Cricket Album 1970 - 1994

DAVID CANE SCORES 170 RUNS AGAINST THE CRYPTICS - A SCHOOL RECORD AT THE TIME CANE ACCUMULATES 490 RUNS FOR THE SEASON AT AN AVERAGE OF 41 AND TAKES 6 WICKETS FOR 70 RUNS AGAINST STOWE SCHOOL THE XI IS ALMOST ENTIRELY MADE UP OF DEBUTANTS, WITH ONLY TWO EXPERIENCED PLAYERS IN THE SIDE DAVID CANE THE CAPTAIN IS BY FAR THE MOST EXPERIENCED AT THIS LEVEL BEING HIS THIRD SEASON IN THE SIDE DESPITE A STRONG BATTING SIDE (4 BATSMEN NOTCH UP MORE THAN 400 RUNS EACH FOR THE SEASON) ONLY ONE VICTORY IS GAINED CHRISTOPHER SHARP (AGED 15) AND JAMES KELLEY (JUST 16) TOIL WITHOUT MUCH SUCCESS, BOTH PLAYERS WILL PLAY FOR 3 YEARS NICHOLAS GOLDSON THE WICKETKEEPER ALSO SCORES 336 RUNS FOR THE SEASON INCLUDING 29 SIXIES! THIS SIDE IS UNFORTUNATE TO BE UP AGAINST BRADFIELD, MARLBOROUGH AND OUNDLE - ALL OF WHOM HAVE OUTSTANDING SEASONS THE MARTYRS ARE A VERY STRONG SIDE SCORING OVER 300 THREE TIMES WITH TWO CENTURIES BY SIMON TALBOT-WILLIAMS (OSE) - ONE BEING THE BOWLING ATTACK WHICH INCLUDES TWO 4TH FORMERS

D AVID C ANE MEMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1982-1984 (C APTAIN IN 1984). H IS SCORE OF 170 VERSUS THE C RYPTICS IN 1984 STOOD FOR 31 YEARS AS THE RECORD INNINGS EVER SCORED FOR THE S CHOOL . H E LATER CAPTAINED THE L ONDON U NIVERSITY XI AS WELL AS THE THE B RITISH U NIVERSITIES TEAM AND PLAYED FOR THE 2 ND XI H AMPSHIRE C.C. AND G RADE C RICKET S YDNEY