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W

ILLIAM

F

ERGUSON

IN

1896

SOON AFTER

JOINING THE

S

CHOOL AS

O

RGANIST AND

M

USIC

T

EACHER

. A

KEEN CRICKETER HE TOOK OVER

COACHING THE

1

ST

XI

THE SAME YEAR

. H

E WAS

INSTRUMENTAL IN THE ORGANISATION OF

O.S.E. C

RICKET TOURS WHICH BEGAN IN

1898.

H

E WAS EVENTUALLY APPOINTED AS THE

S

CHOOL

S FIFTH

W

ARDEN IN

1913.

REGINALD BLYTH AND CHARLES

WETHERALL BOTH SCORE 125 RUNS

IN OPENING PARTNERSHIP OF 216,

AGAINST LEAMINGTON COLLEGE

ALL IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS (THEN

A RECORD)

FIRST MATCH AGAINST THE

CYGNETS

REGINALD NEALE SCORES 77 RUNS

AGAINST THE CYGNETS IN JUNE, IT

IS HIS FOURTH INNINGS OVER

FIFTY RUNS

PLAYING FOR THE PAST XI VERSUS

THE SCHOOL, WALTER KITCAT

(OSE) SCORES 112 AND REGINALD

HORTON (OSE) 106 IN A HIGH

SCORING DRAW

EARDLEY DRAPER TAKES 7

WICKETS FOR 64 RUNS AGAINST

MIDDLETON C.C.

E

DWARD

W

YNYARD

CARICATURED IN

1898

BY

“S

PY

(L

ESLIE

W

ARD

)

FOR THE

‘V

ANITY

F

AIR

MAGAZINE

.

I

N

1896

HE PLAYED FOR

E

NGLAND VERSUS

A

USTRALIA

-

THE FIRST

O.S.E.

TO WIN AN

INTERNATIONAL CAP

. H

E PLAYED TWICE MORE

FOR HIS COUNTRY AGAINST

S

OUTH

A

FRICA IN

1905-6

AND CAPTAINED THE

M.C.C. T

OUR OF

N

EW

Z

EALAND

1906-7

R

EGINALD

B

LYTH

,

MEMBER OF THE

C

RICKET

XI 1895-1896

CAPTAING THE SIDE IN

1896. H

E WAS KILLED IN THE

D

ARDANELLES

1915.