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FIRST VICTORY OVER THE M.C.C.

IN THE MATCH VERSUS BRADFIELD

COLLEGE DAVID DAVIES (118 NOT OUT)

AND ROBIN HOWELL (87) PUT ON 181

RUNS FOR THE FIRST WICKET

DAVID DAVIES CAPTAINS THE SIDE IN

HIS THIRD SEASON IN THE XI

A RARE TOURING TEAM MATCH SEES A

VICTORY FOR THE SCHOOL BY 4

WICKETS OVER THE CANADIAN

SCHOOLS XI 'WHO PLAYED THE GAME

WITH REFRESHING VIGOUR'

'OUR CAPS NO LONGER FITTED OUR

HEADS, WE CONTRAVENED BASIC

PRINCIPLES OF BATSMANSHIP, WE

DROPPED 24 CATCHES IN 4 MATCHES

AND ENDED UP BEING OUT FOR 71

BEFORE LUNCH AT HOME' (CHRONICLE)

DEREK HENDERSON LATER STATES

THAT RICHARD BEST WAS THE MOST

OUTSTANDING OF ALL TEDDIES

CRICKETERS OF HIS KNOWLEDGE,

PLAYING FOUR SEASONS - TWO AS

CAPTAIN

‘LET US HOPE THE CRICKETERS OF

TOMORROW SHOW MORE SPIRIT AND

ENTERPRISE THAN WE ACHIEVED THIS

YEAR. LET THEM REMEMBER ALSO

THAT WE HAVE A GOOD FIXTURE LIST

AND WANT TO KEEP IT' (CHRONICLE)

‘THE STATE OF TEDDIES CRICKET IS

ALARMINGLY LOPSIDED WITH THE TOP

SIDE NOT CUTTING THE MUSTARD, YET

LOWER TEAMS SHOWING EXCELLENT

RESULTS' (CHRONICLE)

VICTORY OVER M.C.C. ESPECIALLY

MERITABLE WITH SCHOOL SCORING 222

RUNS NEEDED IN JUST UNDER 3 HOURS