A History of Cricket At St Edward's School

FIRST SCHOOL MATCH AGAINST EASTBOURNE COLLEGE SCHOOL XI CONSIDERED THE BEST TO DATE WITH PETER CRANMER SCORING A THEN RECORD OF 911 RUNS FOR THE SEASON INCLUDING FOUR CENTURIES CRANMER CAPTAINS THE SIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME (AGED 17), HE SCORES 156 BEFORE LUNCH AGAINST WREKIN COLLEGE, HE ALSO MAKES A 'DELIGHTFUL' 116 AT BROMSGROVE RICHARD BROOKE (OSE) BECOMES THE SCHOOL'S FIRST CRICKET BLUE AT OXFORD - HE PLAYED ONLY 4 INNINGS DUE TO INJURY AVERAGING 138 OVERALL ERIC 'BUDGE' DIXON AND ARTHUR REID MAKE THEIR CRICKET DEBUTS FOR THE SCHOOL BOTH AGED 16 AND 'VERY SMALL' PAUL COOKE, ALSO 16 YEARS OF AGE, MAKES HIS DEBUT FOR THE TEAM THE FIXTURE LIST OF 18 MATCHES IN ALL IS THE LONGEST IN SCHOOL HISTORY AFTER A SLOW START THE SIDE WIN 8 TIMES AND DRAW TWICE IN A SUCCESSIVE RUN THE BUTTERWORTH BROTHERS (ALFRED AND JOHN), BOTH ALL ROUNDERS, SCORE 819 RUNS BETWEEN THEM FIRST MENTION OF 'FATHER NEALE' INVOLVED WITH GROUNDSMAN/ UMPIRING DUTIES FROM 1925-60 PATRICK HAYES-GRATZE THE MOST SUCCESSFUL OF THE BOWLERS TAKING 40 WICKETS AT A COST OF 13 EACH

O.S.E. C RICKET WEEK 1932, BEFORE THE MATCH VERSUS R OBERTSON G LASGOW XI . I NCLUDED IN THIS GROUP ARE - J.F. M AYO -P ERROTT (2 ND FROM RIGHT IN BACK ROW ). S.T. H UTCHINSON ( FAR LEFT ), H.G.C, M ALLABY (C.R CENTER ) & J.H.A. B ARNES (2 ND FROM RIGHT IN FIRST STANDING ROW ). G.P. M ORRIS ( FAR LEFT ), J.S. D OUGLAS (2 ND FROM LEFT ), R.J.H. B ROOKE ( THIRD FROM RIGHT ), J.C.O’D WYER ( FAR RIGHT ) IN THE SEATED ROW . R.G.H. G REEN ( FAR LEFT ) AND J.C. M ONTAGUE (2 ND FROM RIGHT ) ON THE GROUND .

T HE ERECTION OF THE 1933 C RICKET P AVILION IN THE FOREGROUND WITH ITS 1922 PREDECESSOR TO THE RIGHT .