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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Rangoon Gymkhana cricket team''' was a scratch [[cricket]] team formed in [[Rangoon]], [[Burma]]. The team played a single [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match in January 1927 at the [[Gymkhana Ground, Rangoon|Gymkhana Ground]] against the touring [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC), resulting in a [[The result in cricket|draw]].<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12170.html Rangoon Gymkhana v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1926/27]</ref> <br />
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A second scratch eleven was formed to play MCC on the following days at the [[BAA Ground|Burma Athletic Association Ground]].<ref>''Cricketer Spring Annual 1927''</ref> This time the team was styled 'Burma'. Both teams were captained by [[Hubert Ashton]], the [[Cambridge University cricket team|Cambridge University]] and [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] batsman.<ref>''European Cricketers in India'', [[Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians|ACS]], 2002.</ref> Six men appeared for both Burmese teams. All were European officials. Until 1937, Burma was administered as part of [[India]]. <br />
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