Malaya cricket team

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 1905[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/125/125929.html Scorecard] 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.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/HKG/1920-21_HKG_Interport_matches_1920-21.html Interport matches 1920/21] at CricketArchive They beat Hong Kong by 35 runs,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/131/131588.html Scorecard] of Hong Kong v Malaya, 9 November 1920 at CricketArchive but lost to Shanghai by an innings and 140 runs.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/131/131589.html Scorecard] of Shanghai v Malaya, 12 November 1920 at CricketArchive Following these two matches, they joined forces with the Shanghai team to lose to Hong Kong by five wickets.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/131/131590.html Scorecard] of Hong Kong v Shanghai and Malaya The visit was repeated in November 1924,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/HKG/1924-25_HKG_Interport_matches_1924-25.html Interport matches, 1924/25] at CricketArchive with Malaya losing to Shanghai by 89 runs[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/131/131591.html Scorecard] of Shanghai v Malaya, 16 November 1924 at CricketArchive and to Hong Kong by 2 wickets.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/131/131592.html 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.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/131/131593.html 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.[http://www.malaysiacricket.com/html/s02_article/article_view.asp?id=127&nav_cat_id=132&nav_top_id=56 History of Malaysian cricket] A third visit to Hong Kong was made in November that year,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/HKG/1927-28_HKG_Interport_matches_1927-28.html Interport matches 1927/28] at CricketArchive with Malaya losing by an innings to Shanghai[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/131/131595.html Scorecard] of Shanghai v Malaya, 23 November 1927 at CricketArchive and Hong Kong.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/131/131596.html Scorecard] of Hong Kong v Malaya, 27 November 1927 at CricketArchive In 1929, they lost to Shanghai by 1 wicket,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/131/131597.html Scorecard] of Shanghai v Malaya, 5 November 1929 at CricketArchive and to Hong Kong by four wickets.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/131/131598.html Scorecard] of Hong Kong v Malaya, 13 November 1929 at CricketArchive The final visit in 1933 saw Malaya beat Hong Kong by 14 runs,[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/131/131599.html Scorecard] of Hong Kong v Malaya, 6 November 1933 at CricketArchive before gaining their first win over Shanghai by beating them by 50 runs.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/131/131600.html Scorecard] of Shanghai v Malaya, 15 November 1933 at CricketArchive

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.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/97/97138.html Scorecard] of Malaya v MCC, 18 March 1961 at CricketArchive

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

• Gerald Livock - played for Middlesex between 1925 and 1927.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/31/31028/31028.html Gerald Livock] at CricketArchive
• Robert Phayre - played for the Europeans in India in 1928/29.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/14/14309/14309.html Robert Phayre] at CricketArchive
• Alfred Hill - played for Warwickshire in 1920.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30230/30230.html Alfred Hill] at CricketArchive
• Edward Armitage - played for Hampshire between 1919 and 1925.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/6/6452/6452.html Edward Armitage] at CricketArchive
• Neville Foster - played for Worcestershire between 1914 and 1923.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/29/29497/29497.html Neville Foster] at CricketArchive
• Charles Congdon - played for the Royal Navy between 1921 and 1929.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28674/28674.html Charles Congdon] at CricketArchive
• Robert Braddell - played for Oxford University and the MCC between 1908 and 1911.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28078/28078.html Robert Bradell] at CricketArchive
• Herbert Hopkins - played for Worcestershire between 1921 and 1931.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/30/30363/30363.html Herbert Hopkins] at CricketArchive
• Lall Singh - played Test cricket for India in 1932.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/0/594/594.html Lall Singh] at CricketArchive
• William Smith - played for Scotland in 1927.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27150/27150.html William Smith] at CricketArchive
• Victor Croome - played for the Royal Air Force between 1928 and 1930.[http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/28/28844/28844.html 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Players/27/27027/27027.html |title=Thomas Hart |publisher=Cricket Archive |date=2013 |accessdate=10 November 2013}}

• Federated Malay States cricket team
• Straits Settlements cricket team
• Malaysia national cricket team
• Singapore national cricket team

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