184 / 298
FIRST VICTORY OVER THE M.C.C.
IN THE MATCH VERSUS BRADFIELD
COLLEGE DAVID DAVIES (118 NOT OUT)
AND ROBIN HOWELL (87) PUT ON 181
RUNS FOR THE FIRST WICKET
DAVID DAVIES CAPTAINS THE SIDE IN
HIS THIRD SEASON IN THE XI
A RARE TOURING TEAM MATCH SEES A
VICTORY FOR THE SCHOOL BY 4
WICKETS OVER THE CANADIAN
SCHOOLS XI 'WHO PLAYED THE GAME
WITH REFRESHING VIGOUR'
'OUR CAPS NO LONGER FITTED OUR
HEADS, WE CONTRAVENED BASIC
PRINCIPLES OF BATSMANSHIP, WE
DROPPED 24 CATCHES IN 4 MATCHES
AND ENDED UP BEING OUT FOR 71
BEFORE LUNCH AT HOME' (CHRONICLE)
DEREK HENDERSON LATER STATES
THAT RICHARD BEST WAS THE MOST
OUTSTANDING OF ALL TEDDIES
CRICKETERS OF HIS KNOWLEDGE,
PLAYING FOUR SEASONS - TWO AS
CAPTAIN
‘LET US HOPE THE CRICKETERS OF
TOMORROW SHOW MORE SPIRIT AND
ENTERPRISE THAN WE ACHIEVED THIS
YEAR. LET THEM REMEMBER ALSO
THAT WE HAVE A GOOD FIXTURE LIST
AND WANT TO KEEP IT' (CHRONICLE)
‘THE STATE OF TEDDIES CRICKET IS
ALARMINGLY LOPSIDED WITH THE TOP
SIDE NOT CUTTING THE MUSTARD, YET
LOWER TEAMS SHOWING EXCELLENT
RESULTS' (CHRONICLE)
VICTORY OVER M.C.C. ESPECIALLY
MERITABLE WITH SCHOOL SCORING 222
RUNS NEEDED IN JUST UNDER 3 HOURS