147 / 302
FIRST MATCH AGAINST WELLINGTON
COLLEGE
CHRISTOPHER DEACON CAPTAINS THE
SIDE IN HIS THIRD YEAR IN THE TEAM -
HE HEADS THE BATTING AVERAGES
WITH 616 RUNS SCORED AT AN
AVERAGE OF 47 PER INNINGS
DEACON SCORES A CENTURY AGAINST
K. HARDING'S XI
TWO 15 YEAR OLDS, DEREK
HENDERSON AND JOHN SHROSBREE,
MAKE IMPRESSIVE DEBUTS IN THE SIDE
SCHOOL FIRST XI AVERAGE 17 YEARS OF
AGE DUE TO WARTIME DEMANDS ON
MANPOWER
ONLY ONE MATCH LOST OUT OF TEN
PLAYED
C
HRISTOPHER
D
EACON
PLAYED FOR THE
C
RICKET
XI 1939-1941,
CAPTAINING IN
1941.
H
E PLAYED IN AN UNOFFICIAL
V
ARSITY MATCH
FOR
O
XFORD
U
NIVERSITY IN
1942. H
E
SUPPORTED
M
ARTYRS
C
RICKET OVER MANY
YEARS AND PLAYED
M
INOR
C
OUNTIES CRICKET
.
E
RIC
‘B
UDGE
’
DIXON
M
EMBER OF THE
C
RICKET
XI 1932-1935
(C
APTAIN
1935)
K
ILLED IN
A
CTION
OFF
C
OAST OF
L
IBYA
1941
R
ICHARD
GEORGE
M
EMBER OF THE
C
RICKET
XI 1937-1939
(C
APTAIN
1939)
DIED OF
P
NEUMONIA
DURINGMILITARYTRAINING
1941
R
ONALD
GRIFFITHS
M
EMBER OF THE
C
RICKET
XI 1923
- 1925
(C
APTAIN
1925)
K
ILLED IN
A
CTION
H
ONG
K
ONG
1941