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Conrad Powell Johnstone: The skipper who won the first ever Ranji Trophy match

An excellent all-round cricketer, Conrad Powell Johnstone led the Madras Cricket Club, Europeans and Madras in the Ranji Trophy.

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Thomas Masters Usborne: Family archivist, wicketkeeper for Europeans

Usborne played only 5 matches, scoring 109 runs at 13.62 and effecting 7 dismissals.

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John Lindsay Guise: The man who opened batting at Eden Gardens against MCC in 1926-27

Lindsay played for Oxford and Middlesex before coming to India, where he also played in the Pentangular.

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Sir Robert Daniel Richmond: The Jamaica-born Scottish who played first Madras Presidency Match

Before coming to India, Richmond had played for Jamaica twice.

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John Trask: Played first First-Class match in India, army doctor who died in active service

John Trask also played for Somerset, and was a surgeon.

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Jack ‘Boss’ Meyer: Eccentric schoolmaster, Somerset cricketer, Ranji Trophy captain

Meyer played for Cambridge, and Somerset, and led Western India, but is remembered mostly as founder of Millfield School.

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Robert Poore: A sporting Hussar

Robert Poore retired as Brigadier-General from the British Army. He played Test cricket for South Africa, for the Europeans in India, and scored the first triple-hundred for Hampshire.

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18 lowest scores in Indian First-Class history

Services folded up for 31 against Baroda in a Ranji Trophy match on Monday.

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Charles Palmer: The man who managed England before leading, and once took 8 for 0

Charles Palmer, Leicestershire mainstay for over two decades, managed England before he led them. A durable all-rounder, he once took 8 for 0. He later became a capable, if controversial, administrator.

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