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28-517: It is one of the stadiums in Asia that hold all games at one place. Besides being used for cricket, hockey and football, the stadium also includes a swimming pool, a karate venue, gym, as well as squash, volleyball and tennis courts. The stadium was originally called Dring Stadium and was named after the second Prime Minister of Bahawalpur, Sir John Dring . Dring was Prime Minister under Nawab Sadiq V and served in this role from 1948 to 1952. Dring Stadium

56-477: A dozen excellent grounds for resigning in the last two weeks or so, but I feel that we may be able to get the thing gradually under control again and that one must try to see it through." Cunningham came to note as a rugby player when he played for Oxford University RFC while he was a student. He was selected for the 1907 Varsity Match against Cambridge, winning the first of three sporting caps. Cunningham played at half-back, partnering Rupert Williamson , and

84-594: A dozen treaties with the British, in the mutual interests of both parties. The Princely State of Bahawalpur was abolished in 1955 and its people and land became part of Pakistan. Dring Stadium in Bahawalpur is named after Dring. It was a stadium ahead of its time and was the only complete stadium in Pakistan at the time. The stadium hosted a test match in the first India-Pakistan test cricket series in 1955 and

112-825: A fictional character called Ralph Whelan who was the Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India in Shimla in 1932–1935. The character of Ralph Whelan has several similarities with the real-life John Dring, who was in the same political position in the same place at the same time, with the same family history. The National Portrait Gallery of the UK holds a portrait of Dring. Dring was the Deputy Commissioner of Dera Ismail Khan from 1935 to 1936. From 1937 to 1940, Dring served as Secretary to Sir George Cunningham ,

140-754: A surge in their numbers. Dring was awarded the Companion of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire in the 1943 New Year Honours . He was promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in 1944. Dring was the Deputy Commissioner of Peshawar from 1945 to 1947, president of the Peshawar Services club through 1948 and hosted Jawaharlal Nehru on his visit to the North West Frontier Province in 1946. Following

168-662: The Governor of the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) thrice, twice during the British Raj and once after the creation of Pakistan. He tacitly witnessed his government launch an invasion of Kashmir from the frontier tribal areas adjoining the NWFP, and then oversaw it under directions from Governor-General Muhammad Ali Jinnah . In his early years Cunningham was a notable Rugby player, serving as

196-599: The India-Pakistan test series in 1955, is named after him. He was called John throughout his life. Dring was born on 4 November 1902 in Calcutta , Bengal Presidency , British India , the second child and only son of Sir William Arthur Dring and his wife Lady Jane Reid Greenshields Dring (née Ross, formerly Alston). The Dring family had been resident in India since 1830. Dring spent his earliest years in India, but

224-511: The Muslim League National Guard commander Khurshid Anwar . Cunningham thought it was going to be disastrous and tried to stop it. But he fell in line after the accession of Kashmir to India, when Jinnah ordered his governors to enter into "the full spirit of the struggle". Cunningham regretted that the Pakistan government was permitting this and was evidently demoralised. His diary entry states, "I could have found half

252-590: The Partition of India in 1947, Dring served as the Prime Minister of Bahawalpur , a Muslim-majority princely state. He was Bahawalpur's second Prime Minister, and last Prime Minister of British origin, and served from 1948 to 1952. Dring oversaw a transformation in the way of life of the people of Bahwalpur from a desert to a pastoral way of life. He supported and encouraged the Nawab in the developing over

280-676: The Governor of the Northwest Frontier Province . He then served as Political Agent of South Waziristan from 1939 to 1942. He was part of the Razmak column which attempted to display a show of force to anti-British tribal forces in the Waziristan campaign (1936-1939) but instead was bogged down in fighting and suffered large casualties. The failure of the Razmak column emboldened the resistance fighters resulted in

308-672: The agility and quick thinking of both players allowed the good scrummaging play by Oxford to release the backs. Oxford won, scoring five tries to nil. Although out of favour with the Scottish team at the end of the 1908 Home Nations, Cunningham was back in the Oxford University team in the 1908 Varsity Match. He was partnered again with Williamson, who was also made an international in 1908, after being selected for England . Cunningham and Williamson had another excellent game, and Cunningham set up Oxford's only try after he drew out

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336-628: The captain of the Scottish national team at rugby union . Cunningham joined the Indian Civil Service in 1911 and was awarded an OBE in 1921, KCIE in 1935, and GCIE in 1945. Cunningham served as the governor of the North-West Frontier Province three times, twice during the British Raj and once after the creation of the Dominion of Pakistan . After his second term ending in 1946, Cunningham returned to Britain. However, he

364-469: The defence to allow Martin to score. At the end of the 1909 Home Nations, Cunningham played in his final Varsity Game for Oxford. In the build-up to the match, Oxford was in good form, losing just three matches, and it was noted that Cunningham was absent from the side in each of these loses. The Varsity Game was an extremely heavy win for Oxford, and was known as " Poulton's Match ", after Ronald Poulton who scored five of Oxfords' nine tries. Cunningham

392-463: The ministry. Cunningham was unsure of the constitutionality of the measure, but he went along with Jinnah's wishes. An All-India Muslim League ministry headed by Abdul Qayyum Khan Kashmiri was appointed on 23 August. In the subsequent months, the Pakistani tribal invasion of Kashmir was carried out under the nose of Cunningham, orchestrated by the provincial premier Abdul Qayyum Khan along with

420-1057: The newly independent country of Cameroon . On his return to the UK, Dring was appointed a Justice of the Peace and was the Chair of the Havant Bench for several years. He was elected to the Hampshire County Council and finished as Chairman of the Police Authority. In 1973 he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire. On 12 October 1934 in Karachi , Dring married Marjorie Wadham of the family who founded Wadham College, Oxford . The couple had two children. After Marjorie's death in Oxford in 1943, Dring married Alice Deborah Marshall (née Cree) in Shimla in 1946. She

448-870: The transition of Bahawalpur from princely state to part of Pakistan. The plebiscite resulted in the British Togoland being integrated into Ghana . In 1959 he fulfilled a similar role as advisor to the Governor-General of Nigeria in the lead-up to the British Cameroons plebiscite . The result was the Muslim-majority Northern Cameroons voting to join Nigeria and the Christian-majority Southern Cameroons voting to join

476-589: Was ahead of its time and was the only complete stadium in Pakistan at the time. It was the first cricket ground in West Pakistan to host a Test match , when it hosted the second Test of Indian cricket team in Pakistan in 1954–55, India's inaugural tour of Pakistan. However, this was the only Test match to be held at this ground. As of 2002, 155 first class matches and 23 List A matches have been played at this ground. As Bahawalpur's cricket team has been without first-class status since 2002–03 , there

504-458: Was an away game to Wales at Swansea . Partnered with Louis Greig in his favoured half-back position, Cunningham ended on the losing side after a narrow 6-5 win by the Welsh. The Scottish selectors kept faith with Cunningham and Greig for the next game of the campaign, against Ireland , but both men were dropped for the final game of the tournament after a second loss. The next season Cunningham

532-576: Was back in the Scotland team and played in the first game of the 1909 Home Nations Championship , again facing Wales. Cunningham scored his first international points in the game against Wales, with a penalty goal. This score was the only points for Scotland that game, and they lost 3-5. Cunningham missed the next game to Ireland, but was back in the team for the final game of the Championship, his first Calcutta Cup encounter with England. Cunningham

560-545: Was given the Scotland captaincy for the England match, and he spearheaded the Scotland team to a convincing win. During the England game, Cunningham converted three of the four Scottish tries. Cunningham retained the captaincy of Scotland for the 1910 Championship , which was now known as the Five Nations Championship with the inclusion of France . Cunningham led the team in a win over France, but then

588-591: Was invited by the colonial government in July 1947 to return and resume the office at the request of Pakistan's incoming governor-general Muhammad Ali Jinnah . He is said to have agreed reluctantly, taking office on 15 August 1947. The North-West Frontier Province was at that time governed by a ministry belonging to the Indian National Congress . Jinnah amended the operative constitution, the 1935 Government of India Act , in order to be able to dismiss

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616-660: Was known as Deborah. John and Deborah Dring were two of the subjects of Charles Allen's oral histories of British India, Plain Tales from the Raj . Dring died in Purbrook, Hampshire, England on 16 June 1991, aged 88 years. George Cunningham (governor) Sir George Cunningham GCIE KCSI OBE (23 March 1888 – 8 December 1963) was a civil servant in British India and later Pakistan who served as

644-556: Was only one first-class match and one List A match here for the three seasons following that, but the ground still hosts Under-19 matches. Bahawal stadium was a war place before. This stadium also ranked in Asia's second largest stadium by area. One Test century has been scored at the venue. Two five-wicket hauls in Test matches have been taken at the venue. John Dring Lieutenant Colonel Sir Arthur John Dring KBE CIE JP (4 November 1902 – 16 June 1991)

672-589: Was selected for the Anglo-Scots District side in 1906 . An emphatic victory over the South of Scotland District led Cunningham to be capped for the Cities District side against a Rest of Scotland Provinces side in early 1907. The next year Cunningham was selected for the Scottish national team, and played in the 1908 Home Nations Championship whilst still a student at Oxford. His first cap

700-636: Was sent to school in England aged 6 years, as was customary for members of elite families in British India. He attended Winchester College and RMC Sandhurst . He returned to India in 1923 and joined the Guides Cavalry as a lieutenant. In 1927, Dring joined the Indian Political Service and soon became Assistant Private Secretary to the Viceroy of India . The Channel 4 historical drama Indian Summers revolves around

728-474: Was the second Prime Minister of the princely state of Bahawalpur (now in modern Pakistan ). He was also the senior member of the Indian Political Service in the last decades of the British Raj , Assistant Private Secretary to the Governor-General of India and an advisor to governments on plebiscites for two former British colonies in Africa. Dring Stadium , the site of the second test cricket match of

756-544: Was the training ground for the first Pakistan cricket team tour of England in 1954 After his tenure as Prime Minister was complete, Dring was knighted in the 1952 Queen's Birthday Honours . Like many former British residents of India, he went to Africa after Partition. In 1955, he was appointed as advisor to the Governor of the Gold Coast on possible plebiscite arrangements in Togoland , drawing on his experiences in

784-463: Was unavailable against Wales. When he returned for the Ireland game, he led his country for the third time and his third win as captain. His winning streak was broken by his final captaincy match, the final game of the 1910 campaign, against England. Cunningham played just one more match for Scotland, now playing club rugby for London Scottish , a loss to England in 1911 . No longer captain, Cunningham

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