in june 1927, australia, captained by bert oldfield, visited malaya, and the malayan side won the first match by 39 runs, their only win against a test-playing nation. a third visit to hong kong was made in november that year, with malaya losing by an innings to shanghai and hong kong. in 1929, they lost to shanghai by 1 wicket, and to hong kong by four wickets. the final visit in 1933 saw malaya beat hong kong by 14 runs, before gaining their first win over shanghai by beating them by 50 runs.