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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