A History of Cricket At St Edward's School

E DWARD H EWETSON TRIPLE O XFORD C RICKET B LUE AND W ARWICKSHIRE . C OACHED THE C RICKET XI 1926 - 1936

ERIC DIXON AND ARTHUR REID FORM THE HIGHEST SCORING OPENING PARTNERSHIP IN THE SCHOOL'S HISTORY - BOTH AVERAGE 40 RUNS PER INNINGS FOR THE SEASON PETER CRANMER'S FIRST SEASON PLAYING COUNTY CRICKET FOR WARWICKSHIRE, HE WOULD BE APPOINTED CAPTAIN IN 1938 AND PLAYED ON AFTER THE WAR UNTIL 1947 JOHN BUTTERWORTH SELECTED TO PLAY FOR THE REST VERSUS THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT LORDS BUTTERWORTH CAPTAINS THE SIDE HIS FOURTH YEAR IN THE XI WITH THE FORMIDABLE OPENING PARTNERSHIP OF DIXON AND REID GIVING THE SIDE SO MANY GOOD STARTS THIS USUALLY PROVIDES A FOUNDATION FOR SUBSTANTIAL SCORES ARTHUR REID SCORES 76 AGAINST ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE FOLLOWED BY 121 NOT OUT AGAINST NEW COLLEGE IN A OPENING STAND WITH DIXON (49) OF 141 ALLOWING THE SCHOOL TO DECLARE AT 229-2 AGAINST EASTBOURNE COLLEGE DIXON AND REID PUT ON 158 FOR THE FIRST WICKET (DIXON 122) - THEN A RECORD ONLY AGAINST THE OSE (INCLUDING CRANMER, BADER, O'DWYER AND BROOKE) DO THE SCHOOL REALLY STRUGGLE AND ARE LUCKY WITH A DRAW TOP FOUR BATSMEN SCORE 2458 RUNS BETWEEN THEM THE JUNIOR SCHOOL CRICKET TEAM WERE AGAIN UNBEATEN A RECORD HELD SINCE 1932

N EW C RICKET P AVILION 1934.