Malaya cricket team

The Malaya cricket team represented the combined territories of the Federated Malay States and the Straits Settlements in cricket matches between 1906 and 1961.

History

Early days

Cricket has been played in Peninsular Malaysia since at least the 1850s.Encyclopaedia of World Cricket by Roy Morgan, Sports Books Publishing The first match between the Federated Malay States and Straits Settlements was played in 1905Scorecard of Federated Malay States v Straits Settlements, 4 February 1905 at CricketArchive and the combined Malaya team first played the following year, against Burma in Yangon, though the result is not known. Two matches were played against Australia in 1909.

Beginning in 1920, Malaya replaced the Straits Settlements in a regular series of Interport matches against Hong Kong. In November of that year, they traveled to Hong Kong, playing matches against Hong Kong and Shanghai.Interport matches 1920/21 at CricketArchive They beat Hong Kong by 35 runs,Scorecard of Hong Kong v Malaya, 9 November 1920 at CricketArchive but lost to Shanghai by an innings and 140 runs.Scorecard of Shanghai v Malaya, 12 November 1920 at CricketArchive Following these two matches, they joined forces with the Shanghai team but lost to Hong Kong by five wickets.Scorecard of Hong Kong v Shanghai and Malaya The visit was repeated in November 1924,Interport matches, 1924/25 at CricketArchive with Malaya losing to Shanghai by 89 runsScorecard of Shanghai v Malaya, 16 November 1924 at CricketArchive and to Hong Kong by 2 wickets.Scorecard of Hong Kong v Malaya, 18 November 1924 at CricketArchive They played Hong Kong at home in 1926, beating them by an innings and 112 runs on the Padang in Singapore.Scorecard of Malaya v Hong Kong, 28 May 1926 at CricketArchive

In June 1927, Australia, captained by Bert Oldfield, visited Malaya, and the Malayan side won the first match by 39 runs, their only win against a Test-playing nation.History of Malaysian cricket A third visit to Hong Kong was made in November that year,Interport matches 1927/28 at CricketArchive with Malaya losing by an innings to ShanghaiScorecard of Shanghai v Malaya, 23 November 1927 at CricketArchive and Hong Kong.Scorecard of Hong Kong v Malaya, 27 November 1927 at CricketArchive In 1929, they lost to Shanghai by 1 wicket,Scorecard of Shanghai v Malaya, 5 November 1929 at CricketArchive and to Hong Kong by four wickets.Scorecard of Hong Kong v Malaya, 13 November 1929 at CricketArchive The final visit in 1933 saw Malaya beat Hong Kong by 14 runs,Scorecard of Hong Kong v Malaya, 6 November 1933 at CricketArchive before gaining their first win over Shanghai by beating them by 50 runs.Scorecard of Shanghai v Malaya, 15 November 1933 at CricketArchive

Later matches

Little is known of Malaya's matches after World War II. The two results that are known are that Malaya beat Hong Kong by 1 wicket in a fixture in December 1959, and drew with the MCC in March 1961.Scorecard of Malaya v MCC, 18 March 1961 at CricketArchive

Players

The following players played for Malaya and also played first-class cricket:

Gerald Livock - played for Middlesex from 1925 to 1927.Gerald Livock at CricketArchive Robert Phayre - played for the Europeans in India in 1928/29.Robert Phayre at CricketArchive Alfred Hill - played for Warwickshire in 1920.Alfred Hill at CricketArchive Edward Armitage - played for Hampshire between 1919 and 1925.Edward Armitage at CricketArchive Neville Foster - played for Worcestershire between 1914 and 1923.Neville Foster at CricketArchive Charles Congdon - played for the Royal Navy between 1921 and 1929.Charles Congdon at CricketArchive Robert Braddell - played for Oxford University and the MCC between 1908 and 1911.Robert Bradell at CricketArchive Herbert Hopkins - played for Worcestershire between 1921 and 1931.Herbert Hopkins at CricketArchive Lall Singh - played Test cricket for India in 1932.Lall Singh at CricketArchive William Smith - played for Scotland in 1927.William Smith at CricketArchive Victor Croome - played for the Royal Air Force from 1928 to 1930.Victor Croome at CricketArchive Thomas Hart - played for Oxford University and Scotland between 1931 and 1934. Hart also played twice for the Scotland rugby union team in 1930.

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