The Rest cricket team

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.

Other teams called "The Rest"[]

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]

References[]

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

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