Interport matches

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The Hong Kong and Shanghai teams from October 1892 1892 Interport teams.jpg
The Hong Kong and Shanghai teams from October 1892

Interport matches refer to a series of cricket matches which took place in Asia from 1866 to 1987, between Ceylon, the Federated Malay States, Hong Kong, Malaya, Malaysia, Shanghai, Singapore and the Straits Settlements.

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In February 2020, the Hong Kong team played a five-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Malaysia. [1] [2] All the matches were played at the Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur. [1] The series marked the return of Interport matches after a gap of 33 years. [3] The series was originally scheduled to be played at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, but was cancelled in early February due to the coronavirus pandemic in China. [4] [5]

History

Hong Kong were returning home on the SS Bokhara from their 1892 Interport match in Shanghai when it sank in a typhoon, killing eleven Hong Kong cricketers. As a result of this tragedy the Interport matches, which had been regular fixtures since 1889, didn't return for five years.

For matches in Shanghai, it was usually only Hong Kong who made the journey but when Hong Kong were Interport hosts, a third of fourth team would often join Shanghai for a series of matches.

No series or match was played from 1936 until 1947 due to the Pacific War. Shanghai stopped participating in Interport cricket after 1948, when the Communist Party took over China.

Statistics

Team results summary

Result of some Interport matches are unknown so in the table below the combined wins, draws and losses may not add up to the total matches played by the team.

TeamMatchesWinsDrawsLosses
Ceylon 3111
Federated Malay States 2110
Hong Kong 79321428
Malaya 16808
Malaysia 7050
Shanghai 4820224
Singapore 13174
Straits Settlements 12813

Record performances

The accuracy of some of the scorecards given for Interport matches have been disputed. The table below shows the leading team and individual performances over the years.

Record typeRecord holder
Highest team score Shanghai 479 all out
Highest individual scoreNigel Stearns (Hong Kong) 169
Best innings bowling figures Alfred Hill (Malaya) 9/10
Best match bowling figuresVH Lanning (Shanghai) 13/44

Matches played

List of Interport matches
No.DateVenueTeamsResultRef.
115 February 1866HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Hong Kong won by an innings and 264 runs
218 May 1867 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Shanghai won by 81 runs
330 October 1889 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Shanghai won by 3 wickets
422 January 1890HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Straits Settlements Hong Kong won by an innings and 147 runs
524 January 1890HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Straits Settlements Hong Kong won by 8 wickets
631 December 1890 The Padang Federated Malay States vs Ceylon Match drawn
73 January 1891 The Padang Straits Settlements vs Hong Kong Straits Settlements won by 166 runs
85 January 1891 The Padang Ceylon vs Hong Kong Ceylon won by 10 wickets
97 January 1891 The Padang Straits Settlements vs Ceylon Straits Settlements won by an innings and 18 runs
109 January 1891 The Padang Singapore Cricket Club vs Hong Kong Hong Kong won by an innings and 5 runs
1110 January 1891 The Padang Straits Settlements vs Ceylon and Hong KongMatch drawn
1221 September 1891 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Match drawn
134 February 1892HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Hong Kong won by an innings and 123 runs
143 October 1892 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Shanghai won by 157 runs
158 November 1897HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Straits Settlements Straits Settlements won by an innings and 79 runs
1610 November 1897HKCC Ground Shanghai vs Straits Settlements Straits Settlements won by an innings and 11 runs
1711 November 1897HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Hong Kong won by 1 wicket
1814 November 1897HKCC GroundHong Kong and Shanghai vs Straits Settlements Straits Settlements won by an innings and 231 runs
19September ?, 1898 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Hong Kong won by 28 runs
2011 November 1901HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Straits Settlements Hong Kong won by 129 runs
2114 November 1901HKCC Ground Shanghai vs Straits Settlements Shanghai won by 1 run
2218 November 1901HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Shanghai won by 7 wickets
2313 October 1903 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Hong Kong won by an innings and 23 runs
2411 November 1904HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Hong Kong won by 4 wickets
2515 November 1904HKCC Ground Shanghai vs Straits Settlements Straits Settlements won by 52 runs
2617 November 1904HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Straits Settlements Straits Settlements won by 95 runs
272 October 1906 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Shanghai won by 139 runs
2816 November 1907HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Hong Kong won by 4 wickets
2922 October 1908 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Shanghai won by 10 wickets
3022 November 1909HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Hong Kong won by an innings and 224 runs
3124 November 1909HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Straits Settlements Hong Kong won by 9 wickets
3226 November 1909HKCC Ground Shanghai vs Straits Settlements Straits Settlements won by 4 wickets
3329 November 1909HKCC GroundHong Kong vs Shanghai and Straits SettlementsShanghai and SS won by 21 runs
3431 May 1911 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Shanghai won by an innings and 26 runs
3511 November 1912HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Hong Kong won by an innings and 36 runs
3626 May 1914 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Shanghai won by 116 runs
377 November 1920HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Hong Kong won by 6 wickets
389 November 1920HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Malaya Malaya won by 35 runs
3912 November 1920HKCC Ground Malaya vs Shanghai Shanghai won by an innings and 140 runs
4014 November 1920HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai and MalayaHong Kong won by 5 wickets
4117 May 1921 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Shanghai won by an innings and 160 runs
4211 November 1922HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Shanghai won by 2 wickets
4316 May 1923 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Hong Kong won by 3 wickets
4413 November 1924HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Hong Kong won by an innings and 5 runs
4516 November 1924HKCC Ground Malaya vs Shanghai Shanghai won by 89 runs
4618 November 1924HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Malaya Hong Kong won by 2 wickets
4716 May 1925 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Hong Kong won by 7 runs
4828 May 1926 The Padang Malaya vs Hong Kong Malaya won by an innings and 112 runs
4930 May 1926Padang, Kuala Lumpur Federated Malay States vs Hong Kong FMS won by an innings and 107 runs
5016 November 1926HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Shanghai won by 1 wicket
5119 November 1927HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Hong Kong won by 3 wickets
5223 November 1927HKCC Ground Malaya vs Shanghai Shanghai won by an innings and 45 runs
5327 November 1927HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Malaya Hong Kong won by an innings and 25 runs
5426 May 1928 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Shanghai won by 120 runs
555 November 1929HKCC Ground Malaya vs Shanghai Shanghai won by 1 wicket
5610 November 1929HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Hong Kong won by 82 runs
5713 November 1929HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Malaya Hong Kong won by 4 wickets
5819 May 1930 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Match drawn
5914 November 1931HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Shanghai won by 7 wickets
6021 May 1932 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Hong Kong won by 42 runs
616 November 1933HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Malaya Malaya won by 14 runs
6211 November 1933HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Hong Kong won by 117 runs
6315 November 1933HKCC Ground Malaya vs Shanghai Malaya won by 50 runs
6410 October 1934 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Shanghai won by 270 runs
659 November 1935HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Hong Kong won by 31 runs
666 October 1936 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Shanghai won by 217 runs
678 November 1947HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Shanghai Hong Kong won by 165 runs
68October 1948 Shanghai CC Shanghai vs Hong Kong Unknown Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
6927 November 1955HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Malaya Malaya won by 10 wickets
7017 May 1957Padang, Kuala Lumpur Malaya vs Hong Kong Malaya won by 27 runs
7112 December 1959HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Malaya Malaya won by 1 wicket
7227 May 1961Padang, Kuala Lumpur Malaya vs Hong Kong Malaya won 7 wickets
7323 November 1963HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Malaya Hong Kong won by 7 wickets
7421 May 1965Padang, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia vs Hong Kong Match drawn
7510 May 1968Padang, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia vs Hong Kong Match drawn
7618 May 1968 The Padang Singapore vs Hong Kong Match drawn
777 November 1969HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Singapore Hong Kong won by 5 wickets
782 April 1971 The Padang Singapore vs Hong Kong Singapore won by 96 runs
7912 November 1971HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Malaysia Match drawn
8024 November 1972HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Singapore Hong Kong won by 6 wickets
8126 April 1974 The Padang Singapore vs Hong Kong Match drawn
824 May 1974Padang, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia vs Hong Kong Match drawn
831975Penang Sports Club Malaysia vs Hong Kong Unknown Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
8428 November 1975 Kowloon CC Hong Kong vs Singapore Match drawn
8513 May 1977 The Padang Singapore vs Hong Kong Match drawn
8610 November 1978HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Singapore Match drawn
879 May 1980Tenaga NSC Malaysia vs Hong Kong Match drawn
8816 May 1980 The Padang Singapore vs Hong Kong Match drawn
8911 November 1981HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Singapore Match drawn
901983Padang, Kuala Lumpur Malaysia vs Hong Kong Unknown Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
911983Recreation Ground Singapore vs Hong Kong Unknown Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
9230 November 1984HKCC Ground Hong Kong vs Singapore Hong Kong won by 98 runs
9315 May 1987 The Padang Singapore vs Hong Kong Hong Kong won by 149 runs

Series played

List of Interport series
No.Date(s)Venue(s)TeamsResultRef.
1 20–26 February 2020 Kinrara Academy Oval Malaysia and Hong Kong Malaysia won the 5-match series 5–0 2020 Interport T20I Series

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