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NEWLY DESIGNED 1ST XI CRICKET CAP

(RED AND WHITE VELVET)

INTRODUCED

THIS SEASON MARKED THE START OF A

SPELL OF GOOD CONSISTENCY UP TO

1900 - THIS YEAR, THERE WERE

CENTURIES FOR ARTHUR MILLER AND

REGINALD HORTON

BEST SEASON SINCE 1879 - WITH

BIGGEST WIN OVER THE MILITARY

COLLEGE, OXFORD BY AN INNINGS

AND 15 RUNS, WITH HORTON TAKING 10

WICKETS FOR 15 RUNS AND MILLER 9

FOR 18 RUNS

ERNEST READ CAPTAINS THE SIDE FOR

THE SECOND SUCCESSIVE YEAR - IN ALL

HIS FOURTH IN THE SIDE

CHRISTOPHER DE LABAT (OSE) TAKES 7

WICKETS FOR 37 RUNS FOR THE PAST XI

VERSUS THE SCHOOL IN A DRAWN

MATCH

ARTHUR MILLER SCORES 84 AGAINST

BALLIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD AND

TAKES 7 WICKETS FOR 27 RUNS AGAINST

THE DRACONIAN C.C. IN AN EASY WIN

REGINALD HORTON TAKES 61 WICKETS

FOR THE SEASON AT A COST OF 9 RUNS

FOR EACH

A

RTHUR

M

ILLER

WAS ONE OF THE BEST ALL

-

ROUND SPORTSMEN EVER SEEN AT THE

S

CHOOL

.

H

E WAS A MEMBER OF THE

C

RICKET

XI

FOR

FOUR YEARS

,

CAPTAINING TWICE

.

I

N HIS CAREER

HE SCORED

1390

RUNS AND TOOK

152

WICKETS

.

T

WO OF HIS THREE

T

EDDIES BOTHERS ALSO

PLAYED FOR THE

XI