The Rest was an Indian first-class cricket team which took part in the annual Bombay Pentangular from 1937–38 to 1945–46.[1] It 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.[2] Several leading players from Ceylon also took part.[3] 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.[4]
The Rest also played two first-class matches in the one-off Amritsar Tournament, competing against the Hindus and Muslims, in 1940–41.[5]
In all, The Rest played 12 first-class matches, losing six and drawing six.
The Rest also competed in the five-team Sind Tournament in Karachi from 1919–20 to 1946–47, but these matches are not considered first-class.[6] The Rest were unsuccessful in this tournament except in the last season, when they beat Parsees by two wickets in the final.
The appellation "The Rest" has been applied on an ad hoc basis to teams in other countries:
In England, it is generally understood that teams which represent "the rest of England", usually assembled to play against a particular county club team, are called "England" or "All-England" or "The Rest". They are in fact non-international England cricket teams and such teams have been organised since the 1730s. A team specifically called "The Rest" took part in a single wicket "fives" match on Monday, 6 June 1748, playing against Addington at the Artillery Ground; this appears to be the first instance of the name.[7] A team called "The Rest" played a combined Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire team in 1883.[8] Between then and 1997, "The Rest" teams 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.[9]
In Australia, a team called The Rest played irregular first-class matches, usually against an Australian XI, between 1872–73 and 1939–40.[10]
In New Zealand, a team called "The Rest" played six first-class matches against a New Zealand XI between 1927–28 and 1981–82.[11]
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.[12]
Teams called "The Rest" have also played first-class matches in the West Indies (two matches)[13] and South Africa (one match).[14]
Referencesedit
^"First-class matches played by The Rest (India)". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^Mihir Bose, A History of Indian Cricket, Andre-Deutsch, 1990, p. 125.
^Michael Roberts, "Sri Lanka: The Power of Cricket and the Power in Cricket", in Cricket and National Identity in the Postcolonial Age, ed. Stephen Wagg; Routledge, Abingdon, 2005, p. 140.
^"Hindus v The Rest 1943–44". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^"Amritsar Tournament 1940-41". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^. CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 5 October 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
^Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell. p. 22.
^"Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire v The Rest 1883". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^"First-class matches played by The Rest (England)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^"First-class matches played by The Rest (Australia)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^"First-class matches played by The Rest (New Zealand)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^"First-class matches played by The Rest (Pakistan)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^"First-class matches played by The Rest (West Indies)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
^"First-class matches played by The Rest (South Africa)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
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