Interport matches

Interport matches refer to a series of cricket matches which took place in Asia from 1866 to 1987, between Ceylon, the Federated Malay States, Hong Kong, Malaya, Malaysia, Shanghai, Singapore and the Straits Settlements.

In February 2020, the Hong Kong team played a five-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series against Malaysia.^[1]^[2] All the matches were played at the Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur.^[1] The series marked the return of Interport matches after a gap of 33 years.^[3] The series was originally scheduled to be played at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong, but was cancelled in early February due to the coronavirus pandemic in China.^[4]^[5]

History

Hong Kong were returning home on the SS Bokhara from their 1892 Interport match in Shanghai when it sank in a typhoon, killing eleven Hong Kong cricketers. As a result of this tragedy the Interport matches, which had been regular fixtures since 1889, didn't return for five years.

For matches in Shanghai, it was usually only Hong Kong who made the journey but when Hong Kong were Interport hosts, a third of fourth team would often join Shanghai for a series of matches.

No series or match was played from 1936 until 1947 due to the Pacific War. Shanghai stopped participating in Interport cricket after 1948, when the Communist Party took over China.

Statistics

Team results summary

Result of some Interport matches are unknown so in the table below the combined wins, draws and losses may not add up to the total matches played by the team.

Team	Matches	Wins	Draws	Losses
Ceylon	3	1	1	1
Federated Malay States	2	1	1	0
Hong Kong	79	32	14	28
Malaya	16	8	0	8
Malaysia	7	0	5	0
Shanghai	48	20	2	24
Singapore	13	1	7	4
Straits Settlements	12	8	1	3

Record performances

The accuracy of some of the scorecards given for Interport matches have been disputed. The table below shows the leading team and individual performances over the years.

Record type	Record holder
Highest team score	Shanghai 479 all out
Highest individual score	Nigel Stearns (Hong Kong) 169
Best innings bowling figures	Alfred Hill (Malaya) 9/10
Best match bowling figures	VH Lanning (Shanghai) 13/44

Matches played

List of Interport matches
No.	Date	Venue	Teams	Result	Ref.
1	15 February 1866	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Hong Kong won by an innings and 264 runs	[1]
2	18 May 1867	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Shanghai won by 81 runs	[2]
3	30 October 1889	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Shanghai won by 3 wickets	[3]
4	22 January 1890	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Straits Settlements	Hong Kong won by an innings and 147 runs	[4]
5	24 January 1890	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Straits Settlements	Hong Kong won by 8 wickets	[5]
6	31 December 1890	The Padang	Federated Malay States vs Ceylon	Match drawn	[6]
7	3 January 1891	The Padang	Straits Settlements vs Hong Kong	Straits Settlements won by 166 runs	[7]
8	5 January 1891	The Padang	Ceylon vs Hong Kong	Ceylon won by 10 wickets	[8]
9	7 January 1891	The Padang	Straits Settlements vs Ceylon	Straits Settlements won by an innings and 18 runs	[9]
10	9 January 1891	The Padang	Singapore Cricket Club vs Hong Kong	Hong Kong won by an innings and 5 runs	[10]
11	10 January 1891	The Padang	Straits Settlements vs Ceylon and Hong Kong	Match drawn	[11]
12	21 September 1891	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Match drawn	[12]
13	4 February 1892	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Hong Kong won by an innings and 123 runs	[13]
14	3 October 1892	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Shanghai won by 157 runs	[14]
15	8 November 1897	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Straits Settlements	Straits Settlements won by an innings and 79 runs	[15]
16	10 November 1897	HKCC Ground	Shanghai vs Straits Settlements	Straits Settlements won by an innings and 11 runs	[16]
17	11 November 1897	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Hong Kong won by 1 wicket	[17]
18	14 November 1897	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong and Shanghai vs Straits Settlements	Straits Settlements won by an innings and 231 runs	[18]
19	September ?, 1898	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Hong Kong won by 28 runs	[19]
20	11 November 1901	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Straits Settlements	Hong Kong won by 129 runs	[20]
21	14 November 1901	HKCC Ground	Shanghai vs Straits Settlements	Shanghai won by 1 run	[21]
22	18 November 1901	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Shanghai won by 7 wickets	[22]
23	13 October 1903	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Hong Kong won by an innings and 23 runs	[23]
24	11 November 1904	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Hong Kong won by 4 wickets	[24]
25	15 November 1904	HKCC Ground	Shanghai vs Straits Settlements	Straits Settlements won by 52 runs	[25]
26	17 November 1904	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Straits Settlements	Straits Settlements won by 95 runs	[26]
27	2 October 1906	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Shanghai won by 139 runs	[27]
28	16 November 1907	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Hong Kong won by 4 wickets	[28]
29	22 October 1908	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Shanghai won by 10 wickets	[29]
30	22 November 1909	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Hong Kong won by an innings and 224 runs	[30]
31	24 November 1909	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Straits Settlements	Hong Kong won by 9 wickets	[31]
32	26 November 1909	HKCC Ground	Shanghai vs Straits Settlements	Straits Settlements won by 4 wickets	[32]
33	29 November 1909	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai and Straits Settlements	Shanghai and SS won by 21 runs	[33]
34	31 May 1911	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Shanghai won by an innings and 26 runs	[34]
35	11 November 1912	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Hong Kong won by an innings and 36 runs	[35]
36	26 May 1914	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Shanghai won by 116 runs	[36]
37	7 November 1920	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Hong Kong won by 6 wickets	[37]
38	9 November 1920	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Malaya	Malaya won by 35 runs	[38]
39	12 November 1920	HKCC Ground	Malaya vs Shanghai	Shanghai won by an innings and 140 runs	[39]
40	14 November 1920	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai and Malaya	Hong Kong won by 5 wickets	[40]
41	17 May 1921	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Shanghai won by an innings and 160 runs	[41]
42	11 November 1922	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Shanghai won by 2 wickets	[42]
43	16 May 1923	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Hong Kong won by 3 wickets	[43]
44	13 November 1924	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Hong Kong won by an innings and 5 runs	[44]
45	16 November 1924	HKCC Ground	Malaya vs Shanghai	Shanghai won by 89 runs	[45]
46	18 November 1924	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Malaya	Hong Kong won by 2 wickets	[46]
47	16 May 1925	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Hong Kong won by 7 runs	[47]
48	28 May 1926	The Padang	Malaya vs Hong Kong	Malaya won by an innings and 112 runs	[48]
49	30 May 1926	Padang, Kuala Lumpur	Federated Malay States vs Hong Kong	FMS won by an innings and 107 runs	[49]
50	16 November 1926	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Shanghai won by 1 wicket	[50]
51	19 November 1927	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Hong Kong won by 3 wickets	[51]
52	23 November 1927	HKCC Ground	Malaya vs Shanghai	Shanghai won by an innings and 45 runs	[52]
53	27 November 1927	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Malaya	Hong Kong won by an innings and 25 runs	[53]
54	26 May 1928	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Shanghai won by 120 runs	[54]
55	5 November 1929	HKCC Ground	Malaya vs Shanghai	Shanghai won by 1 wicket	[55]
56	10 November 1929	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Hong Kong won by 82 runs	[56]
57	13 November 1929	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Malaya	Hong Kong won by 4 wickets	[57]
58	19 May 1930	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Match drawn	[58]
59	14 November 1931	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Shanghai won by 7 wickets	[59]
60	21 May 1932	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Hong Kong won by 42 runs	[60]
61	6 November 1933	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Malaya	Malaya won by 14 runs	[61]
62	11 November 1933	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Hong Kong won by 117 runs	[62]
63	15 November 1933	HKCC Ground	Malaya vs Shanghai	Malaya won by 50 runs	[63]
64	10 October 1934	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Shanghai won by 270 runs	[64]
65	9 November 1935	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Hong Kong won by 31 runs	[65]
66	6 October 1936	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Shanghai won by 217 runs	[66]
67	8 November 1947	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Shanghai	Hong Kong won by 165 runs	[67]
68	October 1948	Shanghai CC	Shanghai vs Hong Kong	Unknown	[68] Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
69	27 November 1955	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Malaya	Malaya won by 10 wickets	[69]
70	17 May 1957	Padang, Kuala Lumpur	Malaya vs Hong Kong	Malaya won by 27 runs	[70]
71	12 December 1959	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Malaya	Malaya won by 1 wicket	[71]
72	27 May 1961	Padang, Kuala Lumpur	Malaya vs Hong Kong	Malaya won 7 wickets	[72]
73	23 November 1963	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Malaya	Hong Kong won by 7 wickets	[73]
74	21 May 1965	Padang, Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia vs Hong Kong	Match drawn	[74]
75	10 May 1968	Padang, Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia vs Hong Kong	Match drawn	[75]
76	18 May 1968	The Padang	Singapore vs Hong Kong	Match drawn	[76]
77	7 November 1969	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Singapore	Hong Kong won by 5 wickets	[77]
78	2 April 1971	The Padang	Singapore vs Hong Kong	Singapore won by 96 runs	[78]
79	12 November 1971	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Malaysia	Match drawn	[79]
80	24 November 1972	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Singapore	Hong Kong won by 6 wickets	[80]
81	26 April 1974	The Padang	Singapore vs Hong Kong	Match drawn	[81]
82	4 May 1974	Padang, Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia vs Hong Kong	Match drawn	[82]
83	1975	Penang Sports Club	Malaysia vs Hong Kong	Unknown	[83] Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
84	28 November 1975	Kowloon CC	Hong Kong vs Singapore	Match drawn	[84]
85	13 May 1977	The Padang	Singapore vs Hong Kong	Match drawn	[85]
86	10 November 1978	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Singapore	Match drawn	[86]
87	9 May 1980	Tenaga NSC	Malaysia vs Hong Kong	Match drawn	[87]
88	16 May 1980	The Padang	Singapore vs Hong Kong	Match drawn	[88]
89	11 November 1981	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Singapore	Match drawn	[89]
90	1983	Padang, Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia vs Hong Kong	Unknown	[90] Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
91	1983	Recreation Ground	Singapore vs Hong Kong	Unknown	[91] Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
92	30 November 1984	HKCC Ground	Hong Kong vs Singapore	Hong Kong won by 98 runs	[92]
93	15 May 1987	The Padang	Singapore vs Hong Kong	Hong Kong won by 149 runs	[93]

Series played

List of Interport series
No.	Date(s)	Venue(s)	Teams	Result	Ref.
1	20–26 February 2020	Kinrara Academy Oval	Malaysia and Hong Kong	Malaysia won the 5-match series 5–0	2020 Interport T20I Series

References

^ ^a ^b "Hong Kong vs Malaysia T20I Interport Series moved to Malaysia!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "Malaysia to host Hong Kong in rescheduled T20I Series". Cricket Malaysia. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
^ "Preview – Malaysia Vs Hong Kong Interport T20I Series". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
^ "Hong Kong to host Malaysa in 5-Match T20I series!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
^ "Hong Kong vs Malaysia T20I Interport Series Called Off". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

External links

CricketArchive website

[IP20-1] "Hong Kong vs Malaysia T20I Interport Series moved to Malaysia!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[2] "Malaysia to host Hong Kong in rescheduled T20I Series". Cricket Malaysia. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[3] "Preview – Malaysia Vs Hong Kong Interport T20I Series". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 20 February 2020.

[4] "Hong Kong to host Malaysa in 5-Match T20I series!". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 24 January 2020.

[5] "Hong Kong vs Malaysia T20I Interport Series Called Off". Cricket Hong Kong. Retrieved 4 February 2020.

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