The Federated Malay States cricket team was a team that represented the Federated Malay States in international cricket matches between 1905 and 1940. Cricket has been played in Peninsular Malaysia since the 1880s, and the Federated Malay States usually combined with the Straits Settlements cricket team to form the Malaya cricket team. Indeed, of their 37 recorded matches, only one was not against the Straits Settlements. [1]
The Federated Malay States played against the Straits Settlements 36 times between 1905 and 1940, winning 20 matches. The Straits Settlements won eight times, and eight matches were drawn. [1] They also played one match against Hong Kong in May 1926, winning by an innings. [2] The highlights of their series against the Straits Settlements were 408/9 declared that they scored in 1937, their highest score in the series, and the 218 scored by Cyril Reed in 1933, the highest score in the series. [1]
The following players played for the Federated Malay States and also played first-class cricket:
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