166 / 302
SCHOOL SIDE INCLUDE THE
THORNE TWINS, DAVID AND
MICHAEL, WHO SCORE TWO
THIRDS OF THE TOTAL RUNS FOR
THE SEASON - EACH ALSO BOWLS,
ONE LEFT HANDED THE OTHER
RIGHT
DEREK HENDERSON (OSE) WINS
OXFORD CRICKET BLUE AND
LATER PLAYS FOR SUSSEX
DAVID GILBERT-SMITH CAPTAINS
THE SIDE IN HIS THIRD SEASON
MICHAEL THORNE AND PETER
JACKSON FORM A SOLID AND
RELIABLE OPENING PAIR - THE
FIRST FOR SOME TIME AT THE
SCHOOL
ANDREW BROCKMAN HEADS THE
BATTING AVERAGES WITH 369
SCORED AND MAKES 67 NOT OUT
AGAINST WELLINGTON COLLEGE
THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE SEASON IS
THE MATCH VERSUS THE MARTYRS
(INCLUDING CRANMER, GIBBS,
SPURWAY - ALL COUNTY PLAYERS)
RESULTING IN A DRAW IN A TWO
INNINGS MATCH
A COMMON ROOM XI PLAY A
EMERITI XI ON THE CHRIST
CHURCH GROUND WHERE THE
1948 TOURING AUSTRALIANS HAD
MADE 431! THE RESULT IS A DRAW
DESPITE THE EMERITI BEING 19-8
EARLY ON!
DURING THE MARTYRS CRICKET
WEEK DEREK HENDERSON (OSE)
AND JOHN WOODCOCK (OSE) HAVE
AN OPENING STAND OF OVER 100
VERSUS THE CRYPTICS.
WILLIAM TOMLINSON (CAMBRIDGE
BLUE AND DERBYSHIRE PLAYER)
HELPS TO COACH THE IST XI