A History of Cricket At St Edward's School

ONLY ONE DEFEAT IN 12 MATCHES PLAYED - AND ONE OF THE BEST SIDES EVER TO REPRESENT THE SCHOOL AND ONE OF THE MOST COMPETANT FIELDING SIDES EVER JOHN HODSON, PETER THACKERAY AND CHRISTOPHER NORTHCOTE- GREEN SCORE A JOINT 1100 RUNS FOR THE SEASON RICHARD PURDON CAPTAINS THE SIDE IN HIS THIRD SEASON IN THE SEVEN PEER SCHOOL MATCHES, RESULTS ARE THREE WINS, FOUR DRAWS AND NO DEFEATS - THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE 1944 JOHN HODSON AVERAGES OVER 50 RUNS PER INNINGS FOR THE SEASON PETER THACKERAY SCORES 87 NOT OUT IN AN ABANDONED MATCH AGAINST BEDFORD SCHOOL TIMOTHY KYLE TAKES A WICKET WITH THE FIRST BALL OF THE INNINGS FOUR TIMES IN THE SEASON FIVE BATSMEN SCORE MORE THAN 200 RUNS FOR THE SEASON

N IGEL P HELP S ( LEFT ), MEMBER OF THE C RICKET XI 1959-1962 AND T IMOTHY B RETT ( RIGHT ) 1957, PREPARING TO BAT FOR THE M ARTYRS IN THE 1960 S .

C RICKET IN THE 1960 S