Cricket at St Edward's: 1869-2017

JAMES SARGEAUNT AND GORDON BEAL TAKE 71 WICKETS BETWEEN THEM BUT EXPENSIVELY THE HIGHEST SCORES OF THE SEASON BY THE CAPTAIN JOHN BARNES - 81 AGAINST E.P. HEWETSON'S XI FOLLOWED BY 63 VERSUS OXFORD CITY C.C. 29TH JUNE 1929 IS A KEY DATE IN SCHOOL CRICKET HISTORY - WITH THE 1ST, 2ND AND COLTS XIS ALL WINNING FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. FOR THE COLTS PETER CRANMER’S SCORES 177 NOT OUT IN THE SENIOR HOUSE CUP, JOHN BARNES SCORES TWO CENTURIES IN TWO INNINGS VERSUS APSLEY, WHILE BATTING FOR TILLY'S, BUT STILL LOSES THE MATCH - IN ALL 1149 RUNS ARE SCORED! PAUL GIBB (AGED 15) MAKES HIS DEBUT AS WICKET-KEEPER FOR THE SCHOOL SIDE - LATER TO PLAY FOR ENGLAND, YORKSHIRE AND ESSEX

O.S.E. AND T HE S TRAGGLERS OF A SIA E LEVENS C RICKET W EEK 1929 I NCLUDED IN THIS GROUP ARE :- B ACK ROW - S.T. H UTCHINSON ( FAR LEFT ), W.T.H. R UTTER (4 TH FROM LEFT ), J.F.W. E ARDLEY (5 TH FROM LEFT ) S TANDING - W.H.A. C OWELL (2 ND FORM LEFT ), D.G. L EADLEY (3 RD FROM LEFT ), H.E. K ENDALL (2 ND FROM RIGHT ) S EATED - R.H. G RIFFITHS ( FAR LEFT ), E.T. J AMES (3 RD FROM RIGHT ), A.H. S EYMOUR (2 ND FROM RIGHT ) O N G ROUND S.R. C LAIR (2 ND FROM LEFT ), D.R.S. B ADER ( CENTER ), J.W.M. F LETCHER (2 ND FROM RIGHT ), M.V. S PURWAY ( FAR RIGHT ) T HE S TRAGGLERS WON BY 4 WICKETS