The Rest cricket team

The Rest cricket team was an Indian first-class cricket team which took part in the annual Bombay Pentangular.^[1] The team was founded by members of the Jewish and Buddhist communities in Bombay.

Notes

1. ↑ The appellation "The Rest" has also been applied on an ad hoc basis to teams in a number of countries. For example, a combined Nottinghamshire and Yorkshire team played "The Rest" in England in 1883.

Sources

• Vasant Raiji, India's Hambledon Men, Tyeby Press, 1986
• Mihir Bose, A History of Indian Cricket, Andre-Deutsch, 1990
• Ramachandra Guha, A Corner of a Foreign Field - An Indian History of a British Sport, Picador, 2001