English cricket team in India in 1933–34

A cricket team from England organised by the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and captained by Douglas Jardine, toured India from 15 December 1933 to 4 March 1934. In the Test matches, the side was known as "England"; in other matches, it was known as "MCC". England won the Test series 2–0. The MCC team concluded its tour with four matches in Ceylon, two of them first-class.

England in India 1933-34
	India	England
Dates	15 December 1933 – 4 March 1934
Captains	CK Nayudu	Douglas Jardine
Test series
Result	England won the 3-match series 2–0
Most runs	Lala Amarnath (203)	Cyril Walters (284)
Most wickets	Amar Singh (13)	Hedley Verity (24)

It was England's first Test tour of India. Tours planned for 1930–31 and 1931–32 had been cancelled owing to civil unrest in India.^[1]

Overall, the team played 34 matches: three Tests, 15 other first-class matches, and 16 non-first-class matches.^[2]

The English team

• Douglas Jardine (captain)
• Fred Bakewell
• Charlie Barnett
• Nobby Clark
• Harry Elliott
• Bob Gregory
• John Human
• James Langridge
• Hopper Levett
• Charles Marriott
• Arthur Mitchell
• Stan Nichols
• Leslie Townsend
• Bryan Valentine
• Hedley Verity
• Cyril Walters

Only Jardine and Verity had toured Australia in 1932–33.^[1]

Test matches

1st Test

15–18 December 1933 Scorecard

India	v	England
219 (91.2 overs) Lala Amarnath 38 James Langridge 3/42 (17 overs)		438 (136.5 overs) Bryan Valentine 136 Mohammad Nissar 5/90 (33.5 overs)
258 (90.5 overs) Lala Amarnath 118 Stan Nichols 5/55 (23.5 overs)		40/1 (7.2 overs) Charlie Barnett 17* Amar Singh 1/15 (3.2 overs)

England won by 9 wickets Gymkhana Ground, Bombay Umpires: Bill Hitch and Frank Tarrant

• India won the toss and decided to bat.
• Arthur Mitchell and Bryan Valentine (both Eng), and Lala Amarnath, Ladha Ramji, L. P. Jai, Rustomji Jamshedji and Vijay Merchant (all Ind) made their Test debut.
• Lala Amarnath became the first Indian player to score an international century.

2nd Test

5–8 January 1934 scorecard

England	v	India
403 (159.5 overs) James Langridge 70 Amar Singh 4/106 (54.5 overs)		247 (107.4 overs) Dilawar Hussain 59 Hedley Verity 4/64 (28.4 overs)
7/2 (5 overs) Bryan Valentine 3 Mohammad Nissar 1/2 (2 overs)		237 (f/o) (90.3 overs) Dilawar Hussain 57 Hedley Verity 4/76 (31 overs)

Match drawn Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: JW Hitch, FA Tarrant

• England won the toss and decided to bat
• This was the first test match played at the Eden Gardens

3rd Test

10–13 February 1934 scorecard

England	v	India
335 (131.4 overs) Fred Bakewell 85 Amar Singh 7/86 (44.4 overs)		145 (59.5 overs) Vijay Merchant 26 Hedley Verity 7/49 (23.5 overs)
261/7 d. (75.5 overs) Cyril Walters 102 Nazir Ali 4/83 (23 overs)		249 (69.2 overs) Yuvraj of Patiala 60 James Langridge 5/63 (24 overs)

England won by 202 runs Madras Cricket Club Ground, Chepauk, Madras Umpires: JB Higgins, JW Hitch

• England won the toss and decided to bat