Hi All,
   Ranjitsinhji Kumar Shri.
   (later H. H. Shri  Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Jam Sahib of Nawanagar)
Amateur. b: 10.9.1872, Sarodar, India. d. 2.4.1933, Jamnagar, India.
Brother K.S. Digvijaysinhji (Western India), uncle of K.S. Duleepsinhji
(Cambrige U and Sussex), K.S. Himmatsinhji (Rajputana) and M.S.
Samarsinhji (Nawanagar). Fine middle order right-hand batsman, slow
right-arm bowler. Teams Cambridge U (1893-94, blue 1893);
Sussex(1895-1920, 211 matches); London County (1901-04). Tours Stoddart
to Australia 1897/8; Ranjitsinhji to North America 1899. Test England
(1896-1902, 15 matches).
Career batting
307-500-62-24692-285*-56.37-72-ct 233
Bowling 4601-133-34.59-4-0-6/53
Test batting
15-26-4-989-175-44.95-2-ct 13
Bowling 39-1-39.00-0-0-1/23
        After a modest career at Cambridge, Ranjitsinhji developed
quickly into one of the foremost batsmen in Ennland - in terms of
statistics he was the best from 1899 to 1904. He hit 3,159 runs, av
63.18 in 1899 and the following year 3,065, av 87.57. These were his
most prolific years, but he exceeded 2,000 runs in three other seasons
and over 1,000 runs on six other occasions, also once in Australia.
Fourteen times he compiled double centuries, all of which were for
Sussex, the highest being 285* v Somerset at taunton in 1901. He
appeared in four Test series against Australia and was successful in all
but the 1902 Tests.
         He captained Sussex from 1899 to 1903 and left England in 1904
to return to India. Thereafter his appearances  in County cricket were
limited. He played in the summer of 1908 and again in 1912, in both
years exceeding 1,000 run. A shooting accident resulted in his losing
one eye and this virtually ended his first-class career, though he
played a little in 1920.
         In 1907 he became the Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar and was
increasingly involved  in the administration of his State. He was also
a delegate to the League of Nations after the First World War.
Regards,                                    O  o//,.  /
Mark,                                         >;;;;;;<
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