season. This match, which began on the last day of 1915, is considered the first Madras Presidency Match.
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The teams were called Madras
Cricket Club (MCC; Europeans only) and Madras United Club (MUC; non-Europeans). MUC won by an innings and 112 runs. Not a first-class match.
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Europeans hit 173, setting a record for the highest score in the series. It was bettered the next day by M. C. Sivasankaran, who made 174 for the Indians.
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British after
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55:. Of the 37 matches played, 33 were first-class and the Indians won 15 of those, the Europeans eight and ten were drawn.
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Indians won by 91 runs. Britten-Jones took the only hat-trick in the tournament.
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from the previous year between the MCC and the Indian
Cricket Federation.
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51:festival, and the fixture was sometimes called the
895:Madras Cricket Club v Madras United Club, 1914–15
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47:) usually in mid-January around the time of
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464:Indians won by an innings and 109 runs.
434:Europeans won by an innings and 6 runs.
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1468:Recurring events disestablished in 1952
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654:Indians won by an innings and 63 runs.
494:Indians won by an innings and 87 runs.
321:Indians won by an innings and 27 runs.
274:Indians won by an innings and 14 runs.
861:Muthiah, p. 250, quoting C. Ramaswami.
63:The Presidency Match was the idea of
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1463:Recurring events established in 1916
1458:Indian domestic cricket competitions
723:Highest individual score (Europeans)
712:Highest individual score (Indians)
14:
745:Best bowling, innings (Europeans)
1442:Mosquitos and other Jolly Rovers
1390:Madras Presidency Match, 1951–52
1375:Madras Presidency Match, 1950–51
1345:Madras Presidency Match, 1946–47
1330:Madras Presidency Match, 1945–46
1315:Madras Presidency Match, 1944–45
1300:Madras Presidency Match, 1943–44
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1240:Madras Presidency Match, 1938–39
1225:Madras Presidency Match, 1937–38
1210:Madras Presidency Match, 1936–37
1195:Madras Presidency Match, 1935–36
1180:Madras Presidency Match, 1933–34
1165:Madras Presidency Match, 1932–33
1150:Madras Presidency Match, 1931–32
1135:Madras Presidency Match, 1930–31
1120:Madras Presidency Match, 1929–30
1105:Madras Presidency Match, 1928–29
1090:Madras Presidency Match, 1927–28
1075:Madras Presidency Match, 1926–27
1060:Madras Presidency Match, 1925–26
1045:Madras Presidency Match, 1924–25
1030:Madras Presidency Match, 1923–24
1015:Madras Presidency Match, 1922–23
1000:Madras Presidency Match, 1921–22
985:Madras Presidency Match, 1920–21
970:Madras Presidency Match, 1919–20
955:Madras Presidency Match, 1918–19
940:Madras Presidency Match, 1917–18
925:Madras Presidency Match, 1916–17
910:Madras Presidency Match, 1915–16
880:Madras Presidency Match, 1908–09
826:Madras Presidency Match, 1908–09
71:Subramanian organised an annual
16:Annual first-class cricket match
1360:Madras Presidency Match, 1947–4
734:Best bowling, innings (Indians)
843:, archived from CricketArchive
770:Best bowling, team (Europeans)
104:the batting crease". In 1927,
73:Buchi Babu Memorial Tournament
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759:Best bowling, team (Indians)
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444:Maharajkumar of Vizianagram
428:Maharajkumar of Vizianagram
338:Europeans won by 125 runs.
306:Indians won by 10 wickets.
97:Maharajkumar of Vizianagram
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1412:, East West Books (1998).
762:13 for 49, A. G. Ram Singh
637:Indians won by 5 wickets.
560:Indians won by 4 wickets.
545:Indians won by 4 wickets.
479:Europeans won by 31 runs.
353:Europeans won by 66 runs.
257:Europeans won by 68 runs.
242:Indians won by 4 wickets.
212:Indians won by 5 wickets.
795:Highest total (Europeans)
737:8 for 14, A. G. Ram Singh
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511:Indians won by 247 runs.
45:M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
575:Indians won by 97 runs.
417:Indians won by 10 runs.
156:B. S. Ramulu Naidu (Ind)
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715:174, M. C. Sivasankaran
21:Madras Presidency Match
1410:The Spirit of Chepauk
1423:Tournaments in India
841:Tournaments in India
189:B. Subramanian (Ind)
1432:Indian Cricket 2004
412:M. Venkataramanjulu
303:E. W. C. Bradfield
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237:C. K. Krishnaswamy
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634:C. P. Johnstone
619:C. P. Johnstone
617:M. O. Srinivasan
604:C. P. Johnstone
587:C. P. Johnstone
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557:C. P. Johnstone
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491:C. P. Johnstone
399:C. P. Johnstone
384:C. P. Johnstone
209:P. W. Partridge
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392:
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387:Match drawn.
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125:
123:
119:
111:
109:
107:
106:Humphrey Ward
102:
101:Phiroze Palia
98:
94:
90:
85:
78:
76:
74:
69:
66:
58:
56:
54:
50:
46:
42:
38:
34:
30:
26:
22:
1441:
1409:
1408:S. Muthiah,
1385:
1370:
1355:
1340:
1325:
1310:
1295:
1280:
1265:
1250:
1235:
1220:
1205:
1190:
1175:
1160:
1145:
1130:
1115:
1100:
1085:
1070:
1055:
1040:
1025:
1010:
995:
980:
965:
950:
935:
920:
905:
890:
875:
866:
857:
848:
836:
821:
773:13 for 115,
522:C. Ramaswami
397:C. K. Nayudu
364:C. K. Nayudu
348:N. N. Swarna
270:K. O. Goldie
126:
115:
93:C. K. Nayudu
86:
82:
72:
70:
62:
53:Pongal match
52:
20:
18:
508:H. P. Ward
476:H. P. Ward
461:H. P. Ward
446:H. P. Ward
431:H. P. Ward
414:H. P. Ward
350:H. P. Ward
79:The matches
1452:Categories
808:References
748:8 for 43,
705:Statistics
334:H. P. Ward
59:Background
489:M. Baliah
474:M. Baliah
284:M. Baliah
142:Captains
122:Partition
41:Europeans
696:Unknown
691:1951–52
681:Unknown
676:1950–51
661:1947–48
644:1946–47
629:1945–46
614:1944–45
597:1943–44
582:1942–43
567:1940–41
552:1939–40
537:1938–39
518:1937–38
501:1936–37
486:1935–36
471:1933–34
456:1932–33
441:1931–32
424:1930–31
409:1929–30
394:1928–29
379:1927–28
360:1926–27
345:1925–26
328:1924–25
318:Unknown
313:1923–24
298:1922–23
281:1921–22
264:1920–21
254:Unknown
249:1919–20
234:1918–19
224:Unknown
219:1917–18
204:1916–17
186:1915–16
171:1914–15
153:1908–09
39:and the
1403:Sources
694:Unknown
679:Unknown
382:Unknown
316:Unknown
252:Unknown
222:Unknown
139:Season
132:Results
112:Decline
37:Indians
33:Chennai
1416:
194:(Eur)
161:(Eur)
145:Notes
99:, and
95:, the
49:Pongal
29:Madras
813:Notes
801:1931
790:1927
779:1920
765:1936
754:1926
740:1936
729:1927
718:1927
31:(now
1414:ISBN
148:Ref
116:The
19:The
787:458
1454::
1440:,
91:.
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