A History of Cricket At St Edward's School

FIRST MATCHES AGAINST OTHER SCHOOLS - ABINGDON SCHOOL, MAGDALEN COLLEGE SCHOOL AND ST. PAUL'S SCHOOL, STONEY STRATFORD FIRST MATCH VERSUS THE O.S.E. (CALLED 'THE PAST') - WON BY THE SCHOOL BY 7 WICKETS WILLIAM BREWERTON TAKES 5 WICKETS FOR 5 RUNS AGAINST KING'S SUTTON FRANCIS HOLTON TAKES 6 WICKETS FOR 6 RUNS VERSUS ABINGDON SCHOOL FIRST 'PROPER' PAVILION BUILT AND OPENED DURING GAUDY 1875 WITH A TRICOLOUR FLAG OF BLACK, BLUE AND YELLOW ON THE FLAG POLE NEW RIBBONS AND TURBANS DISTRIBUTED FOR THE SCHOOL AND TWO LOWER XIs. ‘EQUAL BANDS OF BLACK, YELLOW AND BLUE, WITH ALTERNATE NARROW STRIPES OF BLACK AND YELLOW AT EQUAL DISTANCES APART’

R ARE P ICTURE OF THE ORIGINAL C RICKET P AVILION BUILT IN 1875 AND EVENTUALLY DEMOLISHED IN 1907