The Rest cricket team

The Rest cricket team was an Indian first-class cricket team which took part in the annual Bombay Pentangular from 1937-38 to 1945-46.

History

The team comprised those players who did not fit into any of the teams that took part in the Quadrangular, including Catholics, Jews and mixed-race Anglo-Indians.^[1]

The team reached the final of the Pentangular twice, in 1940-41 and 1943-44. In the 1943-44 final Vijay Hazare scored 309 out of the team's total of 387.^[2]

Other teams called "The Rest"

The appellation "The Rest" has also been applied on an ad hoc basis to teams in a number of countries.

In England, a team called "The Rest" played a combined Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire team in 1883,^[3] and between then and 1997 played irregular first-class matches. At the end of most seasons from 1901 to 1960 The Rest played the winner of the County Championship in a first-class match.^[4]

In Australia, a team called "The Rest" played irregular first-class matches, usually against an Australian XI, between 1872-73 and 1939-40.^[5]

In New Zealand, a team called "The Rest" played six first-class matches against a New Zealand XI between 1927-28 and 1981-82.^[6]

In Pakistan, a team called "The Rest" played four first-class matches against a Pakistan XI between 1952-53 and 1969-70. In 2009-10 a team called "The Rest" competed in the RBS Pentangular Cup, finishing third.^[7]

Teams called "The Rest" have also played first-class matches in the West Indies (two matches)^[8] and South Africa (one match).^[9]

References

External links

• First-class matches played by The Rest (India) at Cricket Archive

Sources

• Vasant Raiji, India's Hambledon Men, Tyeby Press, 1986
• Mihir Bose, A History of Indian Cricket, Andre-Deutsch, 1990
• Ramachandra Guha, A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport, Picador, 2001