Commonwealth XI cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1949–50

A Commonwealth XI cricket team toured Ceylon, India and Pakistan from October 1949 to March 1950 and played 21 first-class matches, including five against an All-India XI.[1]

Captained by Jock Livingston, who also kept wicket in some games, the team had several well-known players including Frank Worrell, George Tribe, Bill Alley, Cec Pepper, George Dawkes and George Pope. Most of the players were professionals in the Lancashire League or the Central Lancashire League. About half the team were Australians, two were West Indians, and the rest were English.[2]

Matches

The first-class matches are numbered.

No. Date Opponents Venue Result Ref
19–11 OctoberIndian UniversitiesBrabourne Stadium, BombayDrawn[3]
215–16 OctoberWestern India StatesCommerce College Ground, AhmedabadWon by an innings and 122 runs[4]
321–23 OctoberHolkarYeshwant Club Ground, IndoreWon by one wicket[5]
429 October–1 NovemberNorth ZoneBaradari Ground, PatialaDrawn[6]
55–7 NovemberServicesIrwin Stadium, DelhiWon by ten wickets[7]
611–15 NovemberINDIA (1st “Test”)Feroz Shah Kotla, DelhiWon by nine wickets[8]
18–19 NovemberNorth West Frontier Province Governor’s XIPeshawar Club Ground, PeshawarDrawn[9]
21–22 NovemberCommander-in-Chief’s XIPindi Club Ground, RawalpindiDrawn[10]
725–27 NovemberPakistanBagh-e-Jinnah, LahoreWon by an innings and 177 runs[11]
82–4 DecemberKarachi and SindKarachi Gymkhana Ground, KarachiWon by six wickets[12]
6–7 DecemberPakistan UniversitiesKarachiDrawn[13]
910–13 DecemberWest ZoneClub of Maharashtra, PoonaDrawn[14]
1016–20 DecemberINDIA (2nd “Test”)Brabourne Stadium, BombayDrawn[15]
1124–27 DecemberBengal Governor’s XIEden Gardens, CalcuttaWon by ten wickets[16]
1230 December–3 JanuaryINDIA (3rd “Test”)Eden Gardens, CalcuttaLost by seven wickets[17]
137–9 JanuaryEast ZoneKeenan Stadium, JamshedpurWon by ten wickets[18]
1414–18 JanuaryINDIA (4th “Test”)Modi Stadium, KanpurDrawn[19]
1521–23 JanuaryCentral Province Governor’s XICentral Provinces Gymkhana Ground, NagpurDrawn[20]
1627–29 JanuaryCricket Club of IndiaBrabourne Stadium, BombayDrawn[21]
1–2 FebruaryIndia SchoolsBrabourne Stadium, BombayDrawn[22]
174–6 FebruaryBombayBrabourne Stadium, BombayDrawn[23]
1810–13 FebruarySouth ZoneGymkhana Ground, SecunderabadWon by seven wickets[24]
1917–21 FebruaryINDIA (5th “Test”)Madras Cricket Club Ground, MadrasLost by three wickets[25]
23 FebruaryCentral ProvinceKandyWon by seven wickets[26]
2025–27 FebruaryCeylonColombo Oval, ColomboWon by an innings and 51 runs[27]
1–2 MarchCeylon XIColomboDrawn[28]
214–6 MarchCeylon, India and Pakistan Combined XIColombo Oval, ColomboDrawn[29]
10–12 MarchRaja Maharaj Singh’s XII[notes 1]Brabourne Stadium, BombayWon by six wickets[30]

References
  1. "Commonwealth XI in India, Pakistan and Ceylon 1949–50". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. Rex Pogson, "To tour India", The Cricketer, 3 September 1949, p. 457.
  3. "Indian Universities v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  4. "Western India States v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  5. "Holkar v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  6. "North Zone v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  7. "Services v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  8. "India v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  9. "North West Frontier Province Governor's XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  10. "Commander-in-Chief's XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  11. "Pakistan v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  12. "Karachi and Sind v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
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  14. "West Zone v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
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  18. "East Zone v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  19. "India v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  20. "Central Province Governor's XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  21. "Cricket Club of India v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  22. "India Schools v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  23. "Bombay v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  24. "South Zone v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  25. "India v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  26. "Central Province v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  27. "Ceylon v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  28. "Ceylon XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  29. "Ceylon, India and Pakistan Combined XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  30. "Raja Maharaj Singh's XI v Commonwealth XI". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-08-18.

Notes
  1. Played as twelve-a-side
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