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OE

M

C

P

ARTLIN

, M

ASTER

I/C C

RICKET

1985

JOE McPARTLIN TAKES OVER (FOR ONE

SEASON) AS MASTER I/C CRICKET

JIMMY JACQUES RETIRES AS HEAD

GROUNDSMAN WITH PROFESSIONAL

BRIAN EDRICH TAKING OVER SOME OF

HIS DUTIES

THE ABILITY TO WIN CRICKET

MATCHES IS AGAIN AT A PREMIUM THIS

YEAR. ONE IS ACHIEVED, THIS MEANS

THAT ONLY 10 WINS HAVE BEEN

RECORDED IN THE 1980s TO DATE

THIS IS AGAIN A VERY YOUNG TEAM,

WITH THREE 16 YEAR OLDS, UNDER

CAPTAIN ROBERT SADLER, IN HIS THIRD

YEAR IN THE SIDE. NINE OF THESE

PLAYERS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN 1986

SIX HALF CENTURIES ARE SCORED - BUT

ALL ARE INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS,

UNSUPPORTED BY TEAM-MATES

CONCERNS EXPRESSED IN THE

‘CHRONICLE’ THAT CRICKET IS NO

LONGER TAKEN AS SERIOUSLY AS IN

THE PAST AT ST. EDWARD'S. THE

‘INVASIVE’ ACADEMIC TIMETABLE IS

BECOMING EVER MORE A FACTOR TOO