Rangoon Gymkhana cricket team

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Rangoon Gymkhana cricket team was a scratch cricket team formed in Rangoon, Burma. The team played a single first-class match in January 1927 at the Gymkhana Ground against the touring Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), resulting in a draw. [1]

A second scratch eleven was formed to play MCC on the following days at the Burma Athletic Association Ground. [2] This time the team was styled 'Burma'. Both teams were captained by Hubert Ashton, the Cambridge University and Essex batsman. [3] Six men appeared for both Burmese teams. All were European officials. Until 1937, Burma was administered as part of India.

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References

  1. Rangoon Gymkhana v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1926/27
  2. Cricketer Spring Annual 1927
  3. European Cricketers in India, ACS, 2002.