Nondescripts Cricket Club (also known by its initials NCC ) is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo , Sri Lanka . The team plays at the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground .
6-622: The club was founded in 1888. The name "Nondescripts" is derived from the fact it was intended to be open to anyone, unlike other Colombo-based clubs at the time such as Sinhalese Sports Club , Moors Sports Club and Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club which were aligned with a particular ethnic group. 1952–53, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1993–94, 2000–01, 2013–14 2008–09 2009–10 Players with international caps are listed in bold . (Updated as of 24 July 2022) The name 'Nondescripts Cricket Club' derives from
12-465: A 19th-century London-based team. The Nondescripts were a 'wandering' cricket club with no fixed ground and a team composed of players of all standards. A New Zealand Nondescripts Club was established in 1962 to promote "the principles of the game of Cricket, especially sportsmanship and high standards in dress, attitude and application." It too is a 'wandering' club drawn mainly from Wellington and Lower Hutt players; eight NZ internationals have played for
18-558: Is a first-class cricket club in Colombo , Sri Lanka . Singhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 32 times to 2017. Although the name is correctly spelt with the old spelling "Sin g halese", the name is sometimes misspelt with the modern spelling "Sinhalese". Three former Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka have been presidents of
24-608: The club leased a land in Victoria Park with sandy soil and covered with cinnamon trees. This land was gradually leveled to a cricket ground and its first match was played the following year. The First President of the Club was Sir Harry Dias, First Hony. Secretary H.J.V.I. Ekanayake, First Treasurer Philip de Silva & First Cricket Captain – O.G. de Alwis. The Club attracted the best school boy players from Royal, S. Thomas', Wesley, St. Josephs & Trinity. ( Shared trophies designated
30-513: The club, including Ewen Chatfield , John Reid and Bob Blair . In the 1980s, a Nondescripts Cricket Club played in the Brunei cricket league . Consisting largely of Sri Lankan expatriates, both Sinhalese and Tamil, it later merged with another club and changed its name. Players who have represented Ceylon in cricket Players to have represented Sri Lanka at Test cricket Sinhalese Sports Club The Singhalese Sports Club ( SSC )
36-406: The club. In 1899, a combined school cricket team, composed mainly of cricketers from Royal College , S. Thomas' College and Wesley College beat Colts Cricket Club by a one run. The SSC was inaugurated the same year and established as a cricket club by a group of distinguished Ceylonese lawyers, legislators, businessmen, proprietary planters and civil society leaders of that time. In 1900,
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