A History of Cricket At St Edward's School

THE DIXON/REID OPENING PARTNERSHIP GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH - ONLY IN ONE MATCH OUT OF 18 DO THEY FAIL TO SCORE LESS THAN 50 RUNS FOR THE FIRST WICKET BOTH ARTHUR REID AND ERIC DIXON SCORE TWO CENTURIES AND FIVE FIFTIES DURING THE SEASON - THEY PUT ON 114 RUNS FOR THE FIRST WICKET AGAINST BROMSGROVE BY SEASON END ERIC DIXON HAS SCORED 869 RUNS (AVERAGING 58) AND ARTHUR REID 687 RUNS (AVERAGING 40) ERIC DIXON CAPTAINS THE TEAM HIS FOURTH YEAR IN THE XI FIRST MATCH AGAINST A TOURING SIDE - THE EAST CANADIANS CRICKET CLUB THE LONGEST FIXTURE LIST (19) ON RECORD OF WHICH 11 WERE WON AND 3 DRAWN - INCLUDED A CONSECUTIVE RUN OF SEVEN VICTORIES A NEW BOWLING ATTACK OF HARRY FARRAR AND TERENCE HENDERSON ( A LEFT HAND/RIGHT HAND COMBINATION) PROVE VERY EFFECTIVE TOGETHER IAN TREVOR, THEN NOT IN THE CRICKET SIDE, SCORES 133 FOR FIELD HOUSE IN THE HOUSE MATCHES

F IRST M ARTYRS XI & S CHOOL XI S MATCH - G AUDY 1935 L TO R ( BACK R OW ) E.T. G REAVES , H.B. C OULTHURST , E. H OLLEY P. C OOKE , B. K ENNEDY -C OOKE , T.C. H ENDERSON , Y OSHIMOTO L TO R ( CENTER ROW ) T.H. L ITTLE , G. M AC L AURIN , A.W. P ATON , R.W.W. H OWE , A. B UTTERWORTH , H.C.L. F ARRAR , J. B UTTERWORTH

E RIC D IXON ( LEFT ) AND A RTHUR R EID , PROLIFIC OPENING PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN 1932-1935. D IXON CAPTAINED THE SIDE IN 1935.

L TO R ( SEATED ) S.T. H UTCHINSON , R.M.A. W ALSH R.H. G RIFFITHS , E.J.H. D IXON , K.J. V EITCH , A.M. R EID

F IRST M ARTYRS C RICKET W EEK , AGAINST R.J. N ORTHCOTE -G REEN ’ S XI

I NCLUDED ARE T.S. W ETHERALL (3 RD FROM LEFT ), G.E.K.C. B ROOKS ( FIFTH FROM LEFT ), J.H.A. B ARNES ( FOURTH FROM RIGHT ), E.W. E ARDLEY ( THIRD FROM RIGHT ), E.J.H. D IXON ( FAR RIGHT ) IN STANDING ROW . E.J.B. L ANGHORNE ( FAR LEFT ) S.T. H UTCHINSON (2 ND FROM LEFT ), A.G. B UTTERWORTH ( FOURTHFROMLEFT ), R. B AMPFIELD ( FIFTHFROMLEFT ) R.J. N ORTHCOTE -G REEN ( FIFTH FROM RIGHT ), R.H.G. G REEN (2 ND FROM RIGHT )