Lord Hawke's XI cricket team in Ceylon and India in 1892–93


An English cricket team led by Lord Hawke toured Ceylon and India in the winter of 1892-93.
The team played four first-class matches, all of them in India, including the first match ever to involve an All-India XI. This was the second visit by an English team to India and the third to Ceylon.
The team left Tilbury on 14 October 1892 and the tour ended in the first week of March 1893. In all, they played 23 matches of which 15 were won, 2 lost and 6 drawn. Three of the matches were in Ceylon. The team was made up of fourteen amateurs and included six past and future Test cricketers.
Lord Hawke fell ill early on the tour and missed matches in Ceylon.

The team

Hawke, Vernon and Gibson were also part of the 1889-90 team. Jackson and Hill were at Cambridge and Jackson had just been appointed as the captain of the Cambridge cricket team.

Match summary

1. November 11–12 at Colombo : Lord Hawke's XI 252 Colombo 106 and 34 for no loss
2. November 14–15 at Colombo : Lord Hawke's XI 81 and 107 Colts 24 and 44
3. November 18–19 at Radella : Lord Hawke's XI 237 Up-country XI 82 and 62
4. November 28–29 at Madras : Madras CC 184 and 170 for 6 Lord Hawke's XI 138
5. November 30 at Madras : Native XI 29 and 46 Lord Hawke's XI 137 for 5 decl
6. December 2–3 at Madras : Lord Hawke's XI 126 and 112 Madras Presidency 132 and 15 for 2
7. December 6–7 at Bangalore : Madras Presidency 203 and 112 Lord Hawke's XI 280 and 36 for 1
8. December 9–10 at Bangalore : Bangalore 51 and 132 Lord Hawke's XI 272
9. December 16–17 at Poona : Poona Gymkhana 84 ad 207 Lord Hawke's XI 185
10. December 22–24 at Bombay : Parsees 93 and 182 Lord Hawke's XI 83 and 93
11. December 26–28 at Bombay : Lord Hawke's XI 263 and 35 for 2 Bombay Presidency 157 and 140
12. December 29–31 at Bombay : Lord Hawke's XI 139 and 85 Parsees 127 and 90
13. January 5–6 at Calcutta : Lord Hawke's XI 291 Calcutta Club 116 and 92
14. January 13 and 16 at Calcutta : Lord Hawke's XI 158 and 83 for 6 Bengal Presidency 72 and 268
15. January 18–20 at Mozufferpore : Behar Wanderers 169 and 116 Lord Hawke's XI 90 and 127
16. January 23–24 at Allahabad : Upper India 140 and 92 Lord Hawke's XI 225 and 10 for no loss
17. January 26–28 at Allahabad : All India 139 and 199 Lord Hawke's XI 343
18. January 31 - February 1 at Oudh : Lord Hawke's XI 315 Oudh 79 and 92
19. February 6–7 at Agra : Agra 108 and 67 Lord Hawke's XI 61 and 115 for 6
20. February 16–18 at Umballa : Lord Hawke's XI 185 and 146 Umballa 145
21. February 20–21 at Lahore : Punjab 128 and 111 Lord Hawke's XI 243
22. February 23–25 at Lahore : Lord Hawke's XI 138 and 26 for 3 Sindh 50 and 112
23. February 28-March 2 at Peshawar : Peshawar 68 and 112 Lord Hawke's XI 483

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