Marylebone Cricket Club cricket team in India and Ceylon in 1926–27

An international cricket team raised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) toured India and Ceylon from October 1926 to March 1927 and played several first-class matches against regional and national sides in both countries. Of the many MCC teams to visit Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), this was the first to play first-class matches there. Captained by Arthur Gilligan, the team played 26 first-class matches in India and a further four first-class matches in Ceylon. Team members included Maurice Tate, Maurice Leyland, Andy Sandham, Bob Wyatt, Arthur Dolphin, George Geary, Ewart Astill and George Brown.

Matches in India

Two-Day Match : Parsees and Muslims vs MCC

Two-Day Match :Hindu and The Rest vs MCC

Two-Day Match :Europeans vs MCC

Three-Day Match :All Karachi XI vs MCC

Two-Day Match :Europeans vs MCC

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1926 in English cricket

1926 in Indian cricket

1927 in English cricket

1927 in Indian cricket

1927 in Ceylon

English cricket tours of India

English cricket tours of Sri Lanka

International cricket competitions from 1918–19 to 1945

Indian cricket seasons from 1918–19 to 1944–45

Sri Lankan cricket seasons from 1880–81 to 1971–72

India 1926–27