The MCC, at the time, was an exclusively white organisation and the MUC was founded by Buchi Babu as a similar cricket club for the Indians.
[citation needed] Shortly before the first match Buchi Babu, who was to captain the Indian side, died of a heart attack.
[1] Subramanian organised an annual Buchi Babu Memorial Tournament from 1909 and the Europeans v Indians series was not revived until the 1915–16 season.
The 1935 match was cancelled because of a dispute about sharing the profits from the previous year between the MCC and the Indian Cricket Federation.
An attempt was made in 1956 to revive the competition and a match was played between Indian and European members of the Madras Cricket Club.