A History of Cricket At St Edward's School

CHRISTOPHER DEACON (OSE) REPRESENTS OXFORD UNIVERSITY IN A WARTIME VARSITY MATCH REDUCED NUMBER OF FIXTURES (12) DUE TO WARTIME CONDITIONS SEVENTEEN PLAYERS ARE TRIED OUT FOR THE FIRST XI - WITH LITTLE SUCCESS

T HREE NOTABLE O.S.E. AT O XFORD U NIVERSITY AT THE SAME TIME IN 1939. F ROM THE LEFT , E RIC D IXON O.U.C.C. 1937-9 (C APTAIN IN 1939), A RTHUR S LEMECK O.U.B.C. 1939-40 (P RESIDENT IN 1940) AND G ERALD H OLLIS O.U.R.F.C. 1938-40 (C APTAIN IN 1939-40).

V ICTOR GODLEY M EMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1935 - 1936 K ILLED IN A CTION F RANCE 1942

M ICHAEL ROGERSON M EMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1940 K ILLED IN A CTION F RANCE 1942