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Test Cricket Tours - England to India 1939-40

 

Tour of India 1939-40                 Captain :  A J (Jack) Holmes                   

 

 

 

Tour cancelled

 

 

 

 

Would have been 36th England Test tour…..

 (September 1939 -

 

 

… and second Test playing tour of India by an English side

 (previous Indian tour 1933-34)

 

For what would have been England's second Test tour of India, three Test matches - at Bombay, Calcutta and Madras - were arranged.

 

On 25 July 1939 M.C.C. said "While none of the arrangements for the tour of India this winter have been cancelled, views are being exchanged at present between M.C.C. and the Indian Cricket Board of Control to ascertain if a postponement of the tour of India to the winter of 1941 might be desirable." 

 

On 2 August M.C.C. decided not to alter its plans at present, and announced the names of those invited to tour.

 

The tour was cancelled on 4 September 1939.

 

 

All England tours

 

Previous Test tour

South Africa 1938-39

 

Next Test tour

Australia 1940-41  cancelled

Australia 1946-47

 

Next tour of India

1951-52

 

 

 

 

Members of the Test tour party (16)

 

 

Opening batsmen: John Langridge, Harold Gimblett.

Middle-order batsmen Jack Holmes, Hugh Bartlett, Tom Dollery, Jack Parker, Roger Human, Bob Wyatt

Wicket-keeper: Billy Griffith, Gerald Mobey

All-rounder:  Emrys Davies, Stan Nichols

Slow bowlers: Peter Smith, John Brocklebank

Fast bowlers: George Pope, Arthur Wellard,

 

 

 

 

 

H T  Bartlett

Sx

24

LHB

 

J M  Brocklebank

La

24

LB /RM

 

Davies,  D E

Gm

35

LHB         SLA

 

Dollery,  H E

Wk

24

RHB

 

Gimblett,  H

Sm

24

RHB  opener

 

S C  Griffith

Sx

25

WK

 

A J  Holmes

Sx

40

RHB           captain

 

R H C  Human

Wo

30

RHB        (RM)

 

Langridge,  James  w/d

Sx

33

LHB        SLA

 

Langridge,   J G    w/d

Sx

29

RHB  opener

 

Mobey,  G S

Sy

35

WK

 

Nichols,  M S

Ex

38

LHB       RF

 

Parker,  J F

Sy

26

RHB        RM

 

Pope,  G H    added

Dy

28

RFM

 

Smith,  T P B

Ex

30

LBG

 

Wellard,  A W

Sm

37

RFM

 

R E S  Wyatt

Wk

38

RHB      (RM)      vice-captain

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

County representation:

 

Dy - Derbyshire (1)

Ex  -  Essex (2)

Gm  -  Glamorgan (1)

La - Lancashire (1)

Sm - Somerset (2)

Sy - Surrey (2)

Sx - Sussex (4)

Wk - Warwickshire (2)

Wo - Worcestershire (1)

 

 

  

Average age of the team at September 1939 :

  30 yrs  10 months.

 

 

 

 

Key to type:

RHB Right-handed bat

RM  Right arm medium-paced bowler

RFM  Right-arm fast medium

OB   Off-break

WK  Wicket-keeper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Test Appearances made before the tour

 

Wyatt 40, Nichols 14, Gimblett 3, Wellard 2.

 

 

 

 

 

Tour Officials

 

Lt-Col. C.B.Rubie

Tour Manager

 

 

 

 

Selectors

 

Peter Perrin (chairman),  Jack Holmes,  Brian Sellers and  Maurice Turnbull.

 

 

 

 

 

Selection

 

Tour Party Announced :  2 August 1939.

Unavailable:  James Langridge withdrew on 11 August and George Pope took his place.

Time between selection and planned departure from England       51 days

 (2 August - 22 September)

 

 

 

 

Travel Plans

 

Tilbury      T      Bombay

             ‘Strathmore’

 

 

Travel Plans

Depart St Pancras  2.15 pm on Friday 22 September for Tilbury. Embark on the P & O liner RMS "Strathmore".

Arrive Bombay Sunday 8 October. Depart Bombay by train 10 pm.

Arrive Karachi Wednesday 11 October at 3.45

14 - 16 October  v Sindh.  Depart Karachi at 8 pm.

Arrive Peshawar 9 am on Wednesday 18 October

20 - 21 October   v N.W.F.P. CA.

Depart Peshawar 9.30 am on Monday 22 October

Arrive Lahore  7.40 pm

24 - 26 October  v Northern India CA

28 - 30 October  v Combined Universities

Monday 30 October  Depart Lahore 8.30pm for Amritsar.

 

 

Time that would be spent in India           days

(8 October - 

 

 

 

Planned Fixtures

 

a

Karachi

Sind

cancelled

b

Peshawar

North-West Frontier Province  (2-day)

cancelled

c

Lahore

Northern India C A

cancelled

d

Lahore

Combined Universities

cancelled

e

Amritsar

 

 

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† not first-class

 

 

 

Time spent in India before First Test:  

 28 days

(24 October - 21 November)

 

 

 

 

Postscript

 

 

The M.C.C tour of 1940-41 to Australia did not take place either; there was no more Test cricket till March 1946.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/92646735?searchTerm=Cricket Board cancels tour of England 1940&searchLimits=

 

 

 

 




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