#first home test

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India's First Home Test — Bombay Gymkhana, December 1933

India v England

1933-12-15

On 15 December 1933 India played its first home Test, against Douglas Jardine's MCC at the Bombay Gymkhana Ground, a colonial members' club from which most Indians were excluded by membership rules. Lala Amarnath produced India's first Test century, 118 in 117 minutes on debut, and the new ground hosted only this single Test before the Brabourne Stadium took over Bombay's international cricket. England won by nine wickets; Indian Test cricket finally had a home address.

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MCC Tour the West Indies — 1929-30 Series Sets Up Headley

MCC and West Indies

1929-10-15

MCC's 1929-30 tour party, captained by the Honourable Freddie Calthorpe, sailed for the Caribbean in late 1929 — the first Test series ever played in the West Indies. The four-Test series produced the West Indies' first home Test win and the breakthrough series of George Headley.

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Fred Grace's Only Test — and Death Two Weeks Later, September 1880

England vs Australia

1880-09-06

George Frederick Grace, the youngest of the three Grace brothers, played his only Test at the Oval in September 1880 — the first Test ever played in England. He scored 0 and 0 with the bat but took a famous running catch to dismiss George Bonnor. Two weeks later, on 22 September 1880, Fred Grace died of pneumonia, aged 29.

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