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THE DIXON/REID OPENING

PARTNERSHIP GOES FROM STRENGTH

TO STRENGTH - ONLY IN ONE MATCH

OUT OF 18 DO THEY FAIL TO SCORE

LESS THAN 50 RUNS FOR THE FIRST

WICKET

BOTH ARTHUR REID AND ERIC DIXON

SCORE TWO CENTURIES AND FIVE

FIFTIES DURING THE SEASON - THEY

PUT ON 114 RUNS FOR THE FIRST

WICKET AGAINST BROMSGROVE

BY SEASON END ERIC DIXON HAS

SCORED 869 RUNS (AVERAGING 58) AND

ARTHUR REID 687 RUNS (AVERAGING 40)

ERIC DIXON CAPTAINS THE TEAM HIS

FOURTH YEAR IN THE XI

FIRST MATCH AGAINST A TOURING SIDE

- THE EAST CANADIANS CRICKET CLUB

THE LONGEST FIXTURE LIST (19) ON

RECORD OF WHICH 11 WERE WON AND

3 DRAWN - INCLUDED A CONSECUTIVE

RUN OF SEVEN VICTORIES

A NEW BOWLING ATTACK OF HARRY

FARRAR AND TERRANCE HENDERSON

( A LEFT HAND/RIGHT HAND

COMBINATION) PROVES VERY

EFFECTIVE

IAN TREVOR, THEN NOT IN THE

SCHOOL’S 1ST XI, SCORES 133 FOR FIELD

HOUSE IN THE HOUSE MATCHES

F

IRST

M

ARTYRS

XI & S

CHOOL

XI

S MATCH

- G

AUDY

1935

L TO R

(

BACK

R

OW

) E.T. G

REAVES

, H.B. C

OULTHURST

, E. H

OLLEY

P. C

OOKE

, B. K

ENNEDY

-C

OOKE

, T.C. H

ENDERSON

, Y

OSHIMOTO

L TO R

(

CENTER ROW

) T.H. L

ITTLE

, G. M

AC

L

AURIN

, A.W. P

ATON

,

R.W.W. H

OWE

, A. B

UTTERWORTH

, H.C.L. F

ARRAR

, J. B

UTTERWORTH

L TO R

(

SEATED

) S.T. H

UTCHINSON

, R.M.A. W

ALSH

R.H. G

RIFFITHS

, E.J.H. D

IXON

, K.J. V

EITCH

, A.M. R

EID

F

IRST

M

ARTYRS

C

RICKET

W

EEK

,

MATCH AGAINST

R.J. N

ORTHCOTE

-G

REEN

S

XI

I

NCLUDED ARE

T.S. W

ETHERALL

(3

RD FROM LEFT

), G.E.K.C. B

ROOKS

(

FIFTH FROM LEFT

),

J.H.A. B

ARNES

(

FOURTH FROM RIGHT

), E.W. E

ARDLEY

(

THIRD FROM RIGHT

), E.J.H. D

IXON

(

FAR RIGHT

)

IN STANDING ROW

.

E.J.B. L

ANGHORNE

(

FAR LEFT

) S.T. H

UTCHINSON

(2

ND FROM LEFT

),

A.G. B

UTTERWORTH

(

FOURTHFROMLEFT

), R. B

AMPFIELD

(

FIFTHFROMLEFT

)

R.J. N

ORTHCOTE

-G

REEN

(

FIFTH FROM RIGHT

), R.H.G. G

REEN

(2

ND

FROM RIGHT

)

E

RIC

D

IXON

(

LEFT

)

AND

A

RTHUR

R

EID

,

PROLIFIC OPENING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN

1932-1935. D

IXON CAPTAINED THE SIDE IN

1935.