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The Parsees<ref name=name /> made their '''second tour of England in 1888'''. The fifteen member team played mostly against amateur teams and was more successful than [[Parsee cricket team in England in 1886|the tourists of 1886]].

==The tour==
The second Parsee team played 31 matches, winning 8 and losing 11, a considerable improvement upon the performance of the 1886 team which won only one out of 28. As in the previous tour, none of the matches are deemed [[first class cricket|first class]]. The tour was arranged by [[Pestonji Kanga]], D.C. Pandole and J.M. Divecha. The outstanding success of the tour was [[M.E. Pavri|Mehellasha Pavri]] who some consider as the first great Indian cricketer.<ref>See for instance, Raiji, p. 92 : "If the word 'great' is used a bit generously, Dr ME Pavri could be described as India's first great cricketer" and Bose, p.25 : "He was without doubt the first great Indian cricketer". But this is by no means a unanimous opinion</ref> A fast round-arm bowler, he took 170 wickets at an average of 11.66. At [[Eastbourne]], he is said to have sent a bail flying nearly 50 yards, and at [[Norfolk]] when he uprooted a stump, it flew nine yards and pitched itself the right way up. Cooper who scored 952 runs at 18.30 topped the run aggregate. The tour saw the first appearance of players like [[Dinshaw Writer]] and [[Nasarvanji Bapasola]] who were to earn prominence in the 1890s.

Against the Gentlemen of Eastbourne, Parsees were made to follow-on and led by 122 in the second innings. But Pavri claimed six wickets and Eastbourne was bowled out for 56. At [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]], the opponents who needed four runs to win in the last half-hour were restricted to just three. The tour started on 7 June and ended on 13 September.

==The team==
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* P.D. Kanga
* S.H. Harvar
* J.M. Morenas
* [[M.E. Pavri]]
* R.D. Cooper
* D.F. Dubash
* N.C. Bapasola
* M.D. Kanga
* A.D. Vatcha
* K.R. Eranee
* D.S. Mehta
* D.C. Pandole
* B.D. Mody
* D.N. Writer
* J.M. Divecha
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Harvar and Morenas were the only players who were part of the 1886 team.

==Match scores==
1. 7–8 June at Leyton : Gentlemen of Essex 447 Parsees 134 and 205 for 9
:Match drawn

2. 12–13 June at Blackheath : Gentlemen of Kent 146 and 250 Parsees 243 and 61 for 7
:Match drawn

3. 14–15 June at Richmond : Gentlemen of Richmond 225 Parsees 99 for 8
:Match drawn (12 a side)

4. 18–19 June at Chiswick Park : Parsees 80 and 161 Gentlemen of West Middlesex 164 and 78 for 5
:Gentlemen of West Middlesex won by 5 wickets

5. 22–23 June at The Oval : Gentlemen of Surrey 126 and 366 Parsees 113 and 79
:Gentlemen of Surrey won by 300 runs

6. 25–26 June at Southampton : Gentlemen of Hampshire 152 and 211 Parsees 137 and 116
:Gentlemen of Hampshire won by 110 runs

7. 29–30 June at Brighton : Parsees 155 and 91 Gentlemen of Sussex 387
:Gentlemen of Sussex won by an innings and 141 runs

8. 3–4 July at Hastings : Gentlemen of Hastings 182 and 95 Parsees 145 and 133 for 1
:Parsees won by nine wickets

9. 6–7 July at Portsmouth : Parsees 133 and 120 United Services 124 and 45 for 3
:Match drawn

10. 9–10 July at Rochdale : Gentlemen of Rochdale 295 Parsees 54 for no loss
:Match drawn

11. 13–14 July at Longsight : Parsees 40 and 70 Gentlemen of Longsight 131
:Gentlemen of Longsight won by an innings and 21 runs

12. 16–17 July at Stoke : Parsees 155 and 98 Gentlemen of Staffordshire 101 and 37 for 2
:Match drawn

13. 18–19 July at Glasgow : West of Scotland 82 ans 230 Parsees 89 and 27
:West of Scotland won by 196 runs

14. 20–21 July at Bury : Gentlemen of Bury 64 and 40 Parsees 156
:Parsees won by an innings and 52 runs

15. 23–24 July at Liverpool : Parsees 51 and 134 Gentlemen of Liverpool 130 and 56 for 5
:Gentlemen of Liverpool won by 5 wickets

16. 27–28 July at Lord's : Parsees 91 and 35 for 2 MCC and Ground 179
:Match drawn

17. 30–31 July at Northampton : Parsees 119 and 81 Gentlemen of Northamptonshire 61 and 42
:Parsees won by 97 runs

18. 3–4 August at Bournemouth : Gentlemen of Bournemouth 56 and 41 Parsees 61 and 37 for 4
:Parsees won by 7 wickets (12 a side))

19. 6–7 August at Norwich : Parsees 78 and 129 Gentlemen of Norfolk 137 and 73 for 9
:Gentlemen of Norfolk won by 1 wicket

20. 8–9 August at Cambridge : Cambridge University LVC 106 and 296 for 7 Parsees 254
:Match drawn

21. 13–14 August at Eastbourne : Gentlemen of Eastbourne 302 and 56 Parsees 168 and 256
:Parsees won by 66 runs

22. 17–18 August at Leyton : Parsees 121 and 149 Twelve of Public Schools 178 and 94 for 4
:Twelve of Public Schools won by 6 wickets

23. 20–21 August at Lord's : Parsees 177 and 74 MCC and Ground 232 and 21 for no loss
:MCC and Ground won by 10 wickets

24. 22–23 August at Richmond : Gentlemen of Richmond 97 and 100 Parsees 164 and 35 for 3
:Parsees won by 7 wickets

25. 24–25 August at Selhurst : Parsees 78 and 162 Gentlemen of Surrey 115 and 63
:Parsees won by 62 runs

26. 27–28 August at Scarborough : Parsees 119 and 91 Gentlemen of Scarborough 140 and 70 for 7
:Match drawn

27. 31 August and 1 September at Bridlington : Parsees 169 and 73 Gentlemen of Bridlington 91 and 131
:Parsees won by 20 runs

28. 4–5 September at Birmingham : Gentlemen of Warwickshire 200 and 219 Parsees 164 and 62 for 3
:Match drawn

29. 6–7 September at Leicester : Parsees 40 and 114 for 5 Gentlemen of Leicestershire 226
:Match drawn

30. 10–11 September at Buxton : Parsees 132 and 91 Gentlemen of North Derbyshire 125 and 17 for 2
:Match drawn

31. 12–13 September at the Oval : Gentlemen of Surrey 49 and 160 Parsees 82 and 118
:Gentlemen of Surrey won by nine runs

==See also==
* [[Parsee cricket team in England in 1886]]

==Notes==
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<ref name=name>''Parsee'' is colonial English spelling of what is now commonly written as ''[[Parsi people|Parsi]]''</ref>
}}

==References==
{{refbegin}}
* [[Vasant Raiji]], ''India's Hambledon Men'', Tyeby Press (1986)
* [[Mihir Bose]], ''A History of Indian Cricket'', Andre-Deutsch (1990)
{{refend}}

==External links==
* [http://ind.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/1880S/1888/OTHERS+ICC/PARSEES_IN_ENG/ Cricinfo Page on the tour]

{{International cricket tours of England}}

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