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FIRST EVER ST. EDWARD'S CRICKET XI
TO GO THROUGH A SEASON
UNDEFEATED
CAPTAIN PETER THACKERAY SCORES
128 RUNS AGAINST THE M.C.C.
ANDREW MACLACHLAN SCORES 103 FOR
THE MARTYRS AGAINST THE SCHOOL
TO WHICH ROBIN DRAKE RESPONDS
WITH AN INNINGS OF 112
GARFIELD SOBERS, FORMERLY CAPTAIN
OF THE WEST INDIES TEST TEAM,
SCORES A MAJESTIC CENTURY IN 57
MINUTES IN A MATCH PLAYED ON THE
SCHOOL CRICKET SQUARE
NOW TWO YEARS SINCE ANY OTHER
SCHOOL HAS BEATEN ST. EDWARD'S
THE BATTING CONSIDERED THE BEST
EVER FROM THE SCHOOL, THE
FIELDING WAS OF A VERY HIGH
STANDARD WITH THE CAPTAIN TAKING
NO LESS THAN 10 CATCHES
THE CAPTAIN SCORES MORE THAN 300
RUNS INCLUDING ONE OF THE FINEST
SCHOOLBOY HUNDREDS EVER SEEN AT
THE SCHOOL - VERSUS M.C.C.
ROBIN DRAKE SCORES 112 VERSUS THE
MARTYRS WHEN THE LAST SCHOOL
PAIR HOLD OUT FOR A DRAW
ANTHONY SYKES, 'A HIGHLY TALENTED
ALL-ROUNDER' TOPS THE BOWLING
AVERAGES AND SCORES 227 RUNS FOR
THE SEASON
PETER THACKERAY, NOW AN OSE,
MAKES 145, 126 AND 80 FOR THE
MARTYRS DURING THE MARTYRS
CRICKET WEEK IN AUGUST
G. G
ARFIELD
S
OBERS
THE WORLD
RENOWNED
W
EST
I
NDIAN BATSMAN PLAYED A
MEMORABLE INNINGS DURING THE MATCH
BETWEEN
T
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NTERNATIONAL
C
AVALIERS AND
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XFORD
U
NIVERSITY
P
AST AND
P
RESENT ON THE
S
CHOOL
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S
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PPER
1
IN
M
AY
1968.
I
N FRONT OF
3000
SPECTATORS
. S
OBERS
’
S
CONTRIBUTION WAS A CENTURY MADE IN
57
MINUTES
.