Cricket at St Edward's: 1869-2017

BEST SEASON FOR A LONG TIME, LOSING ONLY ONE MATCH (BY ONE WICKET) ARNOLD SHERWELL AND RALPH BARRETT BOTH MAKE IN EXCESS OF 400 RUNS FOR THE SEASON CYRIL BLEADON CAPTAINS THE SIDE, HIS FOURTH IN THE XI ARNOLD SHERWELL TAKES TWO 6 WICKET HAULS IN TWO CONSEQUTIVE MATCHES AGAINST WADHAM COLLEGE AND BICESTER C.C. JAMES DOUGLAS TAKES 8 WICKETS FOR 43 RUNS AGAINST MIDDLETON C.C. RALPH BARRETT SCORES 121 AGAINST THE REVEREND F.P. LONG'S XI (BARRETT WAS AT THE SCHOOL FOR 11 YEARS, ONE OF THE LONGEST EVER SCHOOL CAREERS) ERIC BURN (AGED 19), A LATE ARRIVAL AT THE SCHOOL AND THERE FOR ONLY ONE YEAR, TAKES 42 WICKETS IN THE SEASON ‘THE BEST SIDE WE HAVE HAD IN GENERATIONS' (CHRONICLE)

A LAN H UDSON , SON OF A PREVIOUS W ARDEN , A MEMBER OF THE C RICKET XI IN 1909. H E WAS KILLED IN THE G REAT W AR