A History of Cricket At St Edward's School

FIRST MATCH AGAINST THE MARTYRS THE SCHOOL SCORE 316-4 AGAINST CAMPBELL COLLEGE, BELFAST (THEN A RECORD) BOTH PAUL GIBB AND ERIC DIXON GAIN CRICKET BLUES FOR CAMBRIDGE AND OXFORD RESPECTIVELY - ARTHUR REID IS PLAYING MINOR COUNTIES CRICKET FOR CHESHIRE EDWIN GREAVES IN HIS SECOND YEAR AS CAPTAIN AND HIS THIRD IN THE SIDE INCLUDING THE CAPTAIN, THOMAS LITTLE AND HUMPHREY BELL ACCUMULATE 1000 RUNS BETWEEN THEM

C RICKET XI V M ARTYRS G AUDY 1937 L TO R BACK ROW M.B. C RICKMAY , P.S. T HURSFIELD , D.H.A. B ELL , J.L. C HURCHER , R.M.A. L AWSON , A.N.E. W ALDRON , R.G. J ELLARD , R.I. W ILLANS , H.B. C OULTHURST A.W. P ATON , T.I. W ILSON -H IRD L TO R SEATED A.D. L EWIS , A.M. R EID , A.G. B UTTERWORTH , T.C. H ENDERSON , E.J.H. D IXON , E.T. G REAVES , J. B UTTERWORTH , T.H. L ITTLE , R.J. N ORTHCOTE -G REEN , M.J.T OBIN

P ETER C RANMER IN THE S CHOOL SIDE FROM AN EARLY AGE 1930-1933, CAPTAINING IN 1932 AND 1933. I N 1932 HE SCORED 911 RUNS IN THE SEASON - A S CHOOL RECORD WHICH LASTED OVER SEVENTY YEARS . H E PLAYED COUNTY CRICKET FOR W ARWICKSHIRE 1938-1939 & 1946-1947. A FORMIDABLE RUGBY PLAYER HE WON TWO O XFORD B LUES AND 16 INTERNATIONAL RUGBY CAPS .

T HREE STALWARTS OF S CHOOL AND M ARTYRS C RICKET IN THE 1930 S . L EFT TO RIGHT - J OHN B UTTERWORTH , R OGER N ORTHCOTE - G REEN AND A LFRED B UTTERWORTH .