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Combined XI and Commonwealth XI, Colombo 1949



Date:
1949
Object Number:
AX.2016.7.146
Material
paper
Size
38 x 20.3 cm
Object name
photograph
Object category
picture

Description

Black and white photograph. 2 rows of players. Two seated on the grass in front. Sitting left to right are: Sir Frank Worrell and Munawar Ali Khan, fifth from left is the Commonwealth team Captain, J. Livingston and seventh from left is F.C. De Saram, Captain Combined-XI. V. Mankad, sitting second from left, later led India.

Display caption

In 1949 a special Test match was played at Colombo between Combined-XI (Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan) and the Commonwealth-XI (Australia, West Indies, England). Sitting left to right are: Sir Frank Worrell and Munawar Ali Khan, fifth from left is the Commonwealth team Captain, J. Livingston and seventh from left is F.C. De Saram, Captain Combined-XI. V. Mankad, sitting second from left, later led India.
Association:
Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (subject)
Munawar Ali Khan (subject)
Leonard Livingston (subject)
Maulana Shaukat Ali (subject)
Frederick Cecil de Saram (subject)
Vinoo Mankad (subject)
Commonwealth Cricket Team (subject)
Combined XI (subject)