THE ROSEBOWL | APRIL 2015
(165 T, 1942), Bhupinder Singh (117
H, 1944), Raza Ul Haq (161 T, 1946)
and myself, Nandi Khanna (99 H,
1944). Holdy, who was also in London
for the summer, joined the team as
umpire for the game with
Cheltenham. The boys also met with
AE Foot, who hosted them in London
and took them to Eton where they all
had lunch with the house boys. [Mr
Foot had been a housemaster and
science teacher at Eton from 192332 and brought with him slang we still
use today, including 'trials', 'dames',
Hyderabad House Team
'fagging', 'tuck shop' and 'schools'.
Nandi Khanna also played in the Ranji
Trophy
OTHER SPORTS
We had great coaches and an
inspiring environment for several
other sports too.
Hockey: was led by Bashir Ali Sheikh,
an Olympian who had played with the
likes of Sayed Mohammad Jaffer
Shah (1932 and 1936 summer
Olympics) and the global hockey
sensation, Dhyanchand. He was a
part of the Indian contingent to the
Melbourne Olympics. He was
followed by Hunter Boyd (Scottish
I n t e r n a t i o n a l ) a n d AV K a l e b
(Beighton Cup and hopeful for the
Indian Olympic team).
Tennis: We used to have a staff tennis
court between the Chestnut (later
Martyn House) and Tata houses
where we would host exhibition
matches with players from the All26