The Shanghai Cricket Club will visit Hong Kong Cricket Club and Kowloon Cricket Club on September 20 and 21 to play two fixtures whose importance resonates back into distant history.

The first cricket match between SCC and HKCC was arranged by Major Turner in 1866 under the guise of the Interport Match. To put this in context, the first match ever Test match took place between Canada and the USA in 1844 and the first contest between England and Australia was held in 1877.

Cricket has changed a bit since the first stagings of these fixtures, which routinely were written up in the North China Daily News.  Many of the early games were played over two days, with bowlers such as Dr J.A. Lowson sending down no fewer than 37 overs in one innings. In this fixture in 1921 Edward Ivo Medhurst Barrett, remembered as Shanghai’s finest ever batsman, scored 165 runs. It was common for the sides to play two games in a year, each visiting the other for a contest in which both teams would have two innings. Continue reading “Shanghai Cricket Club Tours Hong Kong CC and Kowloon CC to Contest Historic Cups” →

In what turned out to be a historic day for Shanghai Cricket Club, SCC Dragons defended the Bokhara Bell Memorial Trophy in convincing style by defeating Hong Kong Cricket Club by a healthy margin of 102 runs this past weekend. This is the first time SCC have recorded back-to-back victories over HKCC since 1930-1931.

It was an impressive all-round display from an SCC side with four debutants all keen to make an impression. A customary quickfire 40 from Adrian, a steady 50 from debutant Mark and a swashbuckling man of the match performance from Azeem helped the hosts to a respectable 248. In response the visitors struggled to build partnerships throughout, with Kamal and Govind tormenting the batsmen throughout as they picked up 3 wickets apiece. Only C Bright and M Versfeld provided any kind of resistance before they stuttered to 146 all out in the 40th over. Continue reading “SCC Defeats HKCC, Retains Bokhara Bell” →

HKCC 194/9 40 overs. SCC 195/9 38.3 overs. SCC’s first away win over HKCC in 87 years

The Shanghai Cricket Club claimed the Bokhara Bell Memorial Trophy in a tensely fought match at the Hong Kong Cricket Club, claiming a 1 wicket victory on December 15 over HKCC, with a 24 runs undefeated last wicket partnership and a possible dropped catch to the winning runs.

The SCC collected one of the most dramatic wins in the Bokhara Bell history with Sanjay scoring the winning runs required off a top edged pull to secure victory over the HKCC. Needing 46 off 6 overs and just 2 wickets in hand the SCC were almost looking down a defeat, but no.10 batsman Govind smashing 3 back to back boundaries on his arrival to the crease in his reply to his partner at the other end (Paul) when he was asked” can you bat?… let’s try to stretch this game, we might have a shot at the target” . Paul(31) was dismissed with SCC still needing 24 runs with a wicket in hand. Sanjay (16*) and Govind (19*) with an unbeaten partnership finishing off the target with 9 balls to spare and handing over SCC its first touring victory since 1931. Continue reading “Shanghai Cricket Club Claims Bokhara Bell in Thrilling 1 Wicket Win” →

Shanghai Cricket Club Captain Mitesh Desai announced a 13-man squad for the upcoming China Cup match with Beijing Cricket Club at Wellington College on June 10.

SCC Dragons

The match will be the 13th time Shanghai and Beijing have played for the cup; Beijing holds both the advantage in victories at 9-4 as well as the cup, having won it in 2017 in Beijing. Continue reading “SCC Dragons Announced for China Cup Match” →