Roderick Easdale looks at some age-defying feats in first-class cricket

Oldest first-class debutant
One of the perks of being Governor of Bombay in 1950 was that you got your own first-class cricket team. The skipper of the Bombay Governor’s XI was Raja Maharaj Singh. Yep, you’ve guessed it, he was the Governor. He was also 72 years old.
The match was against the touring Commonwealth XI, who were playing 27 first-class matches, including five unofficial Tests against an All India XI and one against All Ceylon.
Raja Maharaj Singh won the toss and elected to bat. He came in at number nine an...