THE DIXON/REID OPENING
PARTNERSHIP GOES FROM STRENGTH
TO STRENGTH - ONLY IN ONE MATCH
OUT OF 18 DO THEY FAIL TO SCORE
LESS THAN 50 RUNS FOR THE FIRST
WICKET
BOTH ARTHUR REID AND ERIC DIXON
SCORE TWO CENTURIES AND FIVE
FIFTIES DURING THE SEASON - THEY
PUT ON 114 RUNS FOR THE FIRST
WICKET AGAINST BROMSGROVE
BY SEASON END ERIC DIXON HAS
SCORED 869 RUNS (AVERAGING 58) AND
ARTHUR REID 687 RUNS (AVERAGING 40)
ERIC DIXON CAPTAINS THE TEAM HIS
FOURTH YEAR IN THE XI
FIRST MATCH AGAINST A TOURING SIDE
- THE EAST CANADIANS CRICKET CLUB
THE LONGEST FIXTURE LIST (19) ON
RECORD OF WHICH 11 WERE WON AND
3 DRAWN - INCLUDED A CONSECUTIVE
RUN OF SEVEN VICTORIES
A NEW BOWLING ATTACK OF HARRY
FARRAR AND TERRANCE HENDERSON
( A LEFT HAND/RIGHT HAND
COMBINATION) PROVES VERY
EFFECTIVE
IAN TREVOR, THEN NOT IN THE
SCHOOL’S 1ST XI, SCORES 133 FOR FIELD
HOUSE IN THE HOUSE MATCHES
F
IRST
M
ARTYRS
XI & S
CHOOL
XI
S MATCH
- G
AUDY
1935
L TO R
(
BACK
R
OW
) E.T. G
REAVES
, H.B. C
OULTHURST
, E. H
OLLEY
P. C
OOKE
, B. K
ENNEDY
-C
OOKE
, T.C. H
ENDERSON
, Y
OSHIMOTO
L TO R
(
CENTER ROW
) T.H. L
ITTLE
, G. M
AC
L
AURIN
, A.W. P
ATON
,
R.W.W. H
OWE
, A. B
UTTERWORTH
, H.C.L. F
ARRAR
, J. B
UTTERWORTH
L TO R
(
SEATED
) S.T. H
UTCHINSON
, R.M.A. W
ALSH
R.H. G
RIFFITHS
, E.J.H. D
IXON
, K.J. V
EITCH
, A.M. R
EID
F
IRST
M
ARTYRS
C
RICKET
W
EEK
,
MATCH AGAINST
R.J. N
ORTHCOTE
-G
REEN
’
S
XI
I
NCLUDED ARE
T.S. W
ETHERALL
(3
RD FROM LEFT
), G.E.K.C. B
ROOKS
(
FIFTH FROM LEFT
),
J.H.A. B
ARNES
(
FOURTH FROM RIGHT
), E.W. E
ARDLEY
(
THIRD FROM RIGHT
), E.J.H. D
IXON
(
FAR RIGHT
)
IN STANDING ROW
.
E.J.B. L
ANGHORNE
(
FAR LEFT
) S.T. H
UTCHINSON
(2
ND FROM LEFT
),
A.G. B
UTTERWORTH
(
FOURTHFROMLEFT
), R. B
AMPFIELD
(
FIFTHFROMLEFT
)
R.J. N
ORTHCOTE
-G
REEN
(
FIFTH FROM RIGHT
), R.H.G. G
REEN
(2
ND
FROM RIGHT
)
E
RIC
D
IXON
(
LEFT
)
AND
A
RTHUR
R
EID
,
PROLIFIC OPENING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN
1932-1935. D
IXON CAPTAINED THE SIDE IN
1935.