Sir Arthur Wellesly, later Duke of Wellington introduced cricket in thalassery, sometime
during the last decade of the eighteenth century. He did not have enough players in his e
stablishment. He got his persons, dhobies who washed his clothes near the well
in one corner of the Thalassery stadium, fisherfolk from their colony and many others
to make up the numbers. It took more than half a century (1860) for the first cricket club,
Tellicherry Town Cricket Club, to be formed.
In 1890, Tellicherry and Cannanore played a cricket match at Cannanore. Murkoth
Kumaran also took part in that match. Tellicherry team had walked to Cannanore
to play that match and returned on foot late at night.
In 1912 the first proper pitch was laid at Thalassery stadium by an Enlgish Engineer
In 1912 the first proper pitch was laid at Thalassery stadium by an Enlgish Engineer
Anson.
Cricket was not only a way of life but was also a leveller where people of all castes, c
Cricket was not only a way of life but was also a leveller where people of all castes, c
reeds, vocations and class joined together. Most of the British officials like the Sub Co
llector, Collector, S.P., Managers of British comapnies played cricket with indians.
Those were the days when India had not entered the test arena, Ranji trophy t
ournaments and others that followed, had not been heard of in the country.
In November 2008, modern and exclusive cricket stadium developed at Conorvayalwas inaugurated. First Ranji Trophy match at stadium was on 03-11-09 between Kerala
and Andhra. Indian pace bowler Sreesanth played in this match.
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