A History of Cricket At St Edward's School

FIRST MATCH AGAINST AN M.C.C. XI FIXTURE LIST EXPANDED TO 15 MATCHES CAPTAINED BY JOHN KITCHIN IN HIS THIRD YEAR IN THE SIDE AND WHOSE INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES GAIN HIM A SELECTION FOR THE REST XI VERSUS THE LORD'S SCHOOLS AT LORDS COLIN HICK AMASSES 400 RUNS FOR THE SEASON AND THE BOWLING LAURELS GO TO THE CAPTAIN (48 WICKETS) AND JOHN LATTEY WITH A FURTHER 27 RESUMPTION OF THE CRICKET WEEK IN AUGUST

S TEWART P ETHER WHO COACHED THE C RICKET XI 1947-51. H E HAD PREVIOUSLY WON O XFORD B LUES FOR CRICKET , RUGBY AND GOLF .

S CHOOL XI VERSUS M.C.C. - J UNE 1946 L TO R ( BACK ) “D OUG ” (U MPIRE ), D.G. B ACKHOUSE , R.G. G RANT -F ERRIS C.J. T URNER A.F.T. W HITE , M.C.P. L IVINGSTONE , R.W. B ARTON , J.G. E VERTON , E.W. S WANTON M.J.W OOD ,H.F.D.G ILLETT ,R.W. P ERRY ,R.A.C. F ITZGERALD , U MPIRE L TO R ( SEATED ) R.C. R OBERTSON -G LASGOW , M.J.R. H ERDON . A.P. S INGLETON , C.W. H ICK J.C. M ASTERMAN , J.E. K ITCHIN , P.A. G IBB , W. G ASKELL , B.W. Q UAIFE , J.I. L ATTEY M.C.C. WON BY 6 WICKETS