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Cricket Club, Aligarh Muslim University formerly MAO Cricket Club was established in the year 1878 at Aligarh. == History == Cricket at Aligarh started in 1878 when the mathematics professor, Rama Shankar Mishra, founded a cricket club, whose members were expected to wear a uniform of blue flannel coat, shirt, knickerbockers and cap. The club didn’t at first thrive. It was not till Theodore Beck arrived in 1883 that real interest in cricket and sports began. The club toured Simla, Patiala and Bombay and performed very well. In 1884 Theodore Beck took the club on a tour round the Punjab including a match against government college, Lahore. When Indian team toured England in 1922, three players came from Aligarh. In the year 1903 Oxford Cricket team visited India and played one match at Aligarh. On 18 & 19 February 1927 it played a match against Marylebone Cricket Club at Aligarh and lost. Nazir Ali also played for the club. Aligarh Eleven won two consecutive matches against the Parsees cricket team. These two matches were held at Aligarh under the captainship of Khwaja M. Abdullah of Jalandhar. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan and many other respected personalities came to view this match themselves. Aligarh Eleven at that time was regarded as the best cricket team of the time in India – Professor Llewellyn Tipping.() The remarkable historical match of 'MAO College Cricket Team' / 'Aligarh Eleven' was played in Patiala in February 1900 AD. It was played and won under the captaincy of Ali Hasan. The report of this victory was also published in The Pioneer. This match was against the team of His Highness Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala. His Highness's team included J. T. Hearne (Middlesex) and W. Brockwell (Surrey). His Highness Maharajadhiraj Sir Bhupendra Singh, ruler of the erstwhile Patiala State, used to bring Patiala, British players of fame to play with and to coach his team players. He invited in his team J. T. Hearne (Middlesex), W. Brockwell (Surrey), C. B. Fry and Frank Tarrant. His Highness Maharajadhiraj Sir Bhupendra Singh donated to the most important national tournament, the Ranji Trophy, to perpetuate the memory of that great cricket wizard, the late His Highness Maharaja Ranjit Singh, lovingly known as "Ranji", about whom Neville Cardus said, "It is not in nature that there should be another Ranji". By custom the Captain of the club stays at 13 SS East. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cricket Club, Aligarh Muslim University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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