Sir Julien Cahn's cricket team in Ceylon in 1936–37

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Sir Julien Cahn's cricket team toured Ceylon and Malaya in March and April 1937. [1]

The team played nine games in all but the majority were against minor opposition. The team was unbeaten on tour, winning three times with six matches drawn. The only first-class match on the tour was against a Ceylon national XI at the Nomads Ground in Victoria Park, Colombo. Cahn's team won by 6 wickets. [2] Cahn's side included South African Test players Bob Crisp and Denys Morkel and the New Zealander Stewie Dempster, plus other members of Cahn's UK-based teams such as Jack Walsh and Tom Reddick.

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References

  1. "Sir J Cahn's XI in Ceylon and Malaya 1936/37". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 July 2008.
  2. "All Ceylon v Sir Julien Cahn's XI 1936-37". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 October 2020.