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W
ILLIAM
F
ERGUSON
IN
1896
SOON AFTER
JOINING THE
S
CHOOL AS
O
RGANIST AND
M
USIC
T
EACHER
. A
KEEN CRICKETER HE TOOK OVER
COACHING THE
1
ST
XI
THE SAME YEAR
. H
E WAS
INSTRUMENTAL IN THE ORGANISATION OF
O.S.E. C
RICKET TOURS WHICH BEGAN IN
1898.
H
E WAS EVENTUALLY APPOINTED AS THE
S
CHOOL
’
S FIFTH
W
ARDEN IN
1913.
REGINALD BLYTH AND CHARLES
WETHERALL BOTH SCORE 125 RUNS
IN OPENING PARTNERSHIP OF 216,
AGAINST LEAMINGTON COLLEGE
ALL IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS (THEN
A RECORD)
FIRST MATCH AGAINST THE
CYGNETS
REGINALD NEALE SCORES 77 RUNS
AGAINST THE CYGNETS IN JUNE, IT
IS HIS FOURTH INNINGS OVER
FIFTY RUNS
PLAYING FOR THE PAST XI VERSUS
THE SCHOOL, WALTER KITCAT
(OSE) SCORES 112 AND REGINALD
HORTON (OSE) 106 IN A HIGH
SCORING DRAW
EARDLEY DRAPER TAKES 7
WICKETS FOR 64 RUNS AGAINST
MIDDLETON C.C.
E
DWARD
W
YNYARD
CARICATURED IN
1898
BY
“S
PY
”
(L
ESLIE
W
ARD
)
FOR THE
‘V
ANITY
F
AIR
‘
MAGAZINE
.
I
N
1896
HE PLAYED FOR
E
NGLAND VERSUS
A
USTRALIA
-
THE FIRST
O.S.E.
TO WIN AN
INTERNATIONAL CAP
. H
E PLAYED TWICE MORE
FOR HIS COUNTRY AGAINST
S
OUTH
A
FRICA IN
1905-6
AND CAPTAINED THE
M.C.C. T
OUR OF
N
EW
Z
EALAND
1906-7
R
EGINALD
B
LYTH
,
MEMBER OF THE
C
RICKET
XI 1895-1896
CAPTAING THE SIDE IN
1896. H
E WAS KILLED IN THE
D
ARDANELLES
1915.