f11857	Ceylon v Marylebone Cricket Club
	Marylebone Cricket Club in India and Ceylon 1926/27
Venue	Vihara Mahadevi Park, Colombo on 5th, 7th, 8th February 1927 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Marylebone Cricket Club won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Marylebone Cricket Club won by an innings and 91 runs
Umpires	WS Flindall, F Ondaatje
Close of play day 1	Marylebone Cricket Club (1) 216/3 (Wyatt 78*, Parsons 44*)
Close of play day 2	Ceylon (1) 48/3 (Albert 32*, Brindley 3*)

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Marylebone Cricket Club first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RES Wyatt	c Brooke b Brindley	101
A Sandham	lbw b Gunasekara	57
+G Brown	c Brooke b Horan	28
MW Tate	b Horan	7
JH Parsons	c Horan b Brindley	64
G Geary	c Waldock b Sinclair	23
WE Astill	c Brindley b Kelaart	65
PT Eckersley	not out	39
*AER Gilligan	b Horan	35
GS Boyes	not out	1
J Mercer	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 2 lb, 1 nb)	11
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 158 overs)	431
Fall of wickets:
1-109, 2-139, 3-155, 4-264, 5-271, 6-354, 7-357, 8-427

Ceylon bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Gunasekara	43	11	114	1	-	-
Brindley	32	3	71	2	-	-
Horan	43	10	89	3	-	-
Sinclair	25	1	89	1	-	-
Kelaart	14	1	53	1	-	-
Saravanamuttu	1	0	4	0	-	-

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Ceylon first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MK Albert	lbw b Astill	51
*+FRR Brooke	b Tate	0
AE Blair	lbw b Mercer	0
FA Waldock	c Gilligan b Mercer	11
WT Brindley	c sub b Astill	11
FCW van Geyzel	b Astill	0
S Saravanamuttu	lbw b Astill	0
EGS Kelaart	not out	16
CH Gunasekara	st Brown b Astill	2
CA Horan	c sub b Astill	0
EHLG Sinclair	c Brown b Astill	8
Extras	(3 b, 3 lb)	6
Total	(all out, 45.2 overs)	105
Fall of wickets:
1-1, 2-2, 3-29, 4-61, 5-63, 6-73, 7-82, 8-84, 9-94, 10-105 (45.2 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Tate	17	4	52	1	-	-
Mercer	8	0	20	2	-	-
Astill	15.2	6	18	7	-	-
Geary	5	1	9	0	-	-

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Ceylon second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
AE Blair	lbw b Geary	43
MK Albert	c Astill b Geary	24
WT Brindley	b Geary	7
FA Waldock	lbw b Tate	61
*+FRR Brooke	b Geary	40
FCW van Geyzel	c Gilligan b Tate	13
S Saravanamuttu	b Tate	13
EGS Kelaart	b Mercer	4
CH Gunasekara	c Wyatt b Tate	6
CA Horan	b Tate	5
EHLG Sinclair	not out	1
Extras	(10 b, 8 lb)	18
Total	(all out, 71.4 overs)	235
Fall of wickets:
1-61, 2-71, 3-90, 4-168, 5-192, 6-214, 7-215, 8-229, 9-229, 10-235 (71.4 ov)

Marylebone Cricket Club bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Mercer	15	0	51	1	-	-
Astill	17	2	52	0	-	-
Wyatt	11	1	55	0	-	-
Geary	15	3	36	4	-	-
Tate	13.4	4	23	5	-	-

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Notes
--> AE Blair made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EHLG Sinclair made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> MK Albert (1) passed his previous highest score of 28 in First-Class matches
--> S Saravanamuttu made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> CA Horan achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches in the Marylebone Cricket Club first innings (previous best was 1-132)

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