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DAVID CANE SCORES 170 RUNS AGAINST
THE CRYPTICS - A SCHOOL RECORD AT
THE TIME
CANE ACCUMULATES 490 RUNS FOR THE
SEASON AT AN AVERAGE OF 41 AND
TAKES 6 WICKETS FOR 70 RUNS AGAINST
STOWE SCHOOL
THE XI IS ALMOST ENTIRELY MADE UP
OF DEBUTANTS, WITH ONLY TWO
EXPERIENCED PLAYERS IN THE SIDE
DAVID CANE THE CAPTAIN IS BY FAR
THE MOST EXPERIENCED AT THIS
LEVEL BEING HIS THIRD SEASON IN
THE SIDE
DESPITE A STRONG BATTING SIDE (4
BATSMEN NOTCH UP MORE THAN 400
RUNS EACH FOR THE SEASON) ONLY
ONE VICTORY IS GAINED
THE BOWLING ATTACK WHICH
INCLUDES TWO 4TH FORMERS
CHRISTOPHER SHARP (AGED 15) AND
JAMES KELLEY (JUST 16) TOIL WITHOUT
MUCH SUCCESS, BOTH PLAYERS WILL
PLAY FOR 3 YEARS
NICHOLAS GOLDSON THE
WICKETKEEPER ALSO SCORES 336 RUNS
FOR THE SEASON INCLUDING 29 SIXIES!
THIS SIDE IS UNFORTUNATE TO BE UP
AGAINST BRADFIELD, MARLBOROUGH
AND OUNDLE - ALL OF WHOM HAVE
OUTSTANDING SEASONS
THE MARTYRS ARE A VERY STRONG
SIDE SCORING OVER 300 THREE TIMES
WITH TWO CENTURIES BY SIMON
TALBOT-WILLIAMS (OSE) - ONE BEING
D
AVID
C
ANE
MEMBER OF THE
C
RICKET
XI
1982-1984
(C
APTAIN IN
1984). H
IS SCORE OF
170
VERSUS THE
C
RYPTICS IN
1984
STOOD FOR
31
YEARS AS THE RECORD INNINGS EVER SCORED FOR
THE
S
CHOOL
. H
E LATER CAPTAINED THE
L
ONDON
U
NIVERSITY
XI
AS WELL AS THE THE
B
RITISH
U
NIVERSITIES TEAM AND PLAYED FOR THE
2
ND
XI H
AMPSHIRE
C.C.
AND
G
RADE
C
RICKET
S
YDNEY