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.

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.

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, 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.

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

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

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.

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

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