A History of Cricket At St Edward's School

SCHOOL CRICKET NOW CONSIDERED TO BE IN A 'GOLDEN AGE' - FOUR BATSMEN SCORE OVER 400 RUNS EACH DURING THE SEASON PETER CRANMER ACCUMULATES 636 RUNS IN HIS SECOND YEAR AS CAPTAIN, INCLUDED IS AN INNINGS OF 152 VERSUS BRASENOSE COLLEGE CONSISTING OF 6 SIXIES AND 18 FOURS NEW CRICKET PAVILION OPENED AT THE GAUDY BY SIR RUSSELL BENCRAFT (OSE) BUSY FIXTURE LIST WITH NINE GAMES CRAMMED INTO A FOUR WEEK PERIOD IN JUNE DURING AN EXTENDED HEAT WAVE CONSIDERED AN ATTRACTIVE TEAM TO WATCH WITH BATTING GOING DOWN TO TNE NINTH BATSMAN - THE BUTTERWORTHS, DIXON AND REID ALL SCORED MORE THAN 400 RUNS FOR THE SEASON ARTHUR REID AND ERIC DIXON NOW REGULARLY AND VERY SUCCESSFULLY OPENING THE INNINGS ALL THE FIXTURES AGAINST PEER SCHOOLS ARE WON THE BOWLING ATTACK CENTRED AROUND THREE BOWLERS - RADFORD HOWELL, JOHN BUTTERWORTH AND ROBERT BERRY WHO BETWEEN THEM TAKE 111 WICKETS FOR AN AVERAGE 11 RUNS FOR EACH ALL THE SCHOOL CRICKET SIDES HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SEASON, THE JUNIOR XI UNBEATEN IN SEVEN MATCHES WITH RICHARD JELLARD SCORING OVER 300 RUNS FOR THE SEASON

O.S.E. XI V THE S TRAGGLERS OF A SIA - C RICKET W EEK 1933 I NCLUDED IN THE GROUP ARE A.G.P. W AY ( SECOND LEFT ) R.J. N ORTHCOTE -G REEN ( FOURTH FROM LEFT ), P.V.B. H AYES -G RATZE ( CENTRE ), J. E ARDLEY ( FOURTH FROM RIGHT ) AND J. H UDSON ( FAR RIGHT ) IN THE STANDING ROWS . I N THE SEATED ROW S.T. H UTCHINSON ( FAR LEFT ), J.H.A. B ARNES ( FOURTH FROM RIGHT ), W.A.F.. P LATTS ( SECOND FROM RIGHT ) C.M.C. W OODROFFE ( LEFT ) ON THE GROUND .

S IR R USSELL B ENCRAFT (O.S.E.) OPENS THE NEW C RICKET P AVILION AT G AUDY IN 1933

L TO R - A.M. R EID , R.T. B ALDWIN , R.W.W. H OWELL , R.F. B ERRY J. B UTTERWORTH