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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Hormasji Kanga<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1880|4|9|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1945|12|29|1880|4|9|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Bombay]], India<br />
| nickname = <br />
| heightft = <br />
| heightm = <br />
| batting = Right-handed<br />
| bowling = Right-arm medium<br />
| role = [[All-rounder]]<br />
| heightinch = <br />
| club1 = [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]]<br />
| year1 = 1899/00–1921/22<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 43<br />
| runs1 = 1,905<br />
| bat avg1 = 26.83<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 3/5<br />
| top score1 = 233<br />
| deliveries1 = 1410<br />
| wickets1 = 37<br />
| bowl avg1 = 20.56<br />
| fivefor1 = 1<br />
| tenfor1 = 0<br />
| best bowling1 = 8/14<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 32/3<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/30435.html Cricinfo<br />
| date = 27 July<br />
| year = 2018<br />
}}<br />
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Dr '''Hormasji Dorabji Kanga''' (9 April 1880 – 29 December 1945) was an [[India]]n [[cricket]]er who played [[first-class cricket]] for the Parsis (sometimes spelt Parsees) cricket team between 1899 and 1921 as an [[all-rounder]] and opening batsman. He was the first Indian to score a [[Century (cricket)|double century]] in a first-class match, and the [[Kanga Cricket League]] is named after him. His older twin brothers [[Dinshaw Kanga|Dinshaw]] and [[MD Kanga|MD]] also played first-class cricket for Parsees.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/30487.html| title= Dinshaw Kanga| publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]| accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/30488.html| title= MD Kanga| publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]]| accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
In his cricketing career, Kanga played 43 [[first-class cricket|first-class matches]] between 1899 and 1921.<ref name=TC>{{cite web| url= http://www.thatscricket.com/in-focus/2007/10/05/kanga-not-rolling-league.html| title= Kanga Not 'Rolling' League| publisher=That's Cricket| date= 5 October 2007| accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref> In a match between Parsis and a Europeans cricket team at the [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground]], Kanga scored his career best score of 233. In doing so, he became the first Indian to score a [[Century (cricket)|double century]] in a first-class match.<ref name=TC/><ref name=Gulati>{{cite book| url= https://books.google.com/books?id=QKmNCgAAQBAJ&q=Hormasji+Kanga| title= The Forgotten Political Avatar| last=Gulati| first=Mahinder| publisher=Partridge Publishing| date=September 2015| isbn= 9781482856781| access-date=7 November 2016}}</ref> In 1911, Kanga was part of the All Indian team that toured the [[British Isles]]; the team played a number of [[county cricket]] and other first-class teams.<ref name=TC/><ref>{{cite web| url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/India_in_British_Isles_1911.html| title= India in British Isles 1911| publisher=CricketArchive| accessdate=12 November 2016}}</ref> Kanga also played for the [[Hampstead Cricket Club]] in England.<ref name=TC/><br />
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After his retirement, Kanga was the President of the [[Bombay Cricket Association]] 1930–31 and 1934–35, and was also vice-president of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]] from 1936 until his death in 1945.<ref name=Gulati/> In 1948, three years after his death, the Bombay Cricket Association created the [[Kanga Cricket League]], a [[monsoon season]] cricket tournament that they named after Hormasji Kanga.<ref name=TC/><ref name=Gulati/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Cricinfo|id=30435}}<br />
*{{Cricketarchive|id=34176}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kanga, Hormasji}}<br />
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[[Category:Cricketers from Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:1880 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian cricket administrators]]<br />
[[Category:Parsi people from Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers]]<br />
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