Raja Maharaj Singh
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| Batting style | Unknown |
| Bowling type | Unknown |
| First-class record | |
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| Matches | 1 |
| Runs scored | 4 |
| Batting average | 4 |
| 100s/50s | 0/0 |
| Top score | 4 |
| Balls bowled | 0 |
| Wickets | 0 |
| Bowling average | - |
| 5 wickets in innings | 0 |
| 10 wickets in match | 0 |
| Best Bowling | - |
| Catches/Stumpings | -/- |
| First class debut: November 25, 1950 Last first class game: November 25, 1950 Source: [1] |
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Raja Maharaj Singh was the Governor of Bombay from 1948 to 1952.
At the age of 72 he captained the Bombay Governor's XI against a touring Commonwealth XI in a match starting on November 25 1950. He was dismissed for 4 by Jim Laker and took no further part in the game, being 'absent ill' in the second innings. Laker was 44 years younger than the man he dismissed [2]. He is both the oldest cricketer to make his first class debut and the oldest player to play the first class game [3].
Also known as Kunwar Singh, he was born on 17 May 1878 in Kapurthala, Punjab and died on 6 June 1959.
