A History of Cricket At St Edward's School

F IXTURE L IST P LAYED 8 W ON 1 D RAWN 0 L OST 7

V S T . C ATHERINE ’ S C OLL - LOST BY AN INNINGS & 1 RUN (H OME ) V N ORTH M ORETON - LOST BY 90 RUNS (A WAY ) V K EBLE COLLEGE - LOST BY 82 RUNS (A WAY ) V W ILLIAMS ’ S XI - LOST BY 5 RUNS (H OME ) V P HILIP & J AMES C.C. - LOST BY AN INNINGS & 11 RUNS (H OME ) V A S CRATCH XI - LOST BY 40 RUNS (H OME ) V P HILIP & J AMES C.C. - WON BY 5 WICKETS (H OME ) V M ALLAM ’ S XI - LOST BY 55 RUNS (A WAY )

C RICKET XI 1874

S QUAD H.W.R. B ENCRAFT (C APTAIN ), H.E. H ARPER , E.A.A. S TRADLING , F.R. B ORROW , F.W.P. H OLTON , H.F.D. S EWELL , E.H. J ENKINS , W.R.W. T YLER , J.D. B ULLOCH , C.D. T YLER , F.T. L YNCH -B LOSSE , T.M. C HAMBERS , W.G.D. S EWELL , E.O. O WEN P HOTOGRAPHS SHOW E LDRED O WEN ( LEFT ) A MEMBER OF THE S CHOOL C RICKET XI 1874-6 SIDES AND ON THE RIGHT R USSELL B ENCRAFT WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE XI 1872-5 SIDES AND CAPTAIN IN 1874. B ENCRAFT WAS LATER INVOLVED WITH H AMPSHIRE C OUNTY C RICKET FOR 60 YEARS DURING WHICH HE OCCUPIED EVERY OFFICE AT THE CLUB , EVENTUALLY BEING APPOINTED P RESIDENT . H E WAS KNIGHTED IN 1924 AND DIED IN 1943