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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Ranjitsinhji    
First Name(s)  Kumar Sri    
Birth Year  1872    
Entry  Born in Kattiawar, India, Sep. 10, 1872 : descended from a line of the Jams, or rulers, of Jamnagar : adopted in 1880 as his son and heir by the Jam Vibhaji, who, on the birth of a son, induced the Government to set aside the adoption of Ranjitsinhji : an allowance was given to the latter : he was educated at the Rajkumar College, Rajkote, India, and Trinity College, Cambridge : attained great prowess in the cricket field as a batsman : played for Cambridge against Oxford in 1893, and a number of years for the County of Sussex, and for the Gentlemen against the Players : went to Australia with the All- England Eleven : has several times, as a batsman, obtained the highest average score for the year : wrote the Jubilee Book of Cricket.     
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