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BIGGEST WIN AGAINST ANOTHER
SCHOOL SIDE - BY 9 WICKETS AT
BEDFORD
HIGHEST NUMBER OF AWAY FIXTURES
IN A SEASON - 5 OUT OF 13 MATCHES
GEORGE RISIEN SCORES 72 AGAINST ST.
JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD
HENRY HOPKINSON MAKES 85 VERSUS
THE OSE, IN THE SAME MATCH FRANCIS
HARDING-NEWMAN TAKES 6 WICKETS
FOR 56 RUNS. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR
SINCE 1912 THAT THE SCHOOL IS
VICTORIOUS OVER THE OSE
DEATH OF ANDREW DE LABAT AGED 53
- PLAYED FOR THE SCHOOL XI FOR 5
YEARS STARTING OUT AT AS A 14 YEAR
OLD.
THE TRADITIONAL LORD JERSEY/
MIDDLETON PARK FIXTURE REVIVED
AS THE HEYTHROP HUNT C.C. - AND
MAINTAIN A VERY HIGH REPUTATION
AS A HARD SIDE TO BEAT
THE 2ND XI PLAY THREE FIXTURES
THE THIRD CRICKET PAVILION OPENED
A
NDREW DE
L
ABAT
(O.S.E.)
DIED THIS
YEAR
. H
E WAS A MEMBER OF THE
S
CHOOL
C
RICKET
XI 1886-1887,
CAPTAIN IN
1887. H
E
RETURNED TO HIS NATIVE
N
EW
Z
EALAND AFTER
THE
G
REAT
W
AR AND PLAYED CRICKET FOR HIS
COUNTRY
1890-1897