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NEW CRICKET PAVILION 1934.
ERIC DIXON AND ARTHUR REID FORM THE
HIGHEST SCORING OPENING PARTNERSHIP
IN THE SCHOOL'S HISTORY - BOTH AVERAGE
40 RUNS PER INNINGS FOR THE SEASON
PETER CRANMER'S FIRST SEASON PLAYING
COUNTY CRICKET FOR WARWICKSHIRE, HE
WOULD BE APPOINTED CAPTAIN IN 1938
AND PLAYED ON AFTER THE WAR UNTIL 1947
JOHN BUTTERWORTH SELECTED TO PLAY
FOR THE REST VERSUS THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AT LORDS. HE CAPTAINS THE SIDE HIS
FOURTH YEAR IN THE XI
WITH THE FORMIDABLE OPENING
PARTNERSHIP OF DIXON AND REID GIVING
THE SIDE SO MANY GOOD STARTS THIS
USUALLY PROVIDES A FOUNDATION FOR
SUBSTANTIAL SCORES
ARTHUR REID SCORES 76 AGAINST ST. JOHN'S
COLLEGE FOLLOWED BY 121 NOT OUT
AGAINST NEW COLLEGE IN A OPENING
STAND WITH DIXON (49) OF 141 ALLOWING
THE SCHOOL TO DECLARE AT 229-2
AGAINST EASTBOURNE COLLEGE DIXON
AND REID PUT ON 158 FOR THE FIRST
WICKET (DIXON 122) - THEN A RECORD
ONLY AGAINST THE OSE (INCLUDING
CRANMER, BADER, O'DWYER AND BROOKE)
DO THE SCHOOL REALLY STRUGGLE AND
ARE LUCKY TO END UP WITH A DRAW
TOP FOUR BATSMEN SCORE 2458 RUNS
BETWEEN THEM
THE JUNIOR SCHOOL CRICKET TEAM WERE
AGAIN UNBEATEN A RECORD HELD SINCE
1932
EDWARD HEWETSON
TRIPLE OXFORD CRICKET
BLUE AND WARWICKSHIRE.
HE COACHED THE CRICKET
XI 1926 - 1936