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{{Infobox cricketer
| name = J. G. Greig
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| fullname = John Glennie Greig
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1871|10|24}}
| birth_place = [[Mhow]], [[Bombay Presidency]],<br>[[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1958|05|24|1871|10|24}}
| death_place = [[Milford on Sea]], [[Hampshire]], England
| nickname = Junglee{{sfn|Mukherji|2020|p=72}}
| heightft =
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Spin bowling|slow]]
| role =
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| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1893/94–1920/21}}
| club2 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
| year2 = 1898–1910
| club3 = [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]]
| year3 = 1901–1922
| club4 = [[Bombay cricket team|Bombay]]
| year4 = 1902/03
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 125
| runs1 = 7,348
| bat avg1 = 36.37
| 100s/50s1 = 15/32
| top score1 = 249[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 6,550
| wickets1 = 138
| bowl avg1 = 23.46
| fivefor1 = 8
| tenfor1 = 2
| best bowling1 = 7/35
| catches/stumpings1 = 102/–
| date = 11 September
| year = 2020
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/13465.html Cricinfo
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'''John Glennie Greig''' {{postnominal|CIE}} (24 October 1871 — 24 May 1958) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and cricket administrator, [[British Army]] officer, [[rackets (sport)|racquets]] and [[tennis]] player, and [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[Priesthood in the Catholic Church|priest]].

Greig's military career spanned from 1892 to 1921, beginning with his commissioning into the [[Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)|Loyal North Lancashire Regiment]] and eventual transfer to the [[British Indian Army]]. In [[British India]], he held the appointments of ''[[aide-de-camp]]'' and military secretary to the [[List of governors of Bombay Presidency|Governor of Bombay]]. He would later serve with the [[107th Pioneers]] during the [[First World War]].

As a cricketer, his [[first-class cricket|first-class career]] spanned from 1893 to 1922, with Greig predominantly playing for the [[Europeans cricket team]] in India and [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] in England. In 125 first-class matches, he scored over 6,500 runs and took nearly 140 wickets. He was considered the leading "white" player of the time in India, and in 1898 he made the first double-century to be scored in first-class cricket on Indian soil. Greig was head of the committee which selected the Indian team [[Indian cricket team in England in 1911|which toured England in 1911]], the first by an All-Indian team. During his time in India, he was also credited with discovering [[Palwankar Baloo]] while he was engaged with the Poona Gymkhana. The cricket historian [[Vasant Raiji]] likened Greig's contribution to Indian cricket to that of [[Ranjitsinhji]]'s to English cricket. He would later serve Hampshire in an administrative capacity as its secretary from 1921 to 1930 and its president in 1945 and 1946.

Greig was also a competent [[rackets (sport)|racquets]] and [[tennis]] player, who won the [[Western India Championships|Western India Tennis Championships]]. Later in his life, he would be ordained as a Roman Catholic priest and was appointed to be the first resident priest in [[Ringwood, Hampshire]].

==Early life and military career==
Greig was born in [[British India]] at [[Mhow]] in October 1871. He was educated in England at [[Downside School]], before proceeding to the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[seminary]] [[Ushaw College]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hnBZXcdHnIUC|title=John Glennie Greig|journal=The Tablet|publisher=[[The Tablet|Tablet Publishing Company]]|year=1911|page=980|volume=118–119|issn=0039-8837|language=en}}</ref> However, he did not at this stage enter into ecclesiastical duties, instead attending the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst|Royal Military College at Sandhurst]]. He graduated from there into the [[Loyal Regiment (North Lancashire)|Loyal North Lancashire Regiment]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in November 1892,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26346|date=18 November 1892|page=6477}}</ref> with promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] following in December 1894.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26612|date=2 April 1895|page=1998}}</ref>

Greig transferred to the [[British Indian Army]] in October 1895, where he was attached to the [[Indian Staff Corps]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26835|date=23 March 1897|page=1672}}</ref> He was appointed ''[[aide-de-camp]]'' to the [[List of governors of Bombay Presidency|Governor of Bombay]] in February 1902,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27398|date=17 January 1902|page=393}}</ref> and was shortly thereafter promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in November 1901.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27414|date=7 March 1902|page=1668}}</ref> He vacated his ''aide-de-camp'' appointment in December 1902,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27570|date=30 June 1903|page=4100}}</ref> but was reappointed in June 1904.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27716|date=23 September 1904|page=6142}}</ref> In October 1907, Greig was appointed military secretary to the incumbent Governor of Bombay, [[George Clarke, 1st Baron Sydenham of Combe|Sir George Clarke]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28091|date=20 December 1907|page=8881}}</ref> He was promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in November 1910,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28454|date=6 January 1911|page=132}}</ref> and was made a Companion to the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in the [[1911 Delhi Durbar Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28559|date=8 December 1911|page=9363}}</ref> He would serve Clarke's successor, [[Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon|Lord Willingdon]], as his military secretary.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28717|date=9 May 1913|page=3351}}</ref> Prior to the [[First World War]], he spent time serving on the [[North-West Frontier Province]].<ref name="BOOK"/> Greig served during the First World War with the [[107th Pioneers]], acting as a temporary [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] from August to October 1918 whilst commanding a battalion.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30992|date=5 November 1918|page=13009}}</ref> Following the end of the war, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in July 1919,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31449|date=11 July 1919|page=8859}}</ref> and retired from active service in November 1921.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32529|date=25 November 1921|page=9471}}</ref>

==First-class cricket career==
===Early career in India and England===
[[File:Palwankar Baloo.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Greig is credited with discovering [[Palwankar Baloo]] (pictured) during his membership of the Poona Gymkhana]]
Greig's cricket began while at Downside and Ushaw College's.<ref name="BOOK"/> While serving in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in British India in 1893, he made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Bombay Gymkhana|Bombay]] in the 1893–94 [[Bombay Tournament (cricket)|Bombay Presidency Match]]. He featured regularly for the Europeans up to September 1896,<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6628/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by John Greig|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=13 April 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> with Greig having a particularly successful 1896–97 season, in which he scored 259 runs in his two Bombay Presidency Matches, making three half centuries and a highest score of 98.<ref name="FCBAS">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6628/f_Batting_by_Season.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by John Greig|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=13 April 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> From the early 1890s, Greig was a leading member of the Poona Gymkhana, where he was affectionately known as "Junglee" (a play on his first, middle and last names).{{sfn|Menon|2006|p=3}} He is credited with discovering [[Palwankar Baloo]] during his time at the Gymkhana. Greig would often turn up an hour before other members and accompany Baloo in the [[Cricket nets|nets]], where Baloo would bowl at Greig, with him encouraging Baloo by reputedly paying him eight [[Anna (monetary subunit)|annas]] each time he dismissed him.{{sfn|Menon|2006|p=3}} Greig sought to overcome the [[Caste system in India|caste system]] which held Baloo back, with the leading Hindu club in Poona (whose membership was formed of conservative, higher-caste Hindus) reluctant to allow Baloo, who was lower-caste [[chamar]], to play for them.{{sfn|Mukherji|2020|p=73}} Greig intervened, suggesting to the press that the Hindus would be foolish to deprive themselves of Baloo's bowling talents.{{sfn|Menon|2006|p=4}}

Greig made two first-class appearances upon his return to England in 1898, playing for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) against [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]], and for [[A. J. Webbe]]'s personal eleven against [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge University]].<ref name="FCM"/> He returned to India later in 1898, where he resumed playing for the Europeans in the Bombay Presidency Matches. Against the Parsees in the 1898–99 Bombay Presidency Match, he claimed his first [[five wicket haul]]s with his right-arm [[Spin bowling|slow bowling]], taking figures of 6 for 22 and 7 for 36 in the match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5116.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1898/99|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 April 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In the 1899-1900 Bombay Presidency Match against the Parsees, he recorded his maiden first-class [[century (cricket)|century]], making 184 runs [[Batting order (cricket)#Opening batters|opening the batting]] alongside [[Archie Douglas]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/5/5316.html|title=Europeans v Parsees, Bombay Presidency Match 1899/00|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=13 April 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> this was the highest individual score made in India to that point.

Returning to England on leave in 1901, Greig began playing for [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]] in the [[County Championship]]. His reputation in India was such that [[Ranjitsinhji]] wrote a letter of introduction for him to Hampshire, writing "Greig is a better batsman than I am, and is an excellent bowler as well".{{sfn|Sen|2015|p=72}} His first season for Hampshire was a success, with Greig scoring 1,277 runs at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 41.19; he made five centuries,<ref name="FCBAS"/> including a maiden double-century (249 [[not out]]) against [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] at [[Aigburth Cricket Ground|Liverpool]].<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228436.html|title=Wisden – Obituaries in 1958|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref> Alongside his eighteen appearances for Hampshire in 1901, he also played for the MCC and for the Gentlemen in the [[Gentlemen v Players]] fixture.<ref name="FCM"/> The 1901 season was, in terms of the number of wickets taken, his most successful with the ball, with Greig taking 27 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 25.62.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6628/f_Bowling_by_Season.html|title=First-Class Bowling in Each Season by John Greig|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=15 April 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Returning to India following the end of the 1901 season, Greig played two matches against the Parsees in the 1902–03 Bombay Presidency Matches, becoming the first player to make 1,000 runs in the Presidency Matches,<ref name="JUN">{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/jungly-greig-indias-first-little-master-277189|title="Jungly" Greig: India's first Little Master|first=Abhishek|last=Mukherjee|website=www.cricketcountry.com|date=26 April 2015|access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref> in addition to playing for [[Mumbai cricket team|Bombay]] against a touring [[Oxford University Authentics cricket team|Oxford University Authentics team]] at Bombay in November 1902,<ref name="FCM"/> scoring 204 in Bombay's second innings;{{sfn|Sen|2015|p=72}} this was the first double-century in first-class cricket to made on Indian soil.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/early-cricket-hundreds-on-indian-soil-1859-to-1902-453303/|title=Early cricket hundreds on Indian soil, 1859 to 1902|first=Pradip|last=Dhole|website=www.cricketcountry.com|date=30 May 2016|access-date=13 April 2024}}</ref> He returned to England on leave in 1905 and made nine appearances in the [[1905 County Championship|County Championship]] and played against the touring [[Australia national cricket team|Australians]].<ref name="FCM"/> He again performed well for Hampshire, averaging over 50 with the bat.<ref name="FCBAS"/> He made three centuries in the season, all against [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]]; at [[New Road, Worcester|Worcester]] in his first match of the season, Greig made scores of 115 and 130, and later in season he made an unbeaten 187 at [[Dean Park Cricket Ground|Bournemouth]].<ref name="OBIT"/> Returning to India for the winter, he made two appearances in the 1905–06 Presidency Matches,<ref name="FCM"/> before returning to England on leave in the summer of 1906, where he made sixteen appearances in the [[1906 County Championship|County Championship]] and one appearance for the MCC;<ref name="FCM"/> he did not manage to make a century during the 1906 season, scoring 867 runs at an average of 26.27.<ref name="FCBAS"/>

===Later career and administrative duties===
Over the coming seasons, Greig remained in India in his capacity as military secretary to the Governor of Bombay, playing for the Europeans with some success in the 1907–08 and 1908–09 seasons.<ref name="FCBAS"/> Returning to England in 1910, he made twelve [[1912 County Championship|County Championship]] appearances, alongside playing once for the MCC.<ref name="FCM"/> Upon his return to India, Greig was appointed to head the committee to select the Indian team [[Indian cricket team in England in 1911|which toured England in 1911]], the first by an All-Indian team.{{sfn|Kidambi|2019|p=131}} The composition of the committee reflected the changing balance of power in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], with representatives from the [[Hinduism|Hindu]], [[Islam|Muslim]], and [[Parsis]] communities. Despite his great knowledge of Indian cricket, Greig's appointment as committee head was seen more as a political move designed to circumvent any selection deadlocks which might emerge between the different communities represented on the committee.{{sfn|Kidambi|2019|p=131}} Greig's first-class cricket was solely played in India between 1911 and 1913, predominantly for the Europeans, though he did also feature for his own personal eleven against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] at the [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground|Poona Gymkhana]].<ref name="FCM"/> When on leave in England, Greig made nine appearances in the [[1914 County Championship]],<ref name="FCM"/> before it was curtailed by the outbreak of the First World War. His last season before the war saw him score 489 runs and making a single century.<ref name="FCBAS"/>

Although first-class cricket had been suspended in England, this was not the case in India, where first-class cricket was played throughout the entirety of the war. He played for the Europeans in the Bombay Quadrangular Tournament during the war, while also playing for a team termed "[[Rest of England cricket teams|England]]" against [[India national cricket team|India]] at Bombay in December 1915,<ref name="FCM"/> a match arranged to raise money for the Bombay Presidency War and Relief Fund;<ref name="JUN"/> he made a double-century (216) which helped "England" to an [[Result (cricket)|innings and 263 runs victory]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9485.html|title=India v England, Other First-Class matches in India 1915/16|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=14 April 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Despite playing a large part of his first-class cricket in India, Greig was described as "no lover of Indian cricket" by the political scientist and author [[Ronojoy Sen]].{{sfn|Sen|2015|p=73}} This was exemplified in a match between the Europeans and the Hindus in the 1916–17 Bombay Quadrangular Tournament, when he was adjudged out [[stumping|stumped]] by native [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]] [[Mukundrao Pai]]. Greig disagreed with his decision, and was ordered from the field by Pai for quarrelling and disagreeing with his decision. Upon his return to the [[cricket pavilion|pavilion]], Greig's protests against the decision continued and led to the game being delayed for thirty minutes.{{sfn|Sen|2015|p=73}} The subsequent controversy, which was covered by extensively by the press in India,{{sfn|Sen|2015|p=73}} resulted in the Hindus impressing on the British authorities the need for neutral umpires, with subsequent games having a member of the [[Muslims cricket team|Muslims]] or Parsees teams officiating when the Hindus and Europeans played.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Guha|first=Ramachandra|date=1998|title=Cricket and Politics in Colonial India|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/651075|journal=Past & Present|issue=161|pages=167–168|jstor=651075|issn=0031-2746|access-date=28 November 2021|archive-date=30 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030125909/https://www.jstor.org/stable/651075|url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the war, Greig returned home to England in 1920, where he made four appearances for Hampshire in the [[1920 County Championship|County Championship]].<ref name="FCM"/> Returning to India following the 1920 season, he made his final appearance for the Europeans in the 1920–21 Bombay Quadrangular Tournament.<ref name="FCM"/> Following his retirement from the military in 1921, he returned home to England and made six appearances in the [[1921 County Championship]], before making a final appearance for Hampshire against [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] in the [[1922 County Championship]].<ref name="FCM"/> Greig was elected to replace George Harvey Muir as Hampshire secretary in 1921,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000495/19210513/143/0007|title=Hampshire county cricket|work=[[Hampshire Advertiser]]|location=[[Southampton]]|page=7|date=13 May 1921|access-date=14 April 2024|url-access=subscription|via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref> a post he would hold until 1930.<ref name="OBIT"/> He later served as Hampshire president in 1945 and 1946.<ref name="OBIT"/>

===Legacy and statistics===
Greig was considered by Sen to be a "prolific batsman",{{sfn|Sen|2015|p=72}} who was for many years considered the best "white" batsman in India.{{sfn|Menon|2006|p=3}} Of short stature, he was derogatorily remarked by [[D. B. Deodhar]] as a "white [[pygmy]]",<ref name="JUN"/> while the cricket historian [[Vasant Raiji]] wrote "though slight of physique he possessed strong wrists and uncommonly keen vision, which enabled him to employ several attractive strokes all round the wicket".{{sfn|Raiji|1986|pp=61–63}} ''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' noted that his most attractive stroke was the [[Batting (cricket)#Cut|cut]],<ref name="OBIT"/> which had rarely been seen in India.<ref name="JUN"/> His thirst for run-scoring was likened to that of [[Don Bradman]] and [[Sunil Gavaskar]].{{sfn|Menon|2006|p=3}} His bowling was described by Deodhar as "brainy and artful", while noting that his [[Fielding (cricket)|fielding]] was "as good as his batting".<ref name="JUN"/>

Greig played 39 first-class matches for the Europeans, scoring 2,300 runs at an average of 37.70, making three centuries and fourteen half centuries.<ref name="FCBAT">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6628/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Greig|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=14 April 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> As a bowler, he took 72 wickets for the Europeans at a bowling average of 14.47, taking four five wicket hauls and ten wickets in a match twice.<ref name="FCBOW">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6628/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by John Greig|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=14 April 2024|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In the field, he took 44 [[Caught|catches]] for the Europeans.<ref name="FCBAT"/> Making 77 first-class appearances for Hampshire, he scored 4,375 runs at an average of 34.17, making ten centuries and seventeen half centuries.<ref name="FCBAT"/> He found less successful bowling in English conditions, but nonetheless he took 64 wickets for Hampshire at an average of 32.03, taking five wickets in an innings on four occasions.<ref name="FCBOW"/> In the field, he took 52 catches for Hampshire.<ref name="FCBAT"/> His overall career first-class record was 7,348 runs at an average of 36.37, from 125 matches, while with the ball he took 138 wickets at an average of 23.46. In the field, he took a total of 102 catches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/john-greig-13465|title=Player profile: John Greig|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=15 April 2024}}</ref>

Raiji considered his contributions to Indian cricket as of a same class as that of Ranjitsinhji to English cricket.{{sfn|Raiji|1986|pp=61–63}}

==Racquets and tennis==
In addition to playing cricket in India, Greig also partook in [[rackets (sport)|racquets]] and [[tennis]] tournaments.<ref name="JUN"/> He won the Open Singles Racquets Cup on ten occasions and competed with success in the [[Western India Championships|Western India Tennis Championships]];<ref name="JUN"/> he was runner-up to Herbert Cheetham in the 1897 Championship, before defeating Cheetham in the final of the 1898 Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/|title=Tournaments:Bombay – Western India Championships|website=www.thetennisbase.com|access-date=15 April 2024|url-access=subscription|archive-date=15 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515071923/https://thetennisbase.com/tournaments/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Ecclesiastical duties and death==
Greig studied to become a Roman Catholic priest in 1934 at [[Beda College]] in [[Rome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004156/19340602/071/0005|title=Colonel studying for priesthood|work=Nottingham and Midland Catholic News|page=5|date=2 June 1934|access-date=14 April 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> He was ordained as a priest in 1935, and in 1937 he was appointed the first resident priest in [[Ringwood, Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000290/19370917/046/0004|title=Hants cricketer becomes parish priest: Father J. G. Greig|work=[[The News (Portsmouth)|Portsmouth Evening News]]|page=4|date=17 September 1937|access-date=15 April 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref> In 1947, he was made an honorary canon of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth]].<ref name="OBIT"/> Greig died at [[Milford on Sea]] in May 1958.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004074/19580531/248/0008|title=Death of Canon J. C. Greig, C.I.E|work=[[Lymington Times and New Milton Advertiser|New Milton Advertiser]]|page=4|date=31 May 1958|access-date=15 April 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Works cited==
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SP4GEAAAQBAJ|title=Cricket India: Tales Untold: Controversies and Contributions|first=Raju|last=Mukherji|publisher=[[Notion Press]]|location=[[Chennai]]|year=2020|isbn=9781636337869}}
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50KjDwAAQBAJ|title=Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire|first=Prashant|last=Kidambi|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|year=2019|isbn=9780198843139}}
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O5mACgAAQBAJ|title=Nation at Play: A History of Sport in India|first=Ronojoy|last=Sen|author-link=Ronojoy Sen|publisher=[[Columbia University Press]]|location=[[New York City]]|year=2015|isbn=9780231539937}}
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxDB5GBCpNEC|title=Cultural History of Modern India|first=Dilip M.|last=Menon|publisher=Social Science Press|location=[[New Delhi]]|year=2006|isbn=9788187358251}}
*{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hVjSAAAAMAAJ|title=India's Hambledon Men|first=Vasant|last=Raiji|author-link=Vasant Raiji|publisher=Tyeby Press|location=[[Mumbai|Bombay]]|year=1986}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=13465}}

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