Cricket History Timeline 1931 - 1940 |
| Year | Important events in Cricket | Cricket Series | Important tournaments | Indian captains | Indian records in internationals | World records | Indian domestic records | Indian domestic tournament winners | Player news | player deaths births |
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| 1931 | Stumps made higher (28 inches not 27) and wider
(nine inches not eight – this was optional until 1947). |
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| 1932 | The Indian cricket team makes its debut in Test cricket at Lord's, England, becoming the sixth Test team (June 25, 1932) | England beat India by 158 runs | CK Nayudu | George Headley (344*) and C.C. Passailaigue (261*) put on a world-record stand of 487* for the sixth wicket, Jamaica v Lord Tennyson's XI at Kingston | ||||||
| 1933 | Lala Amarnath scores century on Test Cricket debut | Death of Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (Apr 2) | ||||||||
| 1934 | Ranji Trophy is stindian-records-internationalsed in India | Highest Score at batting position no 5 in Test match : 304 by Bradman (Australia v England) | The first Ranji Trophy Championship was won by Bombay | 
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| 1935 | Ranji Trophy : Bombay | |||||||||
| 1936 | Indian tour to England | Maharajkumar of Vizianagram | Ranji Trophy : Nawanagar | |||||||
| 1937 | Start of 1st women's cricket test match in England, against Australia at Northampton |
6th wicket test partnership : 346 runs by JHW Fingleton & DG Bradman (Australia vs England)
Highest Score at batting position no 7 in Test match : 270 by Bradman (Australia v England) |
Ranji Trophy : Hyderabad | |||||||
| 1938 | Test Match Cricket is broadcast on television for the first time, with coverage of the second test of The Ashes series between England and Australia being shown live from Lord's Cricket Ground on the BBC Television Service. | Highest Test Win Margins by an Innings : Innings and 579 runs [England (903-7d) beat Australia (201 & 123)] Highest Score at batting position no 1 in Test match: 364 by L Hutton (England v Australia) |
Ranji Trophy : Bengal | Arthur Fagg (Kent) scores a double century in each innings during a match against Essex - the only time recorded in England County Cricket. His scores were 244 and 202 not out. | Birth of Vijay Mehra (March 12) | |||||
| 1939 | Longest Tests by Days played : 10 days (South
Africa v England at Durban) Highest Fourth Innings Total (Match Drawn) : 654-5 (England v South Africa) |
Ranji Trophy : Maharashtra | ||||||||
| 1940 | Ranji Trophy : Maharashtra | Birth of Geoffrey Boycott (Oct 21) | ||||||||
| Year | Important events in Cricket | Cricket Series | Important tournaments | Indian captains | Indian records in internationals | World records | Indian domestic records | Indian domestic tournament winners | Player news | player deaths births |
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