A History of Cricket At St Edward's School

FIRST MATCH AGAINST WELLINGTON COLLEGE CHRISTOPHER DEACON CAPTAINS THE SIDE IN HIS THIRD YEAR IN THE TEAM - HE HEADS THE BATTING AVERAGES WITH 616 RUNS SCORED AT AN AVERAGE OF 47 PER INNINGS DEACON SCORES A CENTURY AGAINST K. HARDING'S XI TWO 15 YEAR OLDS, DEREK HENDERSON AND JOHN SHROSBREE, MAKE IMPRESSIVE DEBUTS IN THE SIDE SCHOOL FIRST XI AVERAGE 17 YEARS OF AGE DUE TO WARTIME DEMANDS ON MANPOWER ONLY ONE MATCH LOST OUT OF TEN PLAYED

C HRISTOPHER D EACON PLAYED FOR THE C RICKET XI 1939-1941, CAPTAINING IN 1941. H E PLAYED IN AN UNOFFICIAL V ARSITY MATCH FOR O XFORD U NIVERSITY IN 1942. H E SUPPORTED M ARTYRS C RICKET OVER MANY YEARS AND PLAYED M INOR C OUNTIES CRICKET .

E RIC ‘B UDGE ’ DIXON M EMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1932-1935 (C APTAIN 1935) K ILLED IN A CTION OFF C OAST OF L IBYA 1941

R ICHARD GEORGE M EMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1937-1939 (C APTAIN 1939) DIED OF P NEUMONIA DURINGMILITARYTRAINING 1941

R ONALD GRIFFITHS M EMBER OF THE C RICKET

XI 1923 - 1925 (C APTAIN 1925) K ILLED IN A CTION H ONG K ONG 1941