A History of Cricket At St Edward's School

F IXTURE L IST P LAYED 8 W ON 4 D RAWN 2 L OST 2

V A RMY O RDNANCE C ORPS , D IDCOT - MATCH DRAWN (H OME ) V C ITY OF L ONDON S CHOOL - LOST BY 56 RUNS (H OME ) V A RMY O RDNANCE C ORPS , D IDCOT - MATCH DRAWN (H OME ) V ‘D’ C O , 6 TH O FFICERS B ATT - WON BY 7 WICKETS (H OME ) V ‘D’ C O , 6 TH O FFICERS B ATT - WON BY 7 WICKETS (H OME ) V I SIS C.C. - WON BY 1 RUN (H OME ) V ‘D’ CO , 6 TH O FFICERS B ATT - WON BY 7 WICKETS (H OME ) V I SIS C.C. - LOST BY 4 RUNS (H OME )

C RICKET XI 1916

S QUAD R. B AMPFIELD (C APTAIN ), C.F. M OYFOPF , C.F.G. LL OYD , A.H. T OD , J.B.P. P HILLIPS , H.A. F ITT , E.D. M AC K AY , R.P.R. C ARPENTER , A.T.E. M ARSH , G.A.F. G ILLMOR , G.T. T URNER N O GROUP PICTURE OF THE 1916 XI HAS EVER BEEN FOUND AND MAYBE WAS NEVER TAKEN . T HE ABOVE PHOTOGRAPH WAS FROM THREE YEARS EARLIER BEFORE THE P AST V P RESENT CRICKET MATCH DURING THE S CHOOL ’ S J UBILEE CELEBRATIONS . T HE A LUMNI TEAM WAS PARTICULARLY STRONG AND EASILY DEFEATED THE S CHOOL XI BY 125 RUNS . I NCLUDED WERE NO LESS THAN EIGHT FORMER C APTAINS OF C RICKET - BACK ROW (3 RD FROM RIGHT ) H.R. P EEL (1903), FIRST STANDING ROW (4 TH FROM RIGHT ) R.C. B LYTH (1896), SEATED (2 ND FROM LEFT ) C.R. W ETHERALL (1897), ( CENTRE ) H.W.R. B ENCRAFT (1874), (3 RD FROM RIGHT ) C.L’E DE B DE L ABAT (1887/8), ON GROUND (2 ND TO 4 TH FROM LEFT ), N.B. H UDSON (1912), G.H. B ICKLEY (1910/11), B. U SSHER (1896). B LYTH , U SSHER AND B ICKLEY WERE KILLED IN WW1