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FIRST SCHOOL MATCH AGAINST EASTBOURNE COLLEGE
SCHOOL XI CONSIDERED THE BEST TO DATE WITH PETER CRANMER
SCORING A THEN RECORD OF 911 RUNS FOR THE SEASON, INCLUDING FOUR
CENTURIES
CRANMER CAPTAINS THE SIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME (AGED 17), HE SCORES 156
BEFORE LUNCH AGAINST WREKIN COLLEGE, HE ALSO MAKES A
'DELIGHTFUL' 116 AT BROMSGROVE
RICHARD BROOKE (OSE) BECOMES THE SCHOOL'S FIRST CRICKET BLUE AT
OXFORD - HE PLAYED ONLY 4 INNINGS DUE TO INJURY AVERAGING 138
OVERALL
ERIC 'BUDGE' DIXON AND ARTHUR REID MAKE THEIR CRICKET DEBUTS FOR
THE SCHOOL, BOTH AGED 16 AND 'VERY SMALL'
PAUL COOKE, ALSO 16 YEARS OF AGE, MAKES HIS DEBUT FOR THE TEAM
THE FIXTURE LIST OF 18 MATCHES IN ALL IS THE LONGEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY
AFTER A SLOW START THE SIDE WIN 8 TIMES AND DRAW TWICE IN A
SUCCESSIVE RUN
THE BUTTERWORTH BROTHERS (ALFRED AND JOHN)), BOTH ALL ROUNDERS,
SCORE 819 RUNS BETWEEN THEM
FIRST MENTION OF 'FATHER NEALE' INVOLVED WITH GROUNDSMAN/
UMPIRING DUTIES HE WOULD SERVE THE SCHOOL FROM 1925-60
PATRICK HAYES-GRATZE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF THE BOWLERS TAKING 40
WICKETS AT A COST OF 13 EACH
O.S.E. C
RICKET WEEK
1932,
BEFORE THE MATCH VERSUS
R
OBERTSON
G
LASGOW
XI
.
I
NCLUDED IN THIS GROUP ARE
-
J.F. M
AYO
-P
ERROTT
(2
ND FROM RIGHT IN BACK ROW
).
S.T. H
UTCHINSON
(
FAR LEFT
), H.G.C, M
ALLABY
(C.R
CENTER
) &
J.H.A. B
ARNES
(2
ND FROM
RIGHT IN FIRST STANDING ROW
). G.P. M
ORRIS
(
FAR LEFT
),
J.S. D
OUGLAS
(2
ND FROM LEFT
),
R.J.H. B
ROOKE
(
THIRD FROM RIGHT
),
J.C.O’D
WYER
(
FAR RIGHT
)
IN THE SEATED ROW
.
R.G.H. G
REEN
(
FAR LEFT
)
AND
J.C. M
ONTAGUE
(2
ND FROM RIGHT
)
ON THE GROUND
T
HE ERECTION OF THE
1933 C
RICKET
P
AVILION IN THE FOREGROUND WITH ITS
1922
PREDECESSOR TO THE RIGHT