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LAWRENCE BLENCOWE CAPTAINS
THE SIDE FOR THE SECOND
SUCCESSIVE SEASON AND HIS
SIXTH IN THE SIDE
BLENCOWE MAKES 85 NOT OUT
AGAINST THE OSE - BUT ENDS UP
ON THE LOSING SIDE; HE ALSO
MAKES 73 AGAINST THE CYGNETS
C.C.
THREE MEMBERS OF THE
BLENCOWE FAMILY IN THE
SCHOOL 1ST XI, TWO BROTHERS
AND ONE COUSIN
CHRISTOPHER DE LABAT (OSE)
LEAVES HIS COACHING ROLE WITH
THE SCHOOL AFTER SEVERAL
YEARS INVOLVEMENT
LAWRENCE BLENCOWE CARRYS HIS
SCHOOL FORM ONTO THE TUTORS'
CUP SCORING TWO IDENTICAL
SCORES OF 134 FOR GILLETT'S SET
C
HRISTOPHER DE
L
ABAT
,
WHO PLAYED
IN THE
C
RICKET
XI
FROM
1885-1888,
CAPTAINING THE SIDE IN HIS LAST YEAR
. H
E
WAS REPUTED TO BE ABLE TO THROW THE
CRICKET BALL
100
YARDS
. H
E RETURNED TO
THE
S
CHOOL AS A TEACHER
1898-1906,
DURING
WHICH TIME HE COACHED CRICKET
THROUGHOUT THE
S
CHOOL
. H
E PLAYED FOR
THE
O.S.E.
TEAMS UP TO THE
G
REAT
W
AR
L
AWRENCE
B
LENCOWE
,
PLAYED FOR
THE
C
RICKET
XI 1902-1907,
CAPTAINING IN
1906
AND
1907. H
E WAS ALSO A RUGBY PLAYER
OF NOTE
,
GAINING TWO
O
XFORD
R
UGBY
B
LUES
1907-8. K
ILLED IN THE
G
REAT
W
AR