Cricket at St Edward's: 1869-2017

F IXTURE L IST P LAYED 6 W ON 3 D RAWN 1 L OST 2 V S UMMERTOWN XI - LOST BY 25 RUNS (H OME ) V N ORTH M ORETON - WON BY 9 WICKETS (H OME ) V S UMMERTOWN XI - WON BY 69 RUNS (A WAY ) V W ORKMENS ’ XI - WON BY AN INNINGS & 1 RUN (H OME ) V M R . K ELLY ’ S XI - MATCH DRAWN (H OME ) V M R . K ELLY ’ S XI - LOST BY AN INNINGS & 19 RUNS (H OME )

C RICKET XI 1873

S QUAD H.E. H ARPER (C APTAIN ), E.W.L. S TRADLING , H.W.R. B ENCRAFT , H.P. C ROFT , W.R.W. T YLER , F.R. B ORROW , E.H. J ENKINS , H.F.D. S EWELL , F.W.P. H OLTON , J.D. B ULLOCH , C.D. T YLER , T.M. C HAMBERS H ARPER , B ENCRAFT , B ORROW ARE SHOWN IN THE 1872 GROUP , S TRADLING , C ROFT , B ULLOCH , H OLTON , C HAMBERS ARE IN THE 1875 GROUP . T HE ILLUSTRATION ABOVE IS A MAP OF THE S CHOOL AND GROUNDS IN 1873 SHOWING THE POSITION OF THE K EBLE C OLLEGE C RICKET P AVILION . A T THIS TIME THE GROUNDS WERE OWNED BY THE D UKE OF M ARLBOROUGH ’ S E STATE AND LEASED TO K EBLE C OLLEGE WHO IN TURN ALLOWED THE S CHOOL TO SOMETIMES USE IT FOR HOME MATCHES DURING HOLIDAY PERIODS . T HE REST OF THE TIME CRICKET WAS PLAYED ON THE ‘M EADS ’ (T ODAY ’ S Q UADRANGLE )