A History of Cricket At St Edward's School

J OHN P HILIP HIGGS M EMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1907-1909 D IED FROM HIS W OUNDS A MIENS 14 A PRIL 1918

J OHN H ENRY F ARQUHAR WILGRESS M EMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1892-1894 D IED FROM W AR S ERVICE E LTHAM 12 J UNE 1921

R EVEREND A RTHUR M ACNAMARA ( LEFT ) AND R OBERT M ORTIMER (O.S.E), B ISHOP OF E XETER . M ACNAMARA JOINED THE C OMMON R OOM STAFF 1919-1959, DURING WHICH TIME HE HELPED COACH THE C RICKET XI 1919-1925 AND WAS ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR ‘ CARE OF THE PITCH ’. M ORTIMER WAS A MEMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1920-1921. P HOTOGRAPH TAKEN IN 1963

FIRST FIXTURE VERSUS DOVER COLLEGE

G ILBERT J OHN STRANGE M EMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1915 K ILLED IN A CTION SHOT DOWN OVER F RANCE 24 S EPTEMBER 1918

H ENRY T ARRANT EYRES M EMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1915 K ILLED IN A CCIDENT RETURNING FROM A CTION S T . E RNE 9 N OVEMBER 1918

FORTESCUE FOULKES SCORES 71 NOT OUT AGAINST WADHAM O.C.B. AND 93 VERSUS A.O.C. DIDCOT HENRY FITT SCORES 53 AGAINST DOVER COLLEGE, HIS THIRD HALF CENTURY OF THE SEASON FRANCIS GILL SCORES 102 NOT OUT AGAINST THE WARDEN'S XI