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	De Mello served as the Secretary of BCCI from 1928–29 to 1937-38 and President from 1946–47 to 1950–51. In the meeting of the cricket board in [[Shimla\|Simla]] in the summer of 1934, De Mello submitted the proposal for the national championship and a sketch of the proposed trophy which became the [[Ranji Trophy]]. <br />		De Mello served as the Secretary of BCCI from 1928–29 to 1937-38 and President from 1946–47 to 1950–51. In the meeting of the cricket board in [[Shimla\|Simla]] in the summer of 1934, De Mello submitted the proposal for the national championship and a sketch of the proposed trophy which became the [[Ranji Trophy]]. <br />
	~~[[File:IndiaSportsAdministrators13.jpg\|thumb\|alt=text\|1950 National Games at Bombay: De Mello and Governor of Bombay (in garland)]]~~
	De Mello courted controversy later in his career (in 1951; reviewing his time as the BCCI President, ''[[The Times of India]]'' called him a 'dictator'). His tenure as the President of BCCI ended with a defeat to [[J. C. Mukherjee]], the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal, by 12 votes to 5, in the Board meeting held at the Imperial Hotel in Delhi on 1951-08-05. He had not been in good terms with the Bengal association for some time. When in 1949, De Mello came up with serious allegations against the Indian captain [[Lala Amarnath]], the 'Bengal lobby' had strongly supported Amarnath.<ref>Boria Majumdar, ''Twenty-two yards to freedom'', Penguin, 2004, p. 275</ref> Amarnath threatened to sue the board for one lakh rupees but the matter was then settled with Amarnath tendering a qualified apology to the board. De Mello made another attempt at the presidency in 1952 but withdrew on finding that his chances were slim.		De Mello courted controversy later in his career (in 1951; reviewing his time as the BCCI President, ''[[The Times of India]]'' called him a 'dictator'). His tenure as the President of BCCI ended with a defeat to [[J. C. Mukherjee]], the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal, by 12 votes to 5, in the Board meeting held at the Imperial Hotel in Delhi on 1951-08-05. He had not been in good terms with the Bengal association for some time. When in 1949, De Mello came up with serious allegations against the Indian captain [[Lala Amarnath]], the 'Bengal lobby' had strongly supported Amarnath.<ref>Boria Majumdar, ''Twenty-two yards to freedom'', Penguin, 2004, p. 275</ref> Amarnath threatened to sue the board for one lakh rupees but the matter was then settled with Amarnath tendering a qualified apology to the board. De Mello made another attempt at the presidency in 1952 but withdrew on finding that his chances were slim.

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'''Anthony Stanislaus de Mello''' (11 October 1900, [[Karachi]], [[Bombay Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] – 24 May 1961, [[Delhi]], [[India]]) was an Indian [[cricket]] administrator and one of the founders of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]].

==Background==
Born in Karachi, de Mello was educated in [[St Patrick's High School, Karachi|St. Patrick's High School]],<ref>[http://www.goanvoice.org.uk/newsletter/2006/Feb/issue2/ Issue 2, 2006] ''The Goan Voice'', UK. Retrieved 26 November 2011</ref> Sind College and [[Downing College]] in Cambridge. He started his career in the services of the businessman [[R. E. Grant Govan]] in Delhi, and with whom he collaborated in founding the BCCI.

==Career==
===BCCI and the CCI===
The BCCI had its origins in a meeting in February 1927 at the [[Roshanara Club]] in Delhi between [[Arthur Gilligan]], the captain of the visiting [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]] team, De Mello, Grant Govan and the [[Maharaja Bhupinder Singh|Maharaja of Patiala]]. The decision to form the board was taken at another meeting held at the same place on 22 November 1927 attended by representatives of various provinces and princely states. De Mello travelled with Grant Govan to England to organise tours of India by South Africa in 1929 and MCC in 1930–31. Both tours were eventually cancelled but the BCCI was formally founded at the Roshanara Club in December 1928 with Grant Govan as the first President and De Mello the Secretary.<ref>[[Mihir Bose]], ''A History of Indian Cricket'', Andre Deutsch, 1990, pp. 60-61</ref> They represented India in the [[International Cricket Council|Imperial Cricket Conference]] in May 1929.<ref>[[Ramachandra Guha]], ''A Corner of a Foreign Field'', Picador, 2002, p. 191</ref>

De Mello, with Grant Govan, was also instrumental in founding the [[Cricket Club of India]] (CCI). As for BCCI, De Mello served as the founder secretary. Delhi was planned as the headquarters and location of the ground for the club, but it was eventually set up in [[Bombay]] (now [[Mumbai]]). [[Ramachandra Guha|Guha]]<ref>Guha, pp. 190-191</ref> considers this as an attempt on the part of De Mello and Grant Govan to shift the headquarters of cricket in India from Bombay, but the book brought out by the CCI for the Golden Jubilee of the [[Brabourne Stadium]]<ref>[[Vasant Raiji]] & [[Anandji Dossa]], ''CCI and the Brabourne Stadium'', 1987, p. 11</ref> attributes this to the non-availability of land in Bombay. But it does seem that De Mello played a prominent role in selecting the site and convincing [[Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne|Lord Brabourne]], the Governor of Bombay, to allot the land for the stadium at a cheap rate.

===BCCI President and Secretary===
De Mello served as the Secretary of BCCI from 1928–29 to 1937-38 and President from 1946–47 to 1950–51. In the meeting of the cricket board in [[Shimla|Simla]] in the summer of 1934, De Mello submitted the proposal for the national championship and a sketch of the proposed trophy which became the [[Ranji Trophy]]. <br />
[[File:IndiaSportsAdministrators13.jpg|thumb|alt=text|1950 National Games at Bombay: De Mello and Governor of Bombay (in garland)]]
De Mello courted controversy later in his career (in 1951; reviewing his time as the BCCI President, ''[[The Times of India]]'' called him a 'dictator'). His tenure as the President of BCCI ended with a defeat to [[J. C. Mukherjee]], the President of the Cricket Association of Bengal, by 12 votes to 5, in the Board meeting held at the Imperial Hotel in Delhi on 1951-08-05. He had not been in good terms with the Bengal association for some time. When in 1949, De Mello came up with serious allegations against the Indian captain [[Lala Amarnath]], the 'Bengal lobby' had strongly supported Amarnath.<ref>Boria Majumdar, ''Twenty-two yards to freedom'', Penguin, 2004, p. 275</ref> Amarnath threatened to sue the board for one lakh rupees but the matter was then settled with Amarnath tendering a qualified apology to the board. De Mello made another attempt at the presidency in 1952 but withdrew on finding that his chances were slim.

===Cricketer===
De Mello's cricket career as a medium pace bowler was rather inconspicuous. [[Duleepsinhji]] once dismissed him as one 'who thinks he is a bowler but has never found anyone to agree with him on that point.' <ref>Bose, p. 64</ref> His greatest success as a bowler came for a Rest of India team against the Vizzy XI in 1930-31 where took the wickets of [[Jack Hobbs]], [[Herbert Sutcliffe]] and [[C. K. Nayudu]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13718.html Rest of India v Maharajkumar of Vizianagram's XI, Roshanara Club Ground, Delhi, 1930-31]</ref> De Mello captained the first 'Rest' team in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Pentangular]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/1/1168/First-Class_Matches.html First Class Matches played by The Rest]</ref>

===Organizer===
In 1948, De Mello became the founder-President of the [[Asian Cricket Council|Asian Cricket Conference]].<ref>[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.13155/page/3/mode/1up De Mello re-elected, 1 August 1949, Bombay Chronicle]</ref> He was the president of the [[Table Tennis Federation of India]] and a founder of the Table Tennis Federation of Asia.<ref>[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.14327/page/9/mode/1up "Table Tennis Federation of Asia Formed", Bombay Chronicle, 10 Feb 1952]</ref> In 1949, he launched the [[National Sports Club of India]], and was an organizer of the [[1952 World Table Tennis Championships]] in Bombay. He was also President of the Bombay Provincial Olympic Association and a key organiser for the [[1950 National Games of India|1950 National Games at Bombay]].<ref>Fred D'Souza, Goans in Sport, 7 July 1970, Illustrated Weekly of India, p.67</ref>

De Mello was the Organising Committee chair for the [[1951 Asian Games|first Asian Games]] at [[Delhi]] in 1951. As the General Manager of the Gwalior and Northern India Transport System, he helped to modernise [[Delhi's transport system]].<ref>Richard Cashman, ''Patrons, players and the crowd'', Orient Longman, 1980, p. 20</ref> He also headed the Jumna Valley Rail and Road Transport Company.<ref>Times obituary, 25 May 1961, p.17</ref>

===Death===
De Mello died following a cancer operation. He was buried in [[York Cemetery, New Delhi|York Cemetery]] in [[New Delhi]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040629084242/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/06/07/stories/2004060700770200.htm [[The Hindu]] article on Anglo-Indians]</ref> He authored the book ''Portrait of Indian Sport'' which was published in 1959.

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/38/38689/38689.html Cricketarchive Profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190425233034/http://saligaoserenade.com/2011/01/doyen-of-indian-cricket/ Nascimento Mascarenhas, The Doyen of Indian Cricket]

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