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DOUGLAS BADER (AGED 14) SCORES 439
RUNS AND TAKES 41 WICKETS FOR
SCHOOL XI. HE PLAYS A SUCCESSION
OF NOTABLE INNINGS INCLUDING 63
AGAINST KING EDWARD SCHOOL,
BIRMINGHAM AND 83 VERSUS THE OSE
MICHAEL SPURWAY MAKES HIS DEBUT
IN THE XI - HE WOULD LATER PLAY
COUNTY CRICKET FOR SOMERSET
BEST SEASON FOR VICTORIES SINCE
1914
GILLESPIE O'DWYER SCORES 344 RUNS
IN THE SEASON AND EADWARD
LANGHORNE 324
PHILIP JACKSON AND DOUGLAS BADER
TAKE 75 WICKETS BETWEEN THEM AT A
COST OF 10 RUNS EACH
THE REVEREND A. MACNAMARA AND
BRUCE GOLDIE RELINQUISHES THEIR
CRICKET COACHING DUTIES AFTER SIX
YEARS
M
ICHAEL
S
PURWAY
A MEMBER
OF THE
C
RICKET
XI 1925-1926.
L
ATER PLAYED COUNTY CRICKET
FOR
S
OMERSET IN
1929
AS A
WICKET
-
KEEPER
/
BATSMAN
.
A
LSO A CONSUMMATE SUPPORTER
AND PARTICIPATOR OF
O.S.E./
M
ARTYR
C
RICKET IN THE INTER
WAR YEARS
.
H
E WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED
‘S
LOGGER
S
PURWAY
’
D
OUGLAS
B
ADER
PLAYED FOR THE
C
RICKET
XI
1925-1928,
CAPTAINING IN
1928. S
HOWN HERE IN
1936
WITH
R
ICHARD
L
AWSON
(
LEFT
)
AND
E
DWARD
‘H
EWE
’ H
EWITSON
(
RIGHT
)
DURING
C
RICKET
W
EEK
D
ON
B
RADMAN
SIGNING BATS
IN
1925. S
TANDING BEHIND HIM
,
SECOND LEFT
,
IS
10
YEAR OLD
E
RIC
‘B
UDGE
’ D
IXON
-
FUTURE NOTABLE
CRICKETER AT THE
S
CHOOL AND
O
XFORD
U
NIVERSITY