Tour of India 1933-34                 Captain :  Douglas Jardine
	32nd England Test tour   (October 1933 - March 1934)       First Test playing tour of India by an English side	This was the second M.C.C. side and the fifth group from England to make a tour of the sub-continent. Previous English teams in India were: 1889-90     G.F.Vernon's team 1892-93     Lord Hawke's team 1902-03     Oxford Authentics 1926-27     M.C.C. The tour was deferred from 1930-31 because of the Indian nationalist movement demonstrations. On 2 July 1931 the cricket authorities in New Delhi heard that M.C.C. had postponed their tour because the full programme could not be arranged and M.C.C. wanted all the centres of cricket in India to gain full benefit from the visit. It was the first occasion on which India, admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1926, provided the setting for a Test series. Though far from representative of England's strongest team, Jardine led the M.C.C. combination to a two-nil victory. However, the Indians played below their best and suffered from the loss of their best bowler Mohammad Nissar in the final Test, indicating a shortage of capable reserve players. On the 72-mile journey from Colombo to play at Galle, the car carrying Jardine, Nichols, Marriott and Human broke down. The tyres could not be repaired and the driver refused to proceed with flat tyres so Nichols took the wheel until a relief car met them.	Other England tours     Previous Test tour Australia 1932-33     Next Test tour West Indies 1934-35       Next tour of India 1939-40  cancelled 1951-52
	Members of the Test tour party (16)     Opening batsmen:  Charles Barnett, Fred Bakewell, Cyril Walters Middle-order batsmen Douglas Jardine,  John Human, Bryan Valentine, Robert Gregory Wicket-keeper: Hopper Levett, Harry Elliott All-rounders:  Les Townsend, James Langridge Slow bowlers: Hedley Verity, Charlie ‘Father’ Marriott Fast bowlers: Nobby Clark, Stan Nichols	Bakewell,  A H Nth 25 RHB opener   Barnett,  C J Gs 23 RHB opener       RM   Clark,  E W Nth 31 LF   Elliott,  H Dy 42 WK   Gregory,  R J Sy 31 RHB        LB   J H  Human Mx 21 RHB   D R  Jardine Sy 33 RHB   Langridge,  James Sx 27 LHB        SLA   W H V  Levett Kt 25 WK   C S  Marriott Kt 38 LBG   Mitchell,  A Yo 31 RHB   Nichols,  M S Ex 33 LHB       RF   Townsend,   L F Dy 30 RHB      RM/OB   B H  Valentine Kt 25 RHB   Verity,  H Yo 28 LHB      SLA   C F  Walters Wo 28 RHB opener	County representation:   Dy – Derbyshire (2) Ex  -  Essex (1) Gs - Gloucestershire (1) Kt  -  Kent (3) Mx - Middlesex (1) Nth - Northamptonshire (2) Sy - Surrey (2) Sx - Sussex (1) Wo - Worcestershire (1) Yo - Yorkshire (2)        Average age of  team at time of first Test match (15 December 1933):  29 yrs  11 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	Jardine 19,  Verity 9,  Nichols 6,  Bakewell 3,  Clark 3,  Walters 3,  Elliott 2,  Langridge 2,  Barnett 1,  Marriott 1,  Townsend 1,  Gregory 0,  Human 0,  Levett 0,  Mitchell 0,  Valentine 0.
	Tour Officials	Major E.W.C.Ricketts Tour Manager   Baggageman
	Selectors	M.C.C.
	Selection	From the last day of July onwards, the M.C.C. committee announced invitations to tour and assembled a team of fifteen players. Maurice Turnbull declined an offer, feeling he would be better occupied in the winter raising money for Glamorgan CCC (Andrew Hignell- Turnbull A Welsh Sporting Hero).    Eddie Paynter and Bob Wyatt also declined their offers, as did Les Ames later, whereupon Elliott, Human and Mitchell came in to the team. Finally, C.S.Marriott was given the 16th place in the tour party. Also unavailable   Gubby Allen, Walter Hammond,  Herbert Sutcliffe. Tour Party Announced :	Time between selection and departure from England    days  (   - 22 September)
	Travel Tilbury      T      Bombay                ‘Mooltan’	Departure from England was on 22 September 1933.  The team sailed from Tilbury on the ss 'Mooltan' to Bombay, where they arrived on 12 October. They then proceeded to Karachi for the first match.	Time spent in India     149 days (12 October -  10 March)
	On-tour selection panel	Douglas Jardine (captain)  was responsible for choosing the team.  Any meetings might have had fellow amateurs Cyril Walters and Brian Valentine and Mr E.W.C.Rickets (manager) present. Valentine and Walters captained the side in Jardine’s absence.
	Reinforcements	The M.C.C. side remained unusually free of injuries during the tour: Bakewell missed some games with a bruised wrist, Marriott with a bad cold. The Maharaja of Patiala was invited to appear in one minor fixture.  Cyril Walters did not play after the Third Test.
	Fixtures/Results                                                           An extra match was arranged to end the tour at Bombay for the Indian Earthquake Fund.	a ϯ Karachi C.B.Rubie's XI (2-day) Drawn b ϯ Karachi Karachi(2-day) Drawn c Karachi Sind Won 91 r d ϯ Peshawar North-West Frontier Province(2-day) Won inns 135 e ϯ Lahore Punjab Governor's XI (2-day) Drawn f ϯ Lahore Northern India(2-day) Won inns 135 g Amritsar South Punjab Drawn h Patiala Patiala Drawn i ϯ Delhi Delhi & District (2-day) Won inns 133 j Delhi Viceroy's XI Won inns 208 k Ajmer Rajputana Won inns 107 l Rajkot Western India States Won 4 w m ϯ Jamnagar Jamnagar(2-day) Drawn n Bombay Bombay President's XI Drawn o ϯ Bombay Bombay C A (2-day) Drawn p BOMBAY INDIA  First Test WON 9 w q ϯ Poona Poona(2-day) Drawn r ϯ Calcutta British in Bengal (1-day) Drawn s ϯ Calcutta Anglo-Indians (1-day) Won 8 w t Calcutta An Indian XI Drawn u CALCUTTA INDIA  Second Test DRAWN v Benares Vizianagram XI Lost 14 r w ϯ Indore Central India(2-day) Drawn x Nagpur Central Province & Berar Won 6 w y Secunderabad Moin-ud-Dowlah XI Drawn z ϯ Mysore Mysore(2-day) Won inns 288 a’ Madras Madras Won inns 352 b’ ϯ Madras Indian Cricket Federation (1-day) Won 187 r c’ MADRAS INDIA  Third Test WON 202 r d’ Coombo All-Ceylon Won 10 w e’ ϯ Galle Galle(1-day) Drawn f’ Colombo India & Ceylon Won 8 r g’ ϯ Darrawella Up-Country XI (1-day) Drawn h’ Bombay Indian XI (charity match) Drawn	† not first-class       Time spent in India before First Test:    28 days (24 October - 15 December)
	Test appearances on tour     (v India 1933-34)	3 -  Barnett,  Clark,  Jardine,  Langridge,  Mitchell,  Nichols,  Townsend,  Verity,  Walters 2 -  Elliott,  Valentine. 1 -  Bakewell,  Levett 0 -  Gregory,  Human,  Marriott.
	Match appearances       T  Test match x other match  p  practice match    W won  L lost  D drawn N no result   C  cancelled  A abandoned u unknown result	a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a ‘ b ‘ c ‘ d ‘ e ‘ f ‘ g ‘ h ‘ Bakewell x x x x x x   x x   x x     x       x     x x x   x x x T x x x x x Barnett x   x x     x x x x x x   x x T x x x x T x x   x x x x T x x   x x Clark     x     x x x     x x x x   T         T x x   x x x   T x   x x   Elliott         x x   x   x x x x   x T x x x       x     x x   T   x   x   Gregory x   x         x x   x   x x x   x x x x     x x x x x     x x   x x Human x x   x x x x x   x   x x           x x   x x x x x   x   x x x     Jardine x x x x x   x x x x     x x x T   x x x T x     x x x x T x x   x x Langridge x   x   x x x x   x x x x x   T x   x   T   x x   x x x T x   x x   Levett x x x x     x   x   x     x x   x     x T x   x x     x   x   x   x Marriott   x x x x x   x           x x   x x x x     x   x   x x   x x x x x Mitchell   x x x x x   x x x x x x   x T x x     T   x x x x x x T   x x x x Nichols x x   x x   x   x x   x   x   T   x x x T x   x x     x T x x x   x Townsend x x   x x x x   x x x x x x x T x x x x T x x x     x   T x x x   x Valentine x x   x x x x x   x x x x   x T x x x x T x   x x x x         x x x Verity   x x x   x x   x x   x x x   T x x   x T x   x x     x T   x x x x Walters x x x   x x x   x x x   x x x T x x   x T x x x   x   x T           Mah Patiala                 x                                                   R E S U L T S D D W W D W D D W W W W D D D W D D W D D L D W D W W W W W D W D D   a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z a ‘ b ‘ c ‘ d ‘ e ‘ f ‘ g ‘ h ‘
	Highlights	•  Stan Nichols took 5-55 in the first Test at Bombay •  Brian Valentine scored a century on his Test debut •  •
	Tour Summary	F W  L D Aban Test Matches   3   2  0   1 - Other first-class matches 15   8  1   6 - †Minor matches 16   7  0   9 - All Matches 34 17  1 16 -	F  Fixtures   W  Won   L  Lost   D Drawn   T  Tied  Canc  Cancelled  Aban  abandoned
	Return to England Bombay      T      Plymouth                ‘Rawalpindi’	The team travelled from Ceylon to Bombay for an additional fixture, a charity match in aid of earthquake victims. Jardine then left for Mysore where he was invited for a shooting holiday, and he returned home in April. The team sailed from Bombay for London on the 'Rawalpindi', on 10 March, calling at Aden, Suez, Malta and Gibraltar. Ten of the team disembarked at Plymouth on 28 March after "a strenuous but successful tour".	Time away from England   187 days   (22 September  -  28 March)
	Finances	The Indian Board reported a loss of Rs 8000 on the MCC tour owing to the expense of holding trial matches.
	Accounts of the tour	“Jardine’s Last Tour : India 1933-34”   by Tim Heald  (Methuen, 2011)
	Postscript	At his own request, Jardine was not included in the Ashes series against the Australians the following season and, if he had not withdrawn, it is possible the Australians would not have played.
	Other tours in 1933-34	None

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