| Cricket - Through the Years | |
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| It is now history that the first appearance of
the Malvern boys as a team in any sport was on the occassion of a cricket match against
Queen's Royal College at the Queen's Park Oval. The result and the scores have been lost
but the year is remembered - 1941. What follows are the highlights of the team over the decades: |
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1942 |
Malvern entered its first competition, the popular Sunday Afternoon Competition for the Slazenger Cup. The first match was played on March 1st 1942 on the Queens Park Savannah against St. Clair Athletic "B". |
1943 |
Played in the Narvo Sunday Cricket Competition. Team captained by Ivan Ashtine. |
1956 |
Malvern topped the "B" section of the Northern League, but lost the Finals against the "A" section winners Queen's Park. Carl Mills was the captain. |
| 1957 | Malvern was admitted to the new Trinidad Cricket Council
Competition, in the Senior (Second) Grade and won the competition
in the first year. "Coach" Oxley led the team to victory. They were promoted to (First) Grade, however they were demoted after their first year. |
| 1959 | Malvern is once again crowned Senior Grade Champions and were once again promoted. They were demoted for a second time some time after. |
| 1962 | Noel Robinson represents Malvern on the National Cricket Team. He was selected to play against India and was bowled for duck in the first innings but scored a brilliant 80 in the second. |
| 1966 | Malvern won the North
Title of the Senior Grade but lost to Oxford in the final. Frank Ragoonath was selected as one of the Five Cricketers of the Year. |
| 1973 | A Club decision taken to stop playing cricket competitively. |