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FIRST MATCHES AGAINST OTHER
SCHOOLS - ABINGDON SCHOOL,
MAGDALEN COLLEGE SCHOOL AND ST.
PAUL'S SCHOOL, STONEY STRATFORD
FIRST MATCH VERSUS THE O.S.E.
(CALLED 'THE PAST') - WON BY THE
SCHOOL BY 7 WICKETS
WILLIAM BREWERTON TAKES 5
WICKETS FOR 5 RUNS AGAINST KING'S
SUTTON
FRANCIS HOLTON TAKES 6 WICKETS
FOR 6 RUNS VERSUS ABINGDON
SCHOOL
FIRST 'PROPER' PAVILION BUILT AND
OPENED DURING GAUDY 1875 WITH A
TRICOLOUR FLAG OF BLACK, BLUE AND
YELLOW ON THE FLAG POLE NEW
RIBBONS AND TURBANS DISTRIBUTED
FOR THE SCHOOL AND TWO LOWER XIs.
‘EQUAL BANDS OF BLACK, YELLOW AND
BLUE, WITH ALTERNATE NARROW
STRIPES OF BLACK AND YELLOW AT
EQUAL DISTANCES APART’
R
ARE
P
ICTURE OF THE ORIGINAL
C
RICKET
P
AVILION BUILT IN
1875
AND EVENTUALLY
DEMOLISHED IN
1907