A History of Cricket At St Edward's School

ERNEST READ (OSE) PLAYS HIS FIRST COUNTY CRICKET GAME FOR HAMPSHIRE. HE WOULD ALSO PLAY FOR SUSSEX IN 1904 AND 1906 ARTHUR WETHERALL (OSE) SCORES 137 AGAINST THE SCHOOL WHILE PLAYING FOR THE REVEREND CHRISTOPHER DE LABAT'S XI WILFRED BLEADEN (AGED 15) MAKES HIS FIRST APPEARANCE FOR THE 1ST XI

T UTORIAL S ET A C RICKET XI W INNERS OF THE 1903 T UTORS C RICKET C UP . 1 ST XI COLOURS WEAR THEIR STRIPED BLAZERS AND INCLUDE D.H.N. W ELLS ( BACK ROW ) AND SEATED ( LEFT TO RIGHT ) G.A. B ROUGHAM , A.S. G ILLETT , C.N. C HADWICK

O.S.E C RICKET T OUR 1903 T HOUGHT TO SHOW THE O.S.E. AND THEIR B OURNEMOUTH OPPONENTS , PLAYED ON 5 TH AND 6 TH A UGUST . T HE HOME TEAM WAS FORCED TO FOLLOW ON , MADE A HUGE 2 ND INNINGS SCORE OF 349 FOR 8 THUS SAVING THE MATCH . A VERAGES FOR THE TOUR SHOWN ON RIGHT .