Lall Singh
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| Lall Singh | ||||
 India |
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| Personal information | ||||
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| Born | 16 December 1909 | |||
| Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States | ||||
| Died | 19 November 1985 (aged 75) | |||
| Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | ||||
| Role | Batsman | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm slow-medium | |||
| International information | ||||
| Test debut (cap 4) | 25 June 1932: v England | |||
| Last Test | 25 June 1932: v England | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1935-1936 | Southern Punjab | |||
| 1933-1936 | Paitala | |||
| 1932-1936 |  India |
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| 1935 | Maharaja of Patiala's XI | |||
| 1935 | Cricket Club of India | |||
| 1934-1935 | Hindus | |||
| 1934 | Retrievers | |||
| 1932 | Possibles | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Test | First-class | |||
| Matches | 1 | 32 | ||
| Runs scored | 44 | 1123 | ||
| Batting average | 22.00 | 24.95 | ||
| 100s/50s | 0/0 | 1/5 | ||
| Top score | 29 | 107* | ||
| Balls bowled | 0 | 80 | ||
| Wickets | - | 1 | ||
| Bowling average | - | 59.00 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | 0 | ||
| 10 wickets in match | - | 0 | ||
| Best bowling | - | 1/9 | ||
| Catches/stumpings | 1/0 | 23/0 | ||
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As of 1 January 2007 |
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Lall Singh pronunciation (born December 16, 1909, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia - died November 19, 1985, Kuala Lampur, Malaysia) was an early Indian Test cricketer.
Lall Singh's fame rests on his brilliant fielding which he displayed in India's first Test tour of England in 1932. He played in the only Test of the series and ran out Frank Woolley. In the second innings, he scored 29 and added 74 runs in 40 minutes with Amar Singh. He was an aggressive batsman with an uncertain defense.
He had been invited to attend the Test trials by the Indian cricket board in 1931. The Indians in Malaysia raised a fund to send him for the trials in Patiala. Even though he was not qualified to play for India on birth or residential qualifications, the Imperial Cricket Conference decided to waive the rules but for this action 'not to be regarded as a precedent'. As of 2006, he is the only Malaysian-born Test cricketer. [2]
When England toured India in 1933/34, Singh was ruled ineligible even though he had been in India for two years. He played for Southern Punjab for two seasons, and returned to Malaysia where he lived out his life as a groundsman. He played 13 matches for the Federated Malay States and Malaya, scoring 722 runs and taking 34 wickets.
He was one of oldest players to attend the Golden Jubilee Test in Bombay in 1980 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of BCCI.
[edit] Notes
According to Cashman , after playing for Southern Punjab for a few years, Singh left to Paris where he opened a night club with his wife, a singer from the Taj Mahal Hotel, before returning to Malaysia. But Mihir Bose rejects this story. He writes that "there were stories of his running a nightclub in Paris. The truth was more prosaic. He lived out his life as a groundsman in Kuala Lampur".
[edit] References
- ^ Richard Cashman, Patrons, Players and the Crowd : The Phenomenon of Indian Cricket
- ^ Mihir Bose, A History of Indian Cricket (1990 edition)
- ^ Roy Morgan, Encyclopedia of World Cricket
- Christopher Martin-Jenkins, A Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers
- Cricinfo Profile
- Cricketarchive Profile
