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{{Short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image = Bangalore_Jayaram.jpg
| country = India
| fullname = Bangalore Jayaram
| birth_date = 23 April 1872
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Kingdom of Mysore]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1936|12|4|1872|4|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = Bangalore, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Spin bowling|slow]]
| role =
| club1 = [[London County Cricket Club|London County]]
| year1 = {{nowrap|1903–1904}}
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 12
| runs1 = 340
| bat avg1 = 14.78
| 100s/50s1 = 0/2
| top score1 = 57
| deliveries1 = 42
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–
| date = 30 November
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/29758.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Bangalore Jayaram''' (23 April 1872{{spnd}}4 December 1936) was an Indian cricketer who had represented the [[London County Cricket Club]] in the early 1900s, and was also a part of the [[Indian cricket team in England in 1911|All-Indian cricket team in England in 1911]].

== Early life ==
Jayaram was born on 23 April 1872 in Bangalore in the then princely state of [[Kingdom of Mysore]] in the southern region of modern day India.<ref>{{Cite web|date=10 December 2019|title=Madras Men in India's first English cricket tour – 2 « Madras Musings {{!}} We Care for Madras that is Chennai|url=http://www.madrasmusings.com/vol-29-no-16/madras-men-in-indias-first-english-cricket-tour-2/|access-date=26 October 2021|website=www.madrasmusings.com|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026020314/http://www.madrasmusings.com/vol-29-no-16/madras-men-in-indias-first-english-cricket-tour-2/|url-status=live}}</ref> He studied [[geology]] at [[Central College, Bangalore|Central College]] and obtained his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/old-bungalows-in-bangalore-janet-pott|title=OLD Bungalows In Bangalore Janet Pott|date=1977|language=English}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> At the college, he was a contemporary of [[C. Rajagopalachari]], who would later go on to become India's [[Governor-General]]. Rajagopalachari would describe Jayaram as his boyhood hero owing to his cricketing prowess.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=28 April 2015|title=Bangalore Jaya Ram: WG Grace's colleague who also went on the first all-India tour to England|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/bangalore-jaya-ram-wg-graces-colleague-who-also-went-on-the-first-all-india-tour-to-england-278084|access-date=27 October 2021|website=Cricket Country|language=en-US|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026020934/https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/bangalore-jaya-ram-wg-graces-colleague-who-also-went-on-the-first-all-india-tour-to-england-278084|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Guha|first=Ramachandra|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YeGBAAAAMAAJ&q=Ramachandra+guha+jayaram+cricket|title=The States of Indian Cricket: Anecdotal Histories|date=2005|publisher=Permanent Black|isbn=978-81-7824-108-1|language=en|access-date=26 October 2021|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026020727/https://books.google.com/books?id=YeGBAAAAMAAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ramachandra+guha+jayaram+cricket&q=Ramachandra+guha+jayaram+cricket&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

During his time at Central College he had developed as a [[right handed]] [[all-rounder]]. He famously scored 185 runs against the [[Yorkshire Regiment]] in 1891 and led his team to an unlikely win over the visitors. The game, however, was not granted [[First-class cricket|first-class]] status.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=28 April 2015|title=Bangalore Jaya Ram: WG Grace's colleague who also went on the first all-India tour to England|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/bangalore-jaya-ram-wg-graces-colleague-who-also-went-on-the-first-all-india-tour-to-england-278084|access-date=27 October 2021|website=Cricket Country|language=en-US|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026020934/https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/bangalore-jaya-ram-wg-graces-colleague-who-also-went-on-the-first-all-india-tour-to-england-278084|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Cricket 1898|url=https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1898/39/|access-date=2021-11-30|website=archive.acscricket.com|archive-date=30 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130033049/https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1898/39/|url-status=live}}</ref> Jayaram was the first Indian member of the [[Gymkhana Ground, Bengaluru|Bangalore Gymkhana Cricket Club]].<ref name=":2" />

Historian [[Ramachandra Guha]] notes of a quote from Jayaram's British principal from the time, recognizing his talent saying, "Had he the same opportunities as WG Grace he would have been as great, for he had an eye as quick and a wrist as supple as the Doctor’s." British cricketing magazine [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|''Wisden'']], noted his playing style in the 1890s wrote that he had "acquired the reputation of being about the best batsman in Southern India, who never played any bowler from behind the batting crease." During the same period, an article in ''Cricket'' magazine's 1898 edition wrote, "There were occasions when Indian batsmen of the 1890s such as B Jayaram of Bangalore were seen in England as ‘plucky’ on account of their playing without protective equipment. Jayaram’s role in the defeat of an English team was noted with admiration by cricket writers in England."<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tEPPTS3OVg4C&q=jayaram+cricket|title=Mysore: A Reprint of Articles from the Mysore Supplement of The Hindu|date=1937|publisher=Superintendent at the Government Press|language=en|access-date=26 October 2021|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026020931/https://books.google.com/books?id=tEPPTS3OVg4C&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=jayaram+cricket&q=jayaram+cricket&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Career ==

=== First-class Cricket ===
Jayaram started his career with the [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore Civil Service]] after finishing his college in 1895 working for the state's geological department.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kidambi|first=Prashant|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=50KjDwAAQBAJ&q=Jayaram|title=Cricket Country|date=25 July 2019|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-884313-9|language=en|access-date=26 October 2021|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026020535/https://books.google.com/books?id=50KjDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&q=Jayaram&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> He was sent to [[London]] to study at the [[Royal School of Mines]]. During his time his in London, he met English cricketer [[W. G. Grace]] and made an impression with his cricketing prowess. The press reports from the period compared him to Indian prince [[Ranjitsinhji]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Sen|first=Satadru|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rW8CEAAAQBAJ&dq=%22There+were+occasions+when+Indian+batsmen+of+the+1890s%22+%E2%80%94+such+as+B+Jayaram+of+Bangalore+%E2%80%94+were+seen+in+England+as+%E2%80%98plucky%E2%80%99+on+account+of+their+playing+without+protective+equipment.+Jayaram%E2%80%99s+role+in+the+defeat+of+an+English+team+was+noted+with+admiration+by+cricket+writers+in+England.&pg=PA210|title=Migrant races: Empire,Identity and K.S. Ranjitsinhji|date=1 March 2017|publisher=Manchester University Press|isbn=978-1-5261-1865-3|language=en|access-date=26 October 2021|archive-date=26 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026021614/https://books.google.com/books?id=rW8CEAAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA210&dq=%22There+were+occasions+when+Indian+batsmen+of+the+1890s%22+%E2%80%94+such+as+B+Jayaram+of+Bangalore+%E2%80%94+were+seen+in+England+as+%E2%80%98plucky%E2%80%99+on+account+of+their+playing+without+protective+equipment.+Jayaram%E2%80%99s+role+in+the+defeat+of+an+English+team+was+noted+with+admiration+by+cricket+writers+in+England.&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Snow, sleet ... and cricket|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-to-1903-snow-sleet-and-cricket-628233|access-date=27 October 2021|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|archive-date=27 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027042118/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-to-1903-snow-sleet-and-cricket-628233|url-status=live}}</ref>

Jayaram played for [[London County Cricket Club]] and was a regular at the club's nets. He made his [[First-class cricket|first-class]] debut for the club in 1903 playing against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] at [[The Oval]].<ref name=":0" /> He was selected on the back of a 118 run innings that he had for the club, the previous week, in a minor match that was famously watched by [[Ranjitsinhji]].<ref name=":0" />Jayaram did not have a memorable debut scoring just 5 and 3 in the two innings. The match itself, scheduled by [[W. G. Grace]], was interrupted by adverse weather conditions including snow, owing to an mid-April start. London county lost the match by eight wickets.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> In 1904, when the visiting [[South Africa national cricket team|South African]] team played London County, at the [[Crystal Palace National Sports Centre|Crystal Palace]], he scored 14 and 5, with the team losing by 10 wickets. Jayaram played four matches for the county scoring a total of 57 runs at an average of 8.14.<ref name=":0" />

Jayaram returned to England as a part of the [[Indian cricket team in England in 1911|All-Indian cricket team]] in 1911, where he scored highest for the visitors in a game against [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]] at [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford]]. He scored 23 and 36, while the team was dismissed for 85 and 94, losing the test by 9 wickets.<ref name=":0" /> The visiting team went on to play against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] and [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]], losing both matches. Jayaram scored 57 at [[The Oval]] and followed it with a 53 at the Hull cricket ground.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yorkshire {{!}} News|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Yorkshire/Scorecards/8/8492.html|url-status=live|access-date=28 October 2021|website=cricketarchive.com|archive-date=28 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028022849/https://cricketarchive.com/Yorkshire/Scorecards/8/8492.html}}</ref> During the same tour he scored 11 and 22 in the game against [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] at [[Birmingham]], while the team lost by 10 wickets.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Warwickshire v India at Birmingham, 15-16 Jun 1911|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1910S/1911/IND_IN_ENG/IND_WARWICKS_15-16JUN1911.html|access-date=26 October 2021|website=static.espncricinfo.com|archive-date=2 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180802074451/http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1910S/1911/IND_IN_ENG/IND_WARWICKS_15-16JUN1911.html|url-status=live}}</ref> He had a successful run during the team's matches in Scotland and Ireland, where he scored 30 and 81 against [[Scottish Universities]] at [[Perth, Scotland|Perth]], 78 against [[Woodbrook Cricket Club]] at [[Bray, County Wicklow|Bray]], and 57 against [[Ulster Cricket Club|Ulster]] at [[Belfast]].<ref name=":0" /> However, these matches were not granted first-class status. At the end of the tour his first-class record had him scoring 283 runs at an average of 17.68, and non first-class games he had scored 324 at an average of 27 runs per innings.<ref name=":0" />

His first-class career ended with a total of 340 runs scored at an average of 14.78.<ref name=":0" />

=== Mashie Lodge ===
Jayaram was also the owner of the [[Mashie Lodge]], an iconic and "quaint" building on Bangalore's [[Lal Bagh|Lalbagh Road]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|last=Sondhi|first=Aditya|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XGDiBQAAQBAJ&dq=mashie+lodge+bangalore+jayaram&pg=PT88|title=The Order of the Crest: Tracing the Alumni of Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore (1865–2015)|date=18 December 2014|publisher=Penguin UK|isbn=978-93-5118-905-3|language=en|access-date=27 October 2021|archive-date=27 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027043344/https://books.google.com/books?id=XGDiBQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT88&dq=mashie+lodge+bangalore+jayaram&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> The building was built to [[English architecture|English design]] on land over one and half acres and was built by [[Kolar Gold Fields]] contractor, Ooragam Bianna. The house was named after his favourite golf club, the [[Mashie|Mashie Niblick]].<ref name=":2" /> The lodge's gardens won the first prize at the Bangalore Horticulture shows. The lodge itself drew praise for its architecture, with the ''Yuvaraja'' ({{Translation|Prince}}) of [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]] sending his acquaintances to study the building's design while he was building his own house. The lodge was also noted as "the best maintained and decorated premises" for the visit of [[Prince of Wales]] in 1921.<ref name=":2" /> Dance and dinner parties at the lodge brought the ultra-westernized elite of the city including the English, the [[Iyengar|Iyengars]], [[Coorgis]], and the [[Bengalis]], together with couples dancing the [[waltz]]. Dinners included [[champagne]], imported wines, and [[Liqueur|liqueurs]], and was followed by ballroom dancing. Catering for these parties would be handled by Spencer and Co, with food including canned products from [[Heinz]], and other items including chicken biryani, fish, prawns and pickles, served on banana leaves on white linen covered tables.<ref name=":2" />

The building was later renovated and converted into the Chennamma Memorial School.<ref name=":2" />

In 1916, Jayaram was appointed the director of the Mysore Geological Department. He retired from the geological department in 1927.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2" /> After his retirement, he set up a farm around 16 miles from Bangalore on the way to [[Nandi Hills, India|Nandi Hills]]. In the orchard he had apples imported from Australia, and planted.<ref name=":2" />

== Personal life ==
Jayaram was married to Lakshmidevi. Having spent time in Bangalore and in England, he was noted to have been westernized to being referred to as a ''British Sahib'' in India. Contrary to orthodox Indian Hindu traditions, he was known to eat from a can of [[bully beef]] at lunch, with a dedicated chef serving him western food in a separate dining room at his lodge. He was also an accomplished violinist. He bought a pair of violins from Italy which were over a hundred years old on his return back from the British Isles in 1923.<ref name=":2" />

Jayaram died on 4 December 1936 at his farm in Bangalore. He was aged 64.<ref name=":0" />

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Cricinfo|id=29758}}

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